Nov 6, 2013 9:16:40 PM
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- Reply to: SciFrog
Re: "Cajun" is now...MACAN
SciFrog:
sidicks:
SciFrog:First we are talking RR Sport vs Cayenne...
Second we are talking about the brand new RR chassis, just to be sure.
Third: who cares about off road. Taking a $80k car off road is just plain stupid and that's not why these cars are really build for anyway.
IMHO if a $100k RRS comes even close to a $140k Cayenne turbo in handling, it is a huge win for the RR.
I think you are deluded!
I am not deluded, I am asking a question, and have yet to have a comprehensive answer... Saw the if in my post above? We all know the handling winner is the Cayenne GTS, but it is not worth (to me) replacing the 09 CTTS by the GTS. However the technology and third row of the RRS is appealing if the handling gets close to the Cayenne TT. The $$ savings isn't bad too, no complaints but after 4 years my $140k Cayenne is worth less than $45k...
To get back on topic, IMHO the Macan is just too small for families in the US.
I agree that you are not deluded in your analysis. The RRS is a win based on any reasonable price versus performance metric. I can purchase a very well optioned RRS for less than a GTS; I am above the price of the RRS supercharged before I even leave the second page on Porsche's configurator.
The RRS may not have the precise handling at the limit when compared with the GTS; however, for every day usage one would be hard pressed to ascertain any real world differences beyond the wild exhaust of the RRS.