New Porsche Cayenne. Dubai desert development

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Porsche has boldly come out and claimed that the new Cayenne that is due out on the road imminently will have more superior off road capability. Mind you having said that the outgoing model wasn’t at all that bad!Rolf Frech, Porsche Head of Development and his team based in the UAE have been working hard on testing the Cayenne’s resilience to hot weather, as well as its ability to cope with the extreme conditions in and around the huge sand dune by Big Red (about 35/40 mins outside of Dubai).

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A couple of juicy details worth noting about the new car is that it has grown by 45mm over the outgoing model, 40mm of this growth occurring in its wheelbase. This is mainly to create more legroom for rear passengers. Something that continues to be an issue for lots of manufactures.The new Cayenne is planning to weigh in at a faintly ridiculous 200kg lighter than the old model, meaning a kerb weight of 2095kg.

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These weight reductions have mainly been achieved by the use of more aluminium in its construction with the bonnet, doors, axles etc all falling under the ali banner…So with this faintly anorexic kurb weight the Cayenne Turbo model will be able to crack 0-62mph in 4.6sec. Added to the crazy performace the old Cayenne’s variable-height, roll-controlled air suspension has been retained, but its low-range transfer gearbox has been dropped (see point of the article?!?!)

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Sadly however unlike the Panamera’s dual-clutch ‘box, the Cayenne gets a torque convertor automatic due to the PDK’s system inability to cope with high-stress, low-speed manoeuvres.All cool so far then? I look forward to seeing the finished article.