Porsche Cayenne Coupe

Porsche is one of the latest German carmakers to succumb to the coupe utility niche with the launch of the first-ever Cayenne Coupe, a coupe utility vehicle that offers the same blend of performance and utility from its normal Cayenne, now with the sloping roof line that can be somewhat surprising but annoying. Time to flip the "why card" over Porsche's first coupe utility vehicle that got the speedo boys noticed.

2020 Porsche Cayenne Coupe

With prices start at 83,711 Euros plus on road costs, the Cayenne Coupe is Porsche's entry to the coupe utility niche that  offers the same blend of performance and utility from its normal Cayenne, now with the sloping roof line. At first glance, it looks similar to the normal Cayenne but the Coupe offers signature features apart from its sloping roof line such as an adaptive rear spoiler. rear bench beneath the two seats, and a choice of two different roof styles.

Of course, you can expect the same high-tech interior stuff from the normal Cayenne but since this is the Coupe, it can only accomodate up to four people aboard. As a family car, the Cayenne Coupe is a tad pointless but for bringing out with your mates for a tailgating party, it works rather well, especially when it has boot space nearly identical to the normal Cayenne, meaning there's enough roof for a Coleman full of drinks and some snacks for the gang.

Under the hood, you can expect the same choice of engines as the normal Cayenne, with the Turbo carrying the 4.0L V8 Twin Turbo engine mated to an eight-speed Tiptronic S gearbox, which produces 550HP of power and 770Nm of torque with 286 km/h of top speed.

The normal Cayenne's sportscar DNA in an SUV packaging has been slightly improved from the past generations when it first arrived years ago and with the coupe version, it still bears the same story. It balances the things that are right such as its improved dynamics and braking, with the things that are wrong such as understeering. Although it has very limited offroad capability like most crossovers today and too heavy for track days, it's not bad to drive on the road. As a matter of fact, why would you want your Cayenne Coupe to be a fit for all?

Anyway, while it's too complicating to answer, the Cayenne Coupe shows that Porsche has gone to different ends to make a coupe utility no one's asking and with current SUVs in the range such as the normal Cayenne and the Macan, this new addition shows the bleak side of Porsche's greatness.

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