Re: Cayenne Diesel
ISUK:
It's simple economics at work here.
Buy a Cayenne turbo which will cost close to £100k with a nice spec. Rarely find an opportunity to use it's power and performance in everday driving, be prepared to be forever filling it up at a fuel station crying whilst watching the fuel pump counter whiz round until it shows lots of £ss, then take it back to the dealer 2 or 3 years later to trade it in and blow your brains out with the depreciation...... which is epic on the turbo.
Or buy a diesel which has lots of real world usable torque, gets good MPG, is cheaper to tax and insure, provides the same interior space and retains a far higher percentage of it's original value.
With the huge purchase price difference (£40k or thereabouts) buy a very nice, low miles used 997 C2S Gen 1 or a new Boxster S for a bit of weekend fun.
I agree on the Porsche V6 in the Panamera being a far better engine than the VW sourced one in the Cayenne. The V6 Panamera 4 really is the sweet spot currently in that model range IMHO. I expect that the diesel will be even better as it combines improved MPG which will give it a stronger value as a used car.
All very rational. Having eaten the depreciation on 2 Cayenne Turbos, and 1 Cayenne Turbo S, I thought about other variants this time round (but not for long 
). However, the performance loss is very noticeable, so my plan is to wait for someone else to lose 1/3 of their purchase price and buy used this time. Hopefully , I will be able to find a white one, which is definitely the "new black" for this version of the Cayenne Turbo though it might be hard to find for a while.
I think it would really put a dampener on the whole ownership experience.....
