The performance gaps in the Cayenne line -up have never been smaller. Spend some time to pilot a well optional S, and the last thing you feel is that it lacks speed or handling. And while the Turbo-GT of $ 205,795 like a sports car likes to hire a curvy road road, it differs not only at its speed, but also with an exciting experience.
Where does the 2025 Porsche Cayenne GTS Coupé fit into which I drive this week? In view of the fact that it uses the same 4.0-liter V8 with two turbochargers like the S- and Turbo-GT, it will not surprise you to find out that its straightforward performance is amazing. But like the Range Toper, GTS differs by combining this performance with an appealing driving experience. It creates a feeling of occasions that you cannot find in lower equipment variants without wearing a price that begins with two.
From a visual point of view, the Porsche Cayenne GTS has one of the most important advantages over the Turbo that it is available both in a standard SUV form and how my tester is available as a coupé. Like previous iterations of this driver equipment, GTS with larger aerial photographs have a unique front bumper. You will find black badges in the entire external, a standard set of 21-inch RS-Spyder design wheels, a shiny black equipment and a sports delivery system painted in a dark bronze finish.
If you look at the photos mentioned above, you have the impression that my tester looks a bit Turbo-GT lite, not alone. His optional exhaust with Twin Central Exits helps him play the role, as well as the $ 9,070 carbon ceramic brakes and its yellow brake calipers. The improved 22-inch GT design wheels are the same as you can find on the Turbo GT. At the same time, the Premium package and the light sports package of 10,770 US dollars add exterior extras such as a carbon roof.
Despite the many optional extras of this SUV, it is also a strong argument for why it is not a great idea to order a color combination in such a subdued color combination as the 2,840 dollars in the amount of $ 2,840. What you have in the end is a big family tractor who tries to look both sporty and weakened. If you already buy a cayenne with a growling V8 and an active rear spoiler, why should you shine everything with a lighter color?
Inside, the updates of the GTS are more subtle. The cabin has other surfaces that have been completed in the Race Tex, such as the GT Sport -Stlenkrad, the door cards, the armrests and the roof liner. While its standard seats have the material with eight paths, this tester opted for a classic Houndholtoooth pattern for its optional, heated 18-way adjustable seats.
Look under the GTS hood, and you will find the 4.0-liter V8 Twin turbo, which has not only become omnipresent within the Porsche brand, but also in sister companies such as Audi, Lamborghini and Bentley. This iteration produces 493 hp and £ 487 pound-footed torque, which represents a 40 PS and 30 LB-FT increase compared to its successor. Nevertheless, this is less than you from a BMW X5 M competition or an Audi RS Q8, two competitors who cost approximately this well-optioned GTS coupé, with a tested price of $ 159,615 (USD 131,495).
But as I played before, the Porsche Cayenne GTS Coupé is not missing when it comes to the straight performance. It is quick by combining its reaction fast V8 with a rapidly changing eight-speed automatic transmission, an all-wheel drive system and the traction control software, which is eliminated by the Turbo GT. How practically all performance SUVs that have been presented in the past decade begins with a strong wave of low-end torque, which enables it to reach 60 miles per hour in 4.2 seconds.
However, if you only assess the GTS after acceleration, you will miss the point. Do you remember the Cayenne Coupé that I mentioned in the intro? It also uses an almost identical version of the GTS -V8 and is comparatively fast.
In order to understand what makes GTS special, you have to point out your nose to a twisting side street, because this Cayenne, like the many 911, Boxsters and Caymans who accept this three-letter moniker, is defined by his handling.
For this purpose, the Porsche Cayenne GTS uses a trim-specific air cutting, paired with the active suspension management and torque vectoring systems from Marque. You can further strengthen the functions of this SUV with the dynamic chassis control system of $ 3,580 such as this tester and the Lightweight Sport package, which decreases the weight of the coupé by up to 55 pounds.
By combining its adaptive air frame system with a two-valve dampers’ setup, with which the GTS can adapt to re-bum and compression, it can continue to determine its journey in the TOP SPORT+ BUNS and at the same time softer for a plush pendulum experience. At the front, it borrowed front axis components from the Turbo GT to increase the negative fall.
From the moment you bend on a winding road, the effects of these targeted improvements are obvious. The Porsche Cayenne GTS is stable at higher speeds and retains a fairly neutral balance in the bends. While its somewhat lower driving height certainly helps, adaptive suspension helps most of the heavy lifting. This SUV in full size manages its weight remarkably well, and thanks to its large carbon ceramic brakes, it has plenty of stopping strength to keep them under control at the end of direct maintenance.
However, what is more important is how communicative the GTS is despite its weight and stature. Despite the use of an electrical power steering system, it transmits the roadside well and at the same time takes the weight while loading its front tires in a curve. Although his steering is fast, it is not overly as in most modern M products and finds a nice balance between the feeling that it is quick and natural.
The result is an SUV that you do not buy due to its performance statistics or how well it accelerates, but because it creates a feeling of occasions due to its handling. While the Porsche Cayenne GTS does not look strongly from other equipment variants in the storage form, you can get the option list of the aesthetics of the Turbo -GT rather close without exposing the $ 205,795 that it costs.
Instead, the GTS coupé of $ 131,495 ($ 159,615) finds both within the Cayenne area as well as an industry that is flooded with quick family towers by priorizing the commitment of the driver and expanding at speed.
