The Cayenne S Hybrid is developed alongside the Toaureg hybrid, chances of which are quite slim to be introduced in the Indian market.
The Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid is powered by 3.0-litre V6 petrol engine which develops 245 kW (333 hp) max power while the electric motor develops 34 kW (47 hp) giving a Total system power of 279 kW (380 hp). The engine alone develops max torque of 440 Nm while the electric machine produces 300Nm of torque. The SUV has a total system torque of 580 Nm.
The engine is mated to a 8-speed Tiptronic S Automatic transmission with Auto start/stop function and gearshift controls on steering wheel. The SUV is also equipped with Porsche Traction Management (PTM): permanent all-wheel drive with self-locking center differential, aut. limited-slip differential (ABD) and traction-slip control (ASR), variable rear torque split.
The SUV is targeted to the rich and affluent who have slight concern about the environment yet want to accelerate from 0 – 100 km/h in 6.5 secs. The Cayennne hybrid has a top speed of 242km/h.
The SUV gets all the equipment and Safety features standard on the Cayenne S.
Recently actress Sridevi, became the proud owner of the 100th Porsche to be sold by Porsche India. Sridevi purchased a Cayenne Diesel SUV and gifted to her husband Boney Kapoor.
Do you think Cayenne Hybrids is the future of Sports cars?Porsche will soon launch the hybrid variant of its popular SUV Cayenne in India. Porsche has set-up its independent dealer network in the Indian market with Volkswagen Group Sales India Private Limited as the official importer. The Cayenne S Hybrid will be the first model under to be launched under the new brand and is Porsche’s first ever production hybrid.
