2013 Porsche Cayenne Diesel - Drive Time Review with Steve Hammes | TestDriveNow 

We paid 64K for our Cayenne Diesel. Nicely optioned and it runs and handles just like Mr. Hammes stated. It is a great vehicle and we would buy it all over again in a heartbeat. We looked very hard at the TOUAREG TDI and it was a great car as well but the Cayenne cabin is worth everry bit of the 10K uptick over the VW.

Great car and review !!! If he liked that V6 diesel so much, I wonder what he'd of made of the fabulous 4.2litre V8 turbo diesel we get ?? !!

I love Porsche because of their good quality and I do understand these are for the 1% so to speak. However, what they need to do is standardise a good lot of those options and bump up the MSRP. It's really annoying to think of how much is being spent on options alone. Come resale time, most used car buyers will not want to pay anything more than the MSRP unless the car is still fairly new. I am no sales expert or anything but the way I see it, you're better off leasing a Porsche than buying it.

If I were going for the cayenne, this would be the model i'd get.

I love this paint job. Dark Green is amazing on German cars

Not yet.

are you reviewing the new impala anytime soon?

Love it!

I have not liked the Cayenne since 2008...It used to look rugged and manly and now it looks more like a small suv for rich moms.

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Are you serious. That price is way overboard!!!!!

Its a Porsche not KIA :\

it's all about the badge, shouting your status and image at others.

What a load of crap, what you save in fuel you pay through the nose to buy this over rated piece of crap ,a new Porsche cayenne with all the toys is 225000 pound s sterling the price of a house you gotta be kidding, it's no big shakes saying it's parent company is vw Audi ,i had a Audi quattro biggest mistake ever every thing went wrong i only kept it 5 months , listen guys im a Mechanic for 40 year s and i drive the best possible vehicle i can and it's the Lexus rx a fantastic vehicle 248000 on it now i bought it new way back in 2009 ,Lexus is number one in the world today for realibility and owner ship costs ,it runs rings around the badly made Porsche,,,lastly look up the video of the Canadian Porsche Mechanic and he said he would've touch it with a ten foot pole so expensive to keep running and extremely unreliable s

Hi guys don't buy one of these money pit s plus they are one of the most unreliable vehicles on the road to day. VW Audi vehicles are nothing to write home about either ,,they arnt reliable either ,I had three audis the first one was great away back when they made great vehicle s but the second one wasn't as reliable and the third was a disaster every thing went wrong a bundle of crap ,,so I changed out of VW altogether I now drive the best SUV on the planet a Lexus rx ,,with 305 bhp a fantastic choice there is 344000 miles on it now and for a hybrid no trouble what so ever, the parts aren't that expensive either ,,236 a year to insure 40 to the gallon I love my Lexus ,I wouldn't have a Porsche cayenne or any porche for that matter ,the Lexus runs rings around it ,not in the same league ,,so take the advice from a old Mechanic of 44 year a and buy a Lexus you know your doing the smart thing ,,and I guarantee you after a couple of months of driving it you definitely wouldn't swap it for a Porsche I bet 1000 dollars on it s

Of all German&Japanese SUVs I and my family owned, Cayenne is by far the best handling SUV with great power. Stop putting this on the same line with Q7 CDI, they may share the same engine, but Porsche has tuned it to match its standards thus the feel is completely different.

2013: 36000$ in options 2021: now you can get the whole car with those options for under 36000$ 😁

chip it and it will be a beast. Torque goes through the roof, this engine is greatly pegged down stock.

Never drove this one, but in the reviews people say that "a car this big have no right to ride like this", so I believe it drives really well; and that's why it's so expensive. (Plus the badge, of course)

thanks for comparing it to nothing. your in depth review is much appreciated.

Dieselgate in 2015, VW is exposed.

Dear Steve ! You are a great expert and dwells so nicely about the technology,comforts, all combined together..You win our heart Congrats for being our hero

interior package with upgraded seats, nag and towing pkg. Not sure what the names and numbers of the packages are. We found it at a large Porsche dealer on east coast. There must have been 15--20 cayennes in stock. They wanted them gone, we had no trade and the timing was just right. Once you drive the Cayenne the Touareg will seem pretty regular at best.

One more thing for you to think about. We tested both the base V6 Gas and the Diesel. We decided on the diesel for long distance driving we do, quite often we do 1K long week-ends. Under normal ownership we would have gone for the base gas V6. plenty quick for everyday and a very smooth comfortable ride.The other thing that tipped us off the Touareg was the quality of the Porsche dealership and service experience vs the typical VW dealership.

Excellent review as usual. I was pricing a Boxster yesterday you can add similar amount to that car. You get what you pay I guess.

Let me know if you ever experience deep snow with it. My Cayenne S was high sided frequently last winter. My next Cayenne will get a lift kit and oversized tires.

$36,000 in options?!? my goodness, does a steering wheel at least come as standard??? Porsche and Mini both need to subsidize their options into trim packages, I don't understand how their consumers find it acceptable to spend so much additionally for features and goodies that come equipped at no extra charge in other comparable vehicles. gotta have that badge I suppose....

Beautiful color combination; both the exterior and interior 2-tone full leather. 💯💯

you say that... but, its nearly as fast as a 4 wheel drive 911 (around a track as well) which for a 2.2 tonne suv is quite impressive.. it goes to 157 mph and will do 35 mpg... when those numbers sink in and you realise what comes as standard.. you may change your mind... yes it is expensive, but nobody goes to buy a porsche expecting it to be cheap

I've always loved this vehicle. However, the cost of the options are ridiculous. Who cares about mpg if you're going to spend 90k or more?

probably not even that long, porsche charges out the ass for things, those rs spyder wheels are like 4 grand

Im hoping we'll see a lot more light duty Diesels available in North America, I don't know why its taken this long

+1. If you stay off the options list, they aren't that bad considering. Ultimately depends on one's budget.

Look at the prices around the world and say that...

They are built on the same platform :P Just that one is cheper then the other.

Actually if you got money to burn Porsche's got your money to take.

what are u talking about? it starts with 56k thats good for a porsche

$36,0000 in options!?!? I wonder how long that options list is

A diesel SUV Porsche? My God how things have changed.

great!

Cayenne S Diesel will be more interesting

This would be my choice, great color.

okay go and get it.

i love this car !!!

I like TDI!

Nice vehicle, but WAY overpriced. I would rather buy a Ford Raptor and an FJ Cruiser 4x4 for the price of this one Porsche, but that's just me.

new range rover or the cayenne; steve?!?

Yeah just don't drive it In snow it sucks