The Porsche Cayenne Celebrates Twenty Years Of Success

Cayenne GTS, Cayenne GTS Coupé, Porsche AG Cayenne GTS Coupé: Fuel consumption* combined (WLTP) 14.0 – 13.3 l/100 km, CO₂ emissions* combined (WLTP) 318 – 302 g/km, Fuel consumption* combined (NEDC) 11.4 – 11.2 l/100 km, CO₂ emissions* combined (NEDC) 260 – 256 g/km

Fourteen years before the Cayenne was introduced, Ferry Porsche made a statement that seemed to have foretold of the Cayenne, saying, “If we build an off-road model according to our standards of quality, and it has a Porsche crest on the front, people will buy it.”

The Cayenne, since its introduction in 2002, has been one of the major pulls to Porsche’s consistent global success.

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