What I do know thou, is that cars like the Cayenne were expensive to maintain when they were new. Althought the price of older Cayennes have come down, the maintenance costs are still the same. It is the same on all of the higher end European cars, whether it be a 7 series BMW, Cayenne, big Benz etc.
If you have the tools and expertise to maintain the Cayenne yourself, then disregards what I have said.
More expensive than a Volkswagen Touareg, which is the same platform and even built in the same factory (in Slovakia). Why buy a Porsche when you can have a Volkswagen?
The VW Touareg V10 TDI has been discontinued on the updated model (due soon), so a low-mileage used one would be a good collectors' car for the VW enthusiast.
Then there's the high-performance Touareg R50. With a tuned 5-litre V10 TDI making 265 kW and 750 Nm, it's the most powerful Volkswagen ever sold in Australia.
Dino's got a Touareg Costa - he of Pizza fame. Dropped us home in it once, and it was gorgeous. I can't speak of the reliability side of things, but it was very well equipped.
Factory Warranty is good, but that doesn't pay the service costs or wearing items like brakes etc. Factory warranty = Authorized service only.
Ring a Porsche service department and ask how much a service is.
go with the R50. Still a few new ones floating around in dealers.Very nice car to drive!! I do know that I would get the Toureg over the Cayenne as that little shield on the bonnet adds a hell of a lot to the price of parts and service. for instance the Cayenne turbo badge on the rear aint cheap to replace so my boss at work has told me. One of our sites broke one and he didn't get much change out $650.....
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If I had the money I'm sure I'd be happy with either, but really... I'd go the Touareg since the Cayenne will always suffer from that "yeah, but it's not a real Porsche" factor.
Have driven an R50, and what an awesome bit of kit... put the boot into and span all 4 wheels on launch.... boy did that put a stoopid big grin on my face !!!
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squizy wrote:Dino's got a Touareg Costa - he of Pizza fame. Dropped us home in it once, and it was gorgeous. I can't speak of the reliability side of things, but it was very well equipped.
Yes i have a Touareg its the v6 petrol, if I had my time again I would get the Turbo.I looked at the Cayenne and I could not see the 30 grand differance in pricing at that time.Cost of maintaning,brakes F/R approx $2500,gear box service $400,regular engine service average $300.I only have the gearbox serviced thru Vdub,the rest I have done aftermarket.The car has done 100000ks now and have only done the brakes once.I hope this helps..
cheers Dino....
if it looks like crap smells like crap then guess what!!!!!
Nope, no 2-door bodies, the Touareg is only available in a 4-door body.
The UK already has the updated 2010 Touareg on sale, but we won't get it until the end of the year. You might get to see it at the Sydney Motor Show in October.
In the top model the V10 TDI has been discontinued, and replaced by a 4.2-litre V8 TDI that makes 255 kW and 800 Nm. That's enough for 0-100 in 5.8 sec and a top speed of 240 km/h, but still get 9.1 L/100 km combined cycle. It has an 8-speed auto and can tow 2.3 tonnes.
i would of said go the Porsche, but after that last photo and my recent experience of buying a new VW go the touareg...
On the Cayenne, by mother law used to have one, with the V8, it was really great was expensive to service but you got the option of another car... and at a porsche dealership thats pretty good. Porsche Centre Sydeny South and one in melbourne are the only company owned shops in Aus, the rest are franchises, so I would think they can provide a better car and service if not on price.
The cayenne though proved reliable, she owned one of the first ones to come to Australia and only sold it this year (bought a SLK 55 AMG), the only problem she had to my knowledge was a coolant light that kept coming on, however she continued driving and nothing bad happened. The other good thing with Porsche is their service we had a tyre blow on us on the way to the snow, so between Cooma and Jindabyne at 150kph it blew had to get the car towed back to cooma and porsche got us to thredbo. The down side of it is though that the tyres availability is low and prices are high, as with alot of Parts i'd assume...
