Boyko23:
They are almost equal and the time difference is about 5 years... Thanks for posting!
1. the Cayenne facelift is barely 2 1/2 years old (complete technical overhaul like new engines, active suspension, etc.)
2. the Cayenne Turbo S costs, with the "necessary" options, aprox. 150000 EUR. Deduct even 20000 EUR rebate (which is a lot from an official Porsche dealer) and you still have a price tag of 120000 EUR.
3. my X5 M costs, with the "necessary" options, aprox. 96000 EUR after rebate.
4. Resale value loss is higher on the Cayenne Turbo S. Buy the car for 120000 EUR now and one day later, if you want to sell it, you can be happy if you get 90000 EUR for it.
My current Cayenne Turbo S is worth at most dealers around 33000-39000 EUR. Car is only three years old and has barely 50000 km on it. Porsche dealers are willing to pay up to 49000 EUR.
Take the X5 M after 3 years. I paid 96000 EUR. After three years, the car has a value of aprox. 53000 EUR. Do you get the point?
Any more questions ? I thought so.
Nobody says the Cayenne Turbo S is a bad car, on the contrary. It just isn't worth it.
Btw: the next generation Cayenne Turbo (not S) will cost slightly more than the current one and the power figure is rumored at around 540 HP at best. The new Turbo S will have very likely something in the 580 HP range but it will cost a fortune. IF the Cayenne gets the planned weight loss, it will be the hell of a truck. If not (hint: cost reasons after financial trouble this year), it will have a good but not best performance.
You don't seem to understand: the X5 M is a FAMILY car, I still have a 997 Turbo in my garage. Why would I pay an extra of over 30000 EUR to get a Porsche SUV? For the brand? C'mon, there is barely somebody on this planet who knows the Porsche brand better, including some development insight. I love Porsche but I'm not willing to sell my underpants for a family car, sorry.
Some food for thought from a different point of view: I just checked some older car magazines and found the BMW M3 Coupe (current model) test results. 0-100 kph in 4.7 seconds and 0-200 kph in 16.3 seconds. The performance of the X5 M and even Cayenne Turbo S seem now even more fascinating.
Another comparison: Porsche Cayenne Turbo S pre-facelift 0-100 kph in 5.2 seconds and 0-200 kph in 18.9 seconds (which btw could suggest that the Cayenne Turbo S testcar in Auto Zeitung was in a pretty good shape, especially since it was even over 120 kg heavier than the X5 M).
My wife's BMW M3 Cab DKG does 0-200 kph in 18.3 seconds, thanks to a 200 kg weight increase over the Coupe. OUCH.
For those who can't deal with these figures, one last example:
Porsche 993 Carrera 2, 0-200 kph in 21.7 seconds. Monster SUVs rule...especially as family cars for fast Daddys.
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RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor 997 Turbo, BMW X5 M (03/2010), BMW M3 Cab DKG, Mini Cooper S JCW