Off Road Action In A Porsche Cayenne

When you hear the name Porsche the first thought that crosses your mind would probably be a cute looking red coloured roadster with an exhaust note that terrifies other motorists.

- Joshua David Luther

Well you are not too far from the truth. Porsche undeniably makes some of the best looking and even better handling sports and super cars in the world but they also make SUVs! And while the world knows all too well the capabilities of their sports cars, little can be assumed about their SUVs. Well I had the opportunity to clear the air in this regard. I was going to get some off-road action in a Porsche Cayenne which on road in India would be somewhere north of Rs. 1 crore.

To begin with let me throw some figures your way. The Porsche Cayenne that I was driving gets a 3.0 litre, V6 diesel mill which belts out a neat 245bhp from 3800-4400rpm and turns a beefy 550Nm of torque from 1750-2750rpm. The engine comes with an AWD (All Wheel Drive) and has been mated to an 8-speed automatic gearbox. On road this mammoth SUV can attain a top speed of around 220kmph and goes from 0-100kmph in approximately 7.3 seconds. Well now that you have been informed of its capabilities on paper let’s talk a little more about how it fared.