A sports coupé with the upmost pedigree and its ‘expanding-line-up-with-new-SUV’ brother might not seem like the track partners best suited to each other. But Autocar wanted to find out whether the Porsche Cayenne Turbo could go the distance with the Porsche 911 Carrrera 4S. As the guys say, though, the Porsche Cayenne Turbo has supercar-like performance specs with its V8 twinturbo engine producing 500 hp, such that Porsche claims it shares the same 0-100 km/hr acceleration time as the 911.

But pure acceleration does not a track car make, and so while we can crunch numbers on paper, Autocar took them both out for a spin to see just how similar (or different) the SUV and coupé are. From my point of view, there’s no way the Cayenne Turbo will ever beat the Carrera 4S on sex appeal, but whether you’re a SUV lover or hater, it’s hard to deny the impressive characteristics of the Cayenne Turbo.

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