Porsche Cayenne

What’s the difference between a sports car and an SUV? None, according to Porsche, and they believe their even spicier new Cayenne attests to this

Musandam is a very special place. The northernmost part of the Arabian peninsula, part of the Sultanate of Oman, stands in stark contrast to the desert we normally associate with the rest of the region. Here, there are deceptively tall, sandy and barren mountains, home to the hardiest of plant and animal life, the latter of which are predominantly mountain goats, clambering around unfathomably steep slopes. Oh, and there are fjords too, carved out by glaciers millions of year ago. This alien, almost Martian, landscape has few human settlements, but the most incredible roads - some beautifully winding tarmac, followed by car-breaking Macadam. And the drive from Fujairah in the UAE into Musandam served as the perfect backdrop to sample the new Porsche Cayenne, now in its third generation. What’s changed? Well, in a word, everything. But at first glance, you might be a bit hard-pressed to notice the differences, especially when compared to the facelifted version of the last-gen SUV. While the first-gen car had a fattened up 911 look, the design has become a lot sleeker since the last gen, and that carries over to this new car as well. In fact, the wheelbase, at 2895mm...read more »

Third gen Porsche SUV leaner, meaner, nimbler and fancier

"My mirrors were quite full of Airbus, which was interesting," says the guy who did it.

Available in both petrol and diesel variants, Porsche is currently accepting orders for the Platinum Edition of the Cayenne, with deliveries scheduled to commence in August 2016