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Porsche Cayenne Turbo S Launched in Malaysia

The most powerful Porsche SUV ever put into production is now available in Malaysia. We're talking about the new Turbo S model, which takes its rightful place at the top of the SUV range.
2013 Porsche Cayenne Turbo S 1 photo
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Powered by a 4.8-liter twin-turbo V8 engine, the Cayenne Turbo S has a massive 550 hp at its disposal, 50 more than a Turbo and enough to get it from 0 to 100 km/h in 4.5 seconds.

That sounds like scary amount of power to have in a two-ton SUV, but what's even scarier is the price Malaysians will have to pay to own one. This kicks off at RM1,330,000, which is $443,000 at today's exchange rate. No, we didn't add an extra number by mistake, that's just how taxes work.

By comparison, the US customer only has to pay $146,000 for exactly the same range-topper, which is about $300,000 less… as much as you'd pay for a Ferrari 458 Italia.
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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