The ride quality, cabin sound insulation and confidence-inspiring performance all make for a comfortable ride with peace of mind. The rear, too, is not a bad place to be in. The seats are firm, yes, but they offer phenomenal support. You’re kept in place, especially when those red seatbelts reel you in. Then there’s the five-level air suspension. The Cayenne GTS gets a lever selector for lowering or raising the car depending on the driving situation. This is done automatically as well, but having a manual option is so much better. The maximum ride height selectable and the go-to height for ‘Off Road’ mode is 236 mm, while in Sport Plus — and also when loading — it can hunker down to as low as 155 mm. Aerodynamic efficiency, optimised intake taken care of, it’s a boon lowering the centre of gravity for pulling some serious Gs in the corners.
The advanced roll-control techniques employed surely work and the GTS stays planted and feels every bit as agile as Porsche make it out to be. Even on the tight (second gear, slow) hairpins in the hills, it was flat and predictable and had the traction management lights flashing telling me I’m being a bit too heavy-footed for my own good, but that’s what the Cayenne GTS does. It shrinks around you, and with those fantastic ‘GTS’ head-lined sports seats offering much appreciated support, it doesn’t ever let you believe that too much is, in fact, over the top. It can handle it all. And it can handle it all very well.
Porsche are known to have quite a few options and this one is no different. Thankfully, it sports most of the kit from the faster and more powerful Cayenne Turbo. It costs Rs 1.38 crore (ex-showroom, Mumbai) but that figure will rise as more boxes are ticked on the options and personalisation sheets. Sheets! Porsche claim a sub-five-second sprint from 0 to 100 km/h, and also better economy; claimed figures point to just about 10 km to the litre highway.
Those are all insignificant numbers, however; things confined to paper. What those papers fail to mention is the exhilaration per corner and smile-widening experiences per kilometre. That’s where the Cayenne GTS excels. It is the life-size version of the car from most children’s imaginations, built to meet and exceed every expectation. It turns heads with its red paint everywhere outside, with the red stitching almost everywhere inside going well with the whole living on the red-line picture you paint in your head. Whatever your age, whatever the time, it’s one of the easiest ways to paint the town red.
Need To Know
PORSCHE CAYENNE GTS
Price: Rs 1.38 crore (ex-showroom, Mumbai)
Engine: Petrol, 3.6-litre, twin-turbo, direct injection, V6
Max Power: 440 PS @ 6,000 RPM
Max Torque: 600 Nm @ 1,600-5,000 RPM
Transmission: Eight-speed, automatic, all-wheel-drive
Weight: 2,110 kg
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