That thumping between cogs is quite sharp at times, jolting the body of the car, and we even noticed a few poor shifts under light throttle.
It’s interesting to note that the Cayenne Turbo and Turbo S have the biggest fuel tanks of their model range, with an additional 15 litres of capacity bringing the total to 100L.
If our test is anything to go by, you’ll need that much room for juice, too, as it churns through it. The official claimed fuel consumption is 11.5 litres per 100 kilometres on the combined cycle test, but we saw well above that â€" 17.5L/100km â€" over a mix of highway, country and city driving.
Stopping all that force â€" this is a 2235-kilogram SUV, after all â€" would be a challenge, you might expect. But the Cayenne Turbo S has a pair of 10-piston monobloc aluminium calipers at the front and four-piston units at the rear, and they clamp down on vented and cross-drilled carbon/ceramic composite discs.
As a result, treading on the brake pedal results in a tremendous outcome, killing off collected speed rapidly, and the brake pedal offers good feel, too.
The great thing about this big SUV is that despite its size and weight, it still has Porsche dynamics. Well, to an extent.
You can’t really hide that much weight, but the German sports car brand has done a brilliant job in trying.
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