Porsche Cayenne S brief review

[harvmiester17]

I owned a Cayenne S for three and a half years, plenty of power and surprisingly capable on the twisties for a two and a half tonne car. Especially if you have air suspension and your in sports mode. But they are very high maintenance, especially the engine and gearbox. During the time I owned mine I spent over £6000. First the valve body in the gearbox gave up and had to be overhauled, then the cylinder walls in the engine disintegrated which meant I had to remove it and completely rebuild it including having the cylinder block re sleeved! All on a car that had only covered 68k. I own a workshop and did all the work so the bill could have been much worse. Early models are plagued with problems, I learned so much with mine I now have several customers on my books with them. All in all not a patch on the quality if an 8.