2006 Porsche Cayenne from Bulgaria - Comments

Not my car so I don't know, I am sure it is prettey solid!

This is the car of a friend of mine (actually his father owns it, but he is driving it all the time) Well, as it is an SUV, that means the seat position is high and viability is far better than in a car. The doors are large so you have no problems getting in and out. Interior is nice.. if not a bit snobbish. There is plenty of room inside and so on..

Lets get to the I Don't LIKE IT point. This vehicle is THE MOST EXPENSIVE SUV ON THE MARKET TODAY, it costs I don't know how much exactly it costs, but in any case it is a fortune. So what do we get for the money? One big car with a big engine. This is not an off road vehicle nobody dares to drive it in the country side. It accelerates better than my car, yet cornering makes me loose confidence. I am sure that if pushed hard while turning this SUV will crash in a tree nearby.

It is quiet and stable on straight roads, but it is turns miserabely. Some people might find it unbelievable, but this is not a safe car.. on few occasions we were to fly off the road. It is deceptively quiet and damn fast.

It does not handle very well, it feels heavy.

I WANT TO STRESS ON THE FACT THAT IT CAN REACH 150 KMH 100 MILES PER HOUR IN NO TIME, but AT THOSE SPEEDS IT IS LIKE DRIVING A LEMON.

Driving the cayenne in the city, I drove it in Sofia for an hour and was pleasantly surprised how well the air conditioner purifies the air it takes from the outside. It is long and wide, hard to park hard to turn around tight corners.

Value, does it have it? NO!

A lot of money, but where is the performance?

The only thing good in a Chayenne is the ENGINE!

Everything else is overpriced. It is not a practical SUV as it neither performs off road nor is it adequate in city conditions. It is a wide and long nightmare!

On the highway you might get to like it, yet for that much money!

I don't recommend anyone buying this vehicle before test driving it. The differences between Toyota Landcruiser and Porsche Chayenne are not great. Toyota Landcruiser with a big engine is definitely a better buy.

This was a waste of my life reading this. A view from a third party on a car he doesn't like purely because it is expensive! Heaven forbid that one day he may be a passenger in a Ferrari or something. The Porsche may have it's faults, but please only describe genuine ones!

I don't know where you are from, but I am fure you have never driven a porche in your lives.. and also that you will never drive one... so don't comment!... I have driven it.. it is not much of anything... it is not worth it...!

I would compare the new Trailblazer SS 395 HP to a degree with the Cayenne for sport SUV's, but definitely not a Land Cruiser! The Range Rover Sport is also nice with its air suspension for high end SUV's, but again not the Land Cruiser. This is performance SUV territory.

What do you expect from a SUV? 0-60 sec. taking 5 g in a 90 deg. corner or what. The TURBO S version it is best SUV money can buy.

I bought a Porsche Cayenne, and I'm having second thoughts on the V6. I should have bought the Cayenne S. This SUV is great! But it has trouble climbing a hill and a bridge. My foot is accelerated all the way to the floor! I think I'd rather get the newer version of the V6. My friend just purchased the 2008 model, and it runs great! I even drove it and the steering felt better than mine.

A friend of a friend has a Cayenne and its different than most SUV's. Most SUV's are based on truck frames. Since Porsche doesn't make trucks, the Cayenne is different. It handles different, looks different, and drives different than any other SUV. It has a different engine than most Porsche's and most other SUV's thus it is either under powered with the 6 cylinder and overpowered with the V8 turbo. The normally aspirated V8 is about perfect, but different than most other SUV's on the market. If you want a different, more expensive SUV, the Porsche Cayenne may be the SUV for you. At least this is what a friend of a friend tells me because frankly, I've never driven a Cayenne and wouldn't own any SUV period. They're just too different from driving a car.

I have a 2004 Cayenne Turbo. I have found it to be quite reliable and a very solid car to drive. My previous Porsche was a 1989 944 Turbo and although it had great handling, acceleration, and top speed (164 mph indicated), it had its limitations due to minimal ground clearance. Nothing major -- things like having rabbits run across the road and hitting them with the front air dam due to there only being a couple of inches between it and the road and the inability to hop curbs. Yeah, I know I shouldn't put that as a disadvantage on a sports car. The back seats on the 944 Turbo were good for 2 bags of groceries at most whereas the Cayenne has acceptable back seats. The downside though is the fuel economy. I basically have similar acceleration and top speed performance specs between the two vehicles, but the Cayenne needs twice the horsepower to do it. With the 944 Turbo, I got about 25 mpg even driving it very aggressively. With the Cayenne, it's less than half that in the city even when I'm being fairly mellow in my driving. Then again, the cost of fuel is the least of your worries when you decide to purchase a $100K car, right?

The Cayenne is most definitely the best handling SUV on the market. If it "feels heavy" - well that's because it's a freaking SUV weighing around 4600 lbs and not a 2600 lb Boxster.

I can't speak for all Cayenne models or what options the vehicle the "reviewer" (I use that term loosely) had - but the handling on mine absolutely inspires confidence whether in the twisties or in the snow. Porsche Stability Management and traction control greatly reduces any chance of "hitting a tree". Set the variable suspension to Sport, click to lower the suspension, and I can guarantee it won't feel "like a lemon" over 100mph. In reality, the stability at high speeds makes it almost too easy to break 100mph without realizing it.

Sure, most people aren't going to take the Cayenne off road. But you certainly could do so with confidence. Click to raise the suspension (over 10.5" of adjustability from inside the cockpit). Anti-sway bars can be electronically disconnected for greater wheel articulation. Differential locking. And you can even air-up your tires using the onboard air compressor if you happen to air down prior to trail running (Tread Lightly!).

-2006 Cayenne Turbo S.

I live in the central Rockies. We get snow up here. We have very big hills to climb. I have a 2003 Cayenne S and a 2005 Toyota L.C. They are not in the same class. I have found the Cayenne to be an exceptional SUV, great power, great handling, great comfort, great engineering, no problems. It makes a Toyota L.C. seem pitiful in comparison. I took the Cayenne off road up Elephant hill outside Moab, UT with street tires with no problem. It is the perfect Colorado western slope vehicle and I will drive the wheels off mine then trade it for another one.

I just bought a Cayenne 2006. The car is great. Lot of fun driving it. It is making about 15.5 miles/gallon in the city. Really good (on my point of view) for Sport SUV. It really feels like driving a sport car, not a SUV. I also have a RX350 Lexus. The difference is huge. Each turn, you can feel the car holding on the street. The only aspect that I think need improvement is on the automatic change of gears on low velocity. You feel a bamp instead of a smooth change. Maybe it is even my car, but a friend of mine has the same thing on this Cayenne. Man, the car is GREAT!