2016 Porsche Cayenne Turbo S: 570 Horsepower, $158K Price Tag - Car and Driver (blog)
Back in 1999, the 996-generation Porsche 911 GT3 managed to lap the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 7 minutes and 56 seconds, making it the first roadgoing Porsche to drop below the eight-minute mark. And now, at the Detroit auto show , Porsche has revealed the Cayenne Turbo S, an even quicker version of the already ridiculously fast Cayenne Turbo. And one that the company claims has managed to break the Nordschleife eight-minute barrier itself, having posted a 7:59. 74. There are some Volkswagen Group power politics at play here, as well, with the Turbo S’s debut coinciding with Bentley... Bentley execs have publicly claimed that their SUV will be the fastest in the world—in straight lines, at least. The Turbo S’s lap time is a benchmark the bigger and blingier Bentley is very unlikely to be able to match. Beyond the lap time, the S is, as its name suggests, a turned-up-to-11 version of the existing Turbo. That translates into an official 3. 8-second 0-to-60-mph time—we registered a 4. 1-second time in our test of the last, 550-hp Turbo S —with a top speed (in those parts of the world that officially quote it) of 176 mph. Porsche’s active Dynamic Chassis Control and Torque Vectoring systems are both standard. Source: www.caranddriver.com
