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Launched in 2017, the Porsche Cayenne's current generation is the third iteration of the sporty SUV and is slowly but surely heading toward a mid-cycle facelift.
Based on Volkswagen’s Group MLB platform, which is shared with other high-tech SUVs like the Bentley Bentayga or the Lamborghini Urus, the third Cayenne is not exactly long in the tooth compared to its brothers, but Porsche decided to seriously revamp it anyway.
A pre-production prototype of the model was caught for the first time by eagle eye spy photographers while being loaded on a truck outside Porsche’s prototype workshop.
Despite the rather extensive camouflage, you can see that the refresh will be consistent from a design point of view, with both the front and the rear of the car getting a new look.
The front fascia appears to be sporting a set of slimmer headlights, while the bumper and grille are all-new and look a lot more aggressive than before, despite this prototype not being a Turbo or a GTS version as far as we can tell.
It seems that the rear end will get the biggest changes, and despite the model sporting a set of placeholder taillights for testing purposes, the camouflage does let it slip that the refreshed Cayenne will get an all-new design for the LED rear tail lamps.
The license plate has also dropped down from the tailgate to the redesigned rear bumper, making for an entirely new look from just about every angle.
Not seen in the spy photos is the new interior, which is expected to feature an all-new center console and a redesigned gear lever. The latter will probably borrow the ‘shaver design’ from the Porsche 911 (992).
Extensive changes will also happen under the hood, with most of the powertrains being already previewed in the Panamera facelift.
Expect the 2022 Porsche Cayenne facelift to go official in about a year from now, with most of the testing having been done in virtual reality so far.
A pre-production prototype of the model was caught for the first time by eagle eye spy photographers while being loaded on a truck outside Porsche’s prototype workshop.
Despite the rather extensive camouflage, you can see that the refresh will be consistent from a design point of view, with both the front and the rear of the car getting a new look.
The front fascia appears to be sporting a set of slimmer headlights, while the bumper and grille are all-new and look a lot more aggressive than before, despite this prototype not being a Turbo or a GTS version as far as we can tell.
It seems that the rear end will get the biggest changes, and despite the model sporting a set of placeholder taillights for testing purposes, the camouflage does let it slip that the refreshed Cayenne will get an all-new design for the LED rear tail lamps.
The license plate has also dropped down from the tailgate to the redesigned rear bumper, making for an entirely new look from just about every angle.
Not seen in the spy photos is the new interior, which is expected to feature an all-new center console and a redesigned gear lever. The latter will probably borrow the ‘shaver design’ from the Porsche 911 (992).
Extensive changes will also happen under the hood, with most of the powertrains being already previewed in the Panamera facelift.
Expect the 2022 Porsche Cayenne facelift to go official in about a year from now, with most of the testing having been done in virtual reality so far.
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