What are people thoughts about the Cayenne?

Wife has always loved one but dont know too much about them.

Which is the best year to buy? Best engine? Any problems that are common?

Should i keep away?

I have no answers to your questions, sorry.

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.

Good luck with your search.

What about the Toe-rag??
Same same but different??

Did hear there was issues with the auto??

I know the 6 cylinder is underpowered and looses value quicker than it drinks fuel

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.

I thought the R50 had 850 NM of torque, why buy a cayenne when you can have the R50.

Cayenne, nice vehicle....bloody expensive to maintain/service

if i bought one with Factory Warranty?

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.

Speak to George at Classic VW, he has/had one.

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.....

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 !!!

The V10 TDi should have the following warning:
Do not engage low range when on any island smaller than Tasmania.
The ground won't be able to take it!

Im currently looking at replacing my triton diesel with a Touareg, Personally I would Love the V10 but i dont think that will be happening

My gut tells me to be wary of the air suspension models as they are costly to repair when they do eventually fail ( like they did in my P38 rangy)

From everyone that i know that has a Touareg they have been great cars... obviously dont buy an early model as they would have issues

R50 gets my vote - but me thinks all of your options are none too shabby!!

Does the R50 come in a 2 door - that could be interesting...

Newt

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.

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/#/new/touareg-nf/ 

I suppose an 'R' version of this will appear in due course...

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...

after that ramble.... go with the VW

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after that ramble.... go with the VW