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Wet-Drifting a 2019 Porsche Cayenne Turbo Seems Easy with Rear-Wheel Steering

2019 Porsche Cayenne Turbo Goes Drifting 4 photos
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After checking out the 2019 Porsche Cayenne Turbo at the Paris Motor Show, the time has come to see what happens when the current range-topper of the third-gen model is put to drifting work.

The German automaker is currently delivering uber-spicy shotgun rides to journos at its driver training facility in Germany. And, as you can imagine, the Porsche drivers tasked with demonstrating the sideways abilities of the 550 hp brute are more than glad to throw the vehicle sideways.

As you'll be able to notice in the piece of footage at the bottom of the page, the 2019 Cayenne Turbo has no problem with delivering respectable slip angles on both dry and wet roads - the driver does use the slippery bits to initiate all the slides seen here, though.

Now, before you head over to the video, there are a few tech details of the new uber-SUV that we need to mention.

First of all, the 65 kg diet of the Cayenne means this is still not a friend of the scales, with a test car such as the one seen here weighing it at over 2.1 tones.

While the vehicle is 63 mm longer and 44 mm wider, it does sit 9 mm lower. As for the track width, the front one is 26 mm more generous, but the rear value has gone down by 9 mm.

Nevertheless, the new chassis means the car is 20 percent stiffer. And, as you'll see in the clip, the Cayenne appears to be immune to body roll. That's because the newcomer replaces the hydraulically-actuated active roll bars of the second-gen model with electrically-controlled hardware, which delivers a quicker response. The rear-wheel steering? This feature of the Turbo is optional.

The air suspension, which is now standard on the Turbo, features three-chamber springs, while the multi-plate clutch that splits the power between the axles has also been upgraded.

And yes, the delicious steering wheel design that stands out as one of the highlights of the video (at least in our book) is a nod to the retired 918 Spyder.

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