Sorry if this is against the spirit but a pal just got a new Cayenne deisel and let me have a good test drive. It has plenty of grunt for a daily driver certainly not lacking in that respect. I was amazed at the seating postion and general view of the cockpit and dials it was really superb and almost Porsche like, certainly unlike any other 4WD SUV.

Handling also was quite amazing, I knew they had shaved a lot of weight with the new design but the deisel is still a 2300kg pig and it doesn't feel it to hustle along.

One rather large "but" here...... the thing just looks so crap, anonymous, uninspiring just a bland looking thing even with the sexy turbo alloys which just seemed to disappear on this dark blue thing......Maybe buyers want to blend in totally (I know my pal didn't particularly and his previous X5 Sport was a much better looking thing) and respect for you if that is your bag but whenever he pulls up in it (particularly dirty) I am amazed how plain it looks 


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2009 997 GT2