2019 Porsche Cayenne Turbo Is A 550 Hp, 177 Mph People Hauler
Porsche has gone official with one of the hottest SUVs on the market in the form of the 2019 Porsche Cayenne Turbo. The SUV has a 4.0L twin-turbo V8 heart that makes 550 hp and 567 lb-ft of torque. Performance numbers are 0-60 mph in 3.7 seconds with the optional Sport Chrono Package and a top speed of 177 mph. Porsche promises that the 2019 model has significantly enhanced standard equipment compared to the previous Cayenne Turbo. Other features include three chamber air suspension, staggered tire sizes, and Porsche Surface Coated Brake (PSCB) tech for improved dynamics. The 2019 Cayenne Turbo can also be fitted with rear-axle steering and electronic roll stabilization. Turbo models get an exclusive front end and LED main headlights of the Porsche Dynamic Light System. Turbo buyers get double-row front light modules, something V6 buyers don鈥檛 get. The wheel arches are widened and the SUV rolls on special 21-inch wheels. The turbo also gets specific twin tailpipes to set it apart from the six-cylinder versions. Inside the Cayenne Turbo gets center mounted grab handles, a 12.3-inch screen in the dash, and an analog tech with a pair of 7-inch screens on each side. Those screens can show virtually all vehicle functions and are part of the Porsche Advanced cockpit. Standard audio system is a 710w Bose Surround Sound System. Also standard are 18-way sport seats with integrated headrests and heating functions.
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The quality of the typical new car has significantly improved over the past decade, but those gains unexpectedly stalled this past year, according to the latest annual survey. The 2019 Initial Quality Study, conducted by research group J.D. Power and Associates, found that while manufacturers have been resolving some of the nagging problems with high-tech infotainment systems, traditional mechanical problems that had largely faded over the past decade have returned. 鈥淪ome traditional problems crept up this year, including paint imperfections, brake and suspension noises, engines not starting and the 鈥榗heck engine鈥?light coming on early in the ownership experience,鈥?said Dave Sargent, the head of automotive research for J.D. Those problems come as a surprise because manufacturers made a major push over the past decade to largely banish mechanical problems. Once commonplace issues, such as balky transmissions and faltering engines, had become more the exception than the norm. Sargent also noted that many consumers are reporting problems with the latest wave of advanced driver assistance systems, such as forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking and blind spot detection.
That鈥檚 a potentially serious issue as ADAS technology becomes the new standard. And these systems are the precursors of the technology that will be needed in the fully driverless vehicles expected to come to the market over the next decade, raising questions about how well they will work. Power鈥檚 study focuses specifically on the issues that owners report with their vehicles during the first 90 days of ownership. And while long-term reliability is examined in a separate study, the Initial Quality Study has traditionally offered insight into which brands will hold up best. Manufacturers and car buyers alike tend to closely follow the study which, in its early years, helped identify the rise of brands such as Toyota, Nissan and Honda. But there has been a significant shift in the results since early in the decade. Traditionally dominant Japanese marques have begun to lose momentum. At the same time, the South Korean brands once considered quality laggards have made a push to address their early issues, surging to the top of the IQS charts.
Genesis, the luxury brand recently spun off by Hyundai, led this year鈥檚 study, with an average of 63 reported problems per 100 vehicles 鈥?63 PP100 in Power lingo. Kia followed with 70 problems per 100, and Hyundai itself had an average 71 PP100. The best the Japanese could muster was Nissan鈥檚 86 problems per 100 vehicles, putting it in seventh place. Lexus and Toyota came in ninth and tenth, respectively, with their 90 PP100 score barely beating out the industry average of 93 problems. Mazda, Honda, Acura and Subaru, among the other Japanese brands, came in below average. Ford and its high-line Lincoln division came in just behind the three South Korean brands. That reflects a significant turnaround for Ford, in particular. Earlier in the decade, it had plunged in the IQS results due to both transmission problems and issues with its high-tech Sync infotainment system. And Dodge, another traditional quality laggard, came in eighth this year, ahead of both Lexus and Toyota. Even some brands that fared poorly overall did have a few good turns in the 2019 IQS. BMW and Mini had three individual models that topped their individual segments: the BMW 2-Series and X4 crossover, as well as the Mini Cooper. But the Hyundai Motor Group, which includes Genesis and Kia, as well as Hyundai, had six individual segment winners, more than any other manufacturer.