Porsche Cayenne Diesel (2009-) Review   
Porsche Cayenne Diesel Just a few years back, the mere suggestion of a diesel-engined Porsche would have met with ridicule. Yet here we are: 2009, and such a vehicle has indeed joined the Porsche line-up.The motoring world may not be quite ready for an oil-burning 911 (though an engineer somewhere has no doubt thought of the possibility) but in the Cayenne SUV, a diesel engine makes more sense. Sadly, Porsche has not gone the distance and, Subaru-style, developed its own 'Boxer' diesel engine to its individual, distinctive formula. Instead, it has simply annexed a 240bhp/405 lb-ft 3.0 V6 from its colleagues at Audi, an engine fitted in both Q5 and Q7 SUVs as well as in the closely-related Volkswagen Touareg. This piezo-injection engine has been specifically tweaked for the Cayenne, of course, with modifications including variable-turbine geometry turbo tech as in the 911 Turbo and 911 GT2, and the Cayenne Diesel also gets a unique exhaust system and a more sound-proof windscreen to cut out any diesel clatter. The Cayenne Diesel comes with six-speed Tiptronic S automatic transmission as standard, featuring a sequential-shift function. Prices start from £39,404, to include a day's off-road driving and instruction at the Porsche Driving Experience Centre, Silverstone.
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