Porsche Cayenne GTS twins inbound from $192,900

BY CALLUM HUNTER | 16th Jun 2020

PORSCHE Cars Australia (PCA) has added another arrow to the growing quiver that is it Cayenne line-up, with the Cayenne GTS and Cayenne Coupe GTS checking in from $192,900 and $198,200 plus on-roads respectively.

The new GTS twins slot neatly into the Cayenne line-up between the S and Turbo variants, plugging the sizeable gaps in price, power and performance.

Unlike the last generation GTS which was powered by a twin-turbo V6 engine, the new cars will thunder into the market powered by the same blown 4.0-litre V8 as the Turbo, albeit in a lower state of tune.

Peak power in the GTS duo is rated at 338kW and 620Nm, fed to the road via an eight-speed automatic transmission and driving all four wheels.

Both cars will spring from 0-100km/h in 4.5 seconds when fitted with the Sport Chrono package – which comes standard on the Coupe – and both will go on to a top speed of 270km/h.

Visually, the newcomers can be spotted by their sports bodykit’s black 21-inch RS Spyder Design alloy wheels, dark tinted head- and tail-light arrangements as well as black air intakes, side window trims, tailpipes and rear badging.

To make doubly sure the rest of the world can distinguish the GTS twins from the rest of the range, Porsche has fitted both the wagon and coupe with a new sports exhaust system designed to be louder and more characterful than the systems fitted elsewhere in the Cayenne range.

Equally exclusive to the GTS is a lowered three-chamber adaptive air suspension setup Porsche Active Suspension Management “for active and very sporty damper control”.

Cast-iron 390mm front discs and 358mm rears haul the whole package up with tungsten carbide coating and carbon ceramic stoppers available as options.

Inside the cabin, the sporty flavour continues with unique eight-way power adjustable sports seats, GTS logos on the front doors, door entry sills, rev counter and head restraints as well as a smattering of Alcantara which has been used for the roof lining, seat centre panels, centre console armrests and doors.

Dark-brushed aluminium has then been used for the rest of the trim on the doors and dashboard.

Standard equipment on the Aussie-bound Cayenne GTS twins includes a 90-litre fuel tank, 20-inch collapsible spare wheel, adaptive air suspension, metallic paint, privacy glass, automatically dimming mirrors, driver memory package, side airbags in the rear compartment, front seat heating, comfort access, lane change assist, surround view, head-up display, digital radio and Bose surround sound system.

The wagon also comes with a panoramic roof system while the Coupe scores a fixed glass roof world-wide.

Porsche has sold 530 Cayennes so far this year ending May, accounting for a decent 8.2 per cent slice of the $70,000+ large SUV segment, 90 units behind its platform cousin the Audi Q7 (620) but 113 clear of the also-related Volkswagen Touareg.

Compared to the same period last year, Cayenne sales are down 16.3 per cent.

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