Porsche has big plans for the new generation of the Cayenne, as the company wants to continue the sales success story. This is one of the reasons for which the company might bring the oil-burning version of the SUV to the North American market.
According to Times Colonist, a top executive of Porsche’s Canadian arm (which makes the rules for the North American market) admitted that the company has changed its initial decision to keep the diesel Cayenne out of North America.
The official told the aforementioned source that the company is currently analyzing the possibility to bring the diesel incarnation of the recently-introduced second generation Cayenne to the North American market.
The move would make sense, as Porsche’s main rivals in the SUV segment, Audi, BMW and Mercedes, already offer oil-burners in North America. In addition to that, predictions for the aforementioned market show that the customers’ appetite for oil burners will increase in the near future.
But let’s see what we are talking about here. In Europe, the Cayenne diesel is powered (or better said, torqued) by a 2,967 cc unit that uses common-rail injection and turbocharging to deliver 240 hp between 4,000 and 4,400 rpm and a maximum torque of 405 lb-ft (550 Nm) between 2,000 and 2,250 rpm. The engine allows the SUV to reach 62 mph in 7.8 seconds and offer a top speed of 135 mph (217 km/h), while returning a fuel efficiency of 31.8 mpg (7.4 liters per 100 km) and emitting 195 grams of CO2/km.
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