And - the Porsche Cayenne weighs OVER 5000 LBS!!!!!
Shame on Porsche for even following this trend. IMO, the company has lowered itself by creating such a vehicle. If you'd have told ANY Porsche owner in, say, 1989, that the world-renowned sports car manufacturer they loved and admired would build a TRUCK, they'd have laughed you out of the passenger seat. But here it is. Shame.
Little baby wannabe tough-guys buying $50k plus vehicles that do NOTHING well except suck up gas and block other's view of the road. Want an SUV? Get a Jeep - there is no other. Want a sports car? Plan NOT to take 6 friends along with you. Want a luxury vehicle? Plenty to choose from. But you CAN'T have all of them in one package, and SUVs generally offer nothing but HUGE compromises in every aspect of driving. Luxury cars are more comfortable, especially getting in and out. Sports cars offer FAR superiror performance and fun-factor. True off-roaders beat hell outta the trails. And almost all of them will get better gas mileage than these behemoths, and cost less.
Prepared for the Lambo, Ferrari, or Rolls Royce trucks? Better get ready, because if Porsche is successful with it, the others can't be far behind. What's the world (or the US anyway) coming to....
~HH
