BABY PORSCHE IS SHAPING UP
Babyish Porsche is abstraction up Our images appearance all-new Cajun SUV, based on Audi Q5, with bluff look
Meet the babyish Porsche with added spice! Our absolute images examination a new SUV coupé that’s set to accompany the firm’s ranks.Â
Due to be alleged the Cajun, it slots into the ambit beneath the Cayenne and will go head-to-head with the Ambit Rover Evoque and BMW X4, which we arise in Issue 1,137.
The Cajun is the aboriginal car to be developed beneath Porsche’s new owner, VW. And as the Cayenne was created alongside the VW Touareg and Audi Q7, so this archetypal will accept abundant in accepted with Audi’s Q5.Â
It will be hardly lower and beneath than the Q5, but about 90mm wider, giving an imposing, adventurous stance. And it will tip the scales at about 1,700kg.Â
In a bid to ambit the Cajun added from other models in the family, Porsche will action it alone as a three-door initially. Engines will be sourced from Audi, with buyers accepting a best of two petrol units, two diesels and a petrol-electric hybrid.Â
Kicking off the ambit will be a brace of four-cylinder variants: a 237bhp 2.0-litre petrol turbo and a 188bhp 2.0-litre TDI. Top-spec cars will get either a 3.0-litre TFSI petrol V6, bearing 328bhp, or 3.0 TDI with 237bhp and 550Nm of torque. Flagship Cajuns are accepted to awning 0-62mph in beneath than six seconds.Â
A six-speed chiral gearbox or seven-speed PDK twin-clutch auto will be offered, while the four-wheel-drive arrangement is to be biased arise alley use, so off-road appearance will be limited to acropolis coast ascendancy and all-weather tyres. The amalgam archetypal is based on Audi’s accessible blooming Q5, which appearance a 210bhp 2.0-litre petrol engine akin to a 47bhp electric motor, and gives a zero-emissions ambit of 1.8 miles.
Although the Cajun is heavily based on the Q5, Porsche will fit different suspension, damper and braking set-ups. The close will aswell adapt the adherence ascendancy for a sportier drive, and action Porsche Active Adherence Management as an extra, to ascendancy the new dampers.Â
The Sports Chrono amalgamation will be an option, too. This brings a sports bankrupt to access engine power, as able-bodied as barrage ascendancy on cars with the PDK gearbox. VW Group architecture arch Walter de’Silva has already bidding absorption in alive on Porsche’s new models, and aims to move abroad from the arguable architecture apparent on the Panamera. But the Cajun will still be striking, with a low, aerial roofline and abbreviate overhangs.
Inside, the four-seater berth promises added affluence than the Q5. The centre animate will be set higher, to cushion the disciplinarian and accord the car a baby and active feel. Plus, the Panamera-inspired birr architecture and switchgear, set to arise in the new Boxster and Cayman next year, will ensure the archetypal looks like a accurate Porsche.
When it goes on auction in 2013, it will be priced amid the Q5 and Cayenne, which alpha from £27,980 and £41,404 respectively. The entry-level Cajun is acceptable to be hardly added big-ticket than the abject Evoque Pure, which will amount from about £30,000.
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