Cayenne Porsche builds 200,000th Cayenne SUV

[Bartek S.]

The Porsche Cayenne has been criticized since its launch in the early part of the decade. Not because it was a particularly bad vehicle but mainly because of what it represented. Until the launch of the Cayenne, Porsche was all about building the fastest and best handling sports cars in the world. The Cayenne, on the other hand, was a bulky SUV that was too low to take offroad and too heavy to race around the track. Despite all the bad press the SUV proved extremely popular (by Porsche standards at least), and now the 200,000th model, a red GTS, has just rolled off the line at Porsche’s factory in Leipzig.

This is a significant milestone for Porsche, especially when you consider that production over the years has actually doubled expectations. Officials had originally hoped to build and sell just 20,000 Cayenne’s per year but the current rate of production is roughly 40,000 units per year, reports Auto Motor and Sport.
The success of the Cayenne proves that Porsche is no longer limited to just building small and lightweight sports cars. The future of the Cayenne may also see Porsche launch its first hybrid model, something that would have seemed impossible just a couple of years ago.

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Impressive. What a success

Bow down in the presence of greatness.

 

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Enthusiasts blanched when Porsche began producing the Cayenne SUV back in 2002, but reviews of the vehicle, particularly the Turbo, communicated that Porsche had clearly kept the "sport" in "sport utility." Today, the Cayenne is Porsche's top-selling vehicle and a common (if not pretty) sight on the road; an observation bolstered by the news that Cayenne number 200,000 rolled out of Leipzig this week. The milestone truck was one of the new Cayenne GTS models, finished in that red that looks particularly good on its jumbo bodywork. According to Porsche, thirty-percent of Cayennes are sold here in the US (insert soccer mom joke here), the vehicle's largest market. The Cayenne has been a resounding success for the automaker, and even if you're not a fan, remember that the profits attached to the pricey überwagen help Stuttgart keep raising the bar with its offerings on the sports car side of the biz as well.

[Source: Porsche]

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