How Do I Know This?
Here鈥檚 a bit of news: Porsche is going to do a GT version of the Cayenne Coupe. Meaning Porsche Motosports鈥攖he same people that build the race cars and stuff like the GT3, 911R, Speedster, GT2 RS鈥攚ill be building a SUV. How do I know this? I know a guy/unnamed source. There鈥檚 a Cayenne Turbo Coupe in Flacht right now. Also, Mr. GT, Andy Preuninger, recently shared with @dasgimpen that Porsche Motorsports built the 641 horsepower twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8 in the Lamborghini Urus. It only makes sense that the boys and girls in Weissach get to stick that humdinger of a power plant into a vehicle of their own creation. Sadly it鈥檚 not a two-door Panamera (read: 928), but at least it鈥檚 something. I鈥檓 curious to see how far Porsche Motorsports takes a Cayenne GT. Especially seeing how different a GT3 is from a regular Carrera. Will Andy鈥檚 team stick with the ZF 8-Speed? I think they have to. Lightweight measures, like no rear seats ala GT3? Like I said, I鈥檓 curious/I would. Cayenne Turbo S Coupe? Cayenne Turbo GTS Coupe? I dunno, just guessing. As for why, well, why ask why? This is the car world we live in, May 2019. Finally, the orange SUV in the pic is the new Cayenne Turbo Coupe, not the SUV I describe above. 馃嚛馃嚜馃馃嚛馃嚜 EDIT: Yes, I wish a Panamera GT was happening, too/instead. But it ain鈥檛. At least not now. EDIT 2: I was going to make a GT5 guess/joke, but @tyasmoerti93 is claiming Porsche has trademarked GT5.
In a head-on collision the full-size airbags for the driver and front passenger are each activated by a two-stage gas generator reducing the forces acting on the occupants. Inside, the Cayenne is functional and sophisticated in its wide range of features. Further comfort features are the electrical closing aid on the rear lid fitted as standard as well as the navigation module with DVD drive, providing larger memory capacity and allowing quicker access to navigation data. Porsche Communication Management (PCM) is available as an option with a TV tuner and an electronic trip recorder. And to see exactly what is happening behind him, the customer is also able to order his Cayenne with a back-up camera as an individual option. The luggage compartment in the Porsche Cayenne S is the same as on the entry-level model, featuring a ski-bag, a partition net and a complete cover on top and offering capacity of 540 litres.
Those who drive a Porsche want to drive. The more sporty, more comfortable, more efficient and more safe the drive the better. Porsche InnoDrive assists you in a completely new way. The system enhances adaptive cruise control with additional, innovative functions. It predictively optimises your speed. You can adapt the driving feel by pressing the SPORT button. Depending on the mode, the system selects the optimum parameters for engine management and gear selection, including coasting and deceleration. Porsche InnoDrive represents the typically Porsche realisation of efficient driving - for greater comfort and greater driving pleasure. Another feature of Porsche InnoDrive including adaptive cruise control is Traffic Jam Assist. It eases the burden on the driver when congestion is encountered on major inter-urban roads and motorways. At speeds of up to approximately 60 km/h, the system uses gentle steering inputs to keep the vehicle in the middle of the lane, regulates the distance from vehicles in front and follows the queue ahead where system limitations allow. To do this, Traffic Jam Assist tracks roadway markings and other vehicles on the carriageway. Appreciable stress relief and greater comfort on long journeys. The assistance provided by Porsche InnoDrive is subject to system limitations. The driver must monitor driving style at all times and intervene in cases of doubt. The system can be overridden at any time by use of the brake or accelerator pedal.
I completed the following project about a year ago, never had a chance to post this up, but recent questions by members PorscheCrazy and others reminded me. This DIY covers modification to my upper third brake light wiring to alter the LED from a single constant "on" steady state to a blinking light when brakes are applied. I actually got this idea from a member of a non-6Speedonline Porsche forum that is very popular. I had always thought that having a blinking third brake light would be a great safety enhancement, and more so for smaller sports cars. Anyways, I found a small company that produces a controller that when tapped-into your brake light wiring modify from steady to blinking. The company is Kahtec Technologies International. This US company produces several products all focused on safety modifications for brake lighting. Someone recently mentioned that there are other products out there -- I do not have any knowledge of them or experience.
I ordered on the Kahtec web site, and in a couple of days the small box arrived as advertised. The box contained a small wired black box with Red, Black, Blue wires, set of wire taps, and instruction sheet. The instructions are very clear, easy to read and I felt comfortable that tapping into my wiring would be reversible should I have to switch back. So I set off in search of the best location to grab the wires in my car ('14 C4S coupe). So, I recalled locating the wiring harness for the third brake light and antennae bump back when I was wiring my car for the back-up camera. I pulled the trim off, and right in front of me was the wiring bundle I needed! It was great not to have to dig and search for wires for once! Here's the bundle -- there are three wires.