The Porsche Cayenne(Type number 957) is a five seat mid-size luxury sport utility vehicle manufactured by the Germanmanufacturer Porsche since 2002, with North American sales beginning in 2003. Its platform was developed by Porsche and is shared with the Volkswagen Touaregand the Audi Q7. It is the firstV8-engined vehicle built by Porsche since 1995, when the Porsche 928 was discontinued. Since 2008, all engines have featured direct injection technology.
The second-generation Cayenne was unveiled at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show in March following an online reveal on February 25, 2010.
The Cayenne’s frame and doors are sourced from Volkswagen, who uses the frames and doors for the Volkswagen Touaregmodel. All other aspects of vehicle design, tuning, production are done in house at Porsche.