Cayenne GTS
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It will sell at MSRP for about 6 months then they will start discounting it. Wouldn't be surprised if in about a year or two it will be MSRP -$10K/$12K. But it is a Porsche, so that will basically pay for the options.
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Originally Posted by dangators05,Feb 5 2008, 05:13 PM
I know that the prestige of owning a P car comes with a hefty price....but $70k? Seems excessive.
I actually went and test-drove the base Cayenne V6 and was really let down. It was like a $50k version of my $12k first car, a 1994 Ford Explorer. No real power, no upgrades, just leather seats, a fresh new-car smell and a bright 'n shiny Porsche logo on the outside.
I actually went and test-drove the base Cayenne V6 and was really let down. It was like a $50k version of my $12k first car, a 1994 Ford Explorer. No real power, no upgrades, just leather seats, a fresh new-car smell and a bright 'n shiny Porsche logo on the outside.
The $70K sounds right in line to me. In fact, the S trim goes for $65K easily, so the jump to $70 seems reasonable.
Of course, "reasonable" carries with it lots of assumptions...
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Originally Posted by bloodzombie,Feb 5 2008, 04:06 PM
I just can't grasp the concept of a high performance SUV.
Whats the point of buying a $70k porsche SUV to drive on a paved road 99.9% of the time, other than to show that you have more money than brains? There are far better performing vehicles for that money.
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Originally Posted by micronstudent,Feb 5 2008, 04:12 PM
Whats the point of buying a $70k porsche SUV to drive on a paved road 99.9% of the time, other than to show that you have more money than brains? There are far better performing vehicles for that money.
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Originally Posted by Daniel L,Feb 5 2008, 06:12 PM
In some cases it's useful. If you often have to carry stuff that wouldn't fit into the trunk of a normal passenger vehicle and still enjoy driving, a performance SUV would be the way to go. It's one of the best handling vehicles capable of carrying cargo.
And BMW wagon too if they ever brought it over here.
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Originally Posted by micronstudent,Feb 5 2008, 07:12 PM
Whats the point of buying a $70k porsche SUV to drive on a paved road 99.9% of the time, other than to show that you have more money than brains? There are far better performing vehicles for that money.
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Originally Posted by dangators05,Feb 5 2008, 03:52 PM
After seeing the commercial I was REALLY interested. After seeing the base price ($70k) I couldn't really care less.
For that amount, I'll take an MDX (40k) and an S2000(30k).
For that amount, I'll take an MDX (40k) and an S2000(30k).
Yes, it's expensive, but since when has Porsche been a value brand? One of my friends has a Cayenne Turbo, and it's truly impressive...way better driving experience than any other truck or SUV I've ever experienced. He takes it off-road every day on construction sites, and has hauled his cars to the track w/ it. I don't think he worries about what better performing vehicles he could get for the money, as he has a multi-million $ car collection including some of the best performing production cars ever.
I'd like the idea of buying a highly depreciated used one cheap, but I can't imagine buying such a gas guzzler. I'm holding out hope for a 30 mpg Ridgeline diesel.