2011 Porsche Cayenne S vs. 2011 Infiniti FX50S - Motor Authority (blog)
There’s just no other way to describe family trucksters that can bomb to 60 mph faster than any readily available sports car could just a few decades ago—and darn near as fast as even the swiftest sports cars on the market today (we’ll presume a... Making these respective crossovers corner as if they sat two feet closer to the ground—say, like a 911 or a G37—is why the Porsche and Infiniti are simply astonishing. and blasted back roads in the Infiniti. That was the word a friend in the passenger seat used to describe the sensation of the FX carving up blacktop with endless grip, aural V-8 roar, and awe-inspiring confidence. When Porsche went back to the drawing board on the totally new, 2011 Cayenne, its biggest goal was to shed pounds from what everyone called an overweight vehicle, given its five-seat capacity and (at the time) not huge cargo bay. Unsprung weight (everything below the suspension), which is a huge enemy of handling, went on a big diet, but Porsche also excised bloat from doors, de-porked cabin materials, and took a big chunk out of the AWD system (while also making it more... 400 whopping pounds later, the Porsche Cayenne S, which don’t forget still has a 4. 8-liter V-8, tips the scales at 4,553 lbs. lighter than the Infiniti, and within its class of fleet. Source: www.motorauthority.com
