Official: Porsche will offer Cayenne with a diesel engine

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Porsche announced today, that from February 2009, the sports car manufacturer will offer Cayenne with a diesel engine.

This decision was taken in response to changed legal regulations especially in European markets, resulting in tax incentives for vehicles with diesel engines. Furthermore, Porsche’s stake in the Volkswagen Group, the world’s largest manufacturer of modern diesel engines for passenger cars, has opened up new opportunities to utilise diesel technology.

Porsche will equip the Cayenne with a three-liter V6 turbo diesel engine with 240 hp (176 kW) supplied by Audi AG, a subsidiary of the VW Group. The average consumption of the Cayenne Diesel is 9.3 liters per 100 kilometers, with CO2 at 244 grams per kilometer.

Porsche is also working on another Cayenne variant with hybrid drive that will consume less than nine litres of fuel per 100 kilometers and will be launched onto the market at the end of the decade.

In response to customer demand, the new Cayenne model will initially be offered in Europe. The new Cayenne with diesel drive will be available from dealers from February 2009 onwards. Equipped with the proven Tiptronic-S automatic gearbox as standard, the Euro base price will be EUR 47,250. In Germany, the Cayenne with diesel engine including 19 percent VAT and country-specific equipment costs EUR 56,436.

Source: Porsche