Cayenne GTS

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Porsche product timeline

Cayenne GTS: Feb 2008
Boxster RS60 Spyder: Mar 2008
Panamera: 2009
Cayenne Hybrid: 2010
Cayenne GTS ushers in a period of new model activity


Porsche’s new Cayenne GTS, which goes on sale next month, heralds the beginning of a flurry of new model activity for the German brand.

Pitched as the most sporty and dynamic Cayenne yet – it’s the first model to combine steel springs with Porsche’s active suspension management system.
The technology was previously reserved for its sportscars and the new model will slot into the SUV range between the S and Turbo and start at £54,700.
Strong sales

The GTS is not the fastest Cayenne at 6.5 seconds to 62mph – the Turbo takes just 5.1 seconds – but it borrows much of the range-topping Turbo model’s exterior styling, from front, rear and side skirts to red brake callipers.

It gets a different double vane spoiler though, standard 21-inch wheels, a 24mm lower standard ride height, two exclusive paint options and an Alcantara-clad interior with new high-bolstered sports seats to make it more of a four- rather than five-seater.

The GTS Tiptronic automatic will account for almost all sales but Porsche hopes the manual option will receive a slightly higher take-up, due to its sportier aspirations.
Despite increasing criticism of high-consuming large SUVs in the UK, Porsche still sold more than 1,500 Cayennes in 2007 although the carmaker would not disclose UK sales aspirations for the GTS variant.
Dealer network


Other new models include a limited edition “more kit and power” Boxster RS60 Spyder in March, while the Maserati Quattroporte-rivalling four-door Panamera coupe arrives in 2009 and a 32mpg-plus petrol/electric hybrid Cayenne follows in 2010.

New dealerships were opened in Leicester and Norwich in 2007 to bring the network up to 34, but a Porsche’s spokesman said he did not expect this figure would increase dramatically to cope with the new models.

“We’re not on a massive volume pursuit. We have a stable network and this contributes to Porsche being a desirable franchise to own,” he added.