India getting Porsche Cayenne Diesel
Click above for high-res gallery of the Porsche Cayenne Diesel
Porsche just launched its first modern diesel engine in the Cayenne sport utility vehicle, and the German automaker said when it was first introduced that it was planning on bringing the model to other markets. Considering that the Cayenne is Porsche's best-selling vehicle in India, it's not all that surprising that the oil-burner is slated for an Indian introduction in short order. Even better, according to Car Trade India, "a diesel version of this popular SUV is expected to sell like a hot cake." That sounds good, right?
Currently, Cayenne diesels are produced at Porsche's Leipzig factory, and this is where the Indian Cayenne's will be exported from. Europeans are the first to get the diesel, and they'll officially get the option beginning in February for a base price of €47,250. The 3.0L V6 engine comes from Audi and offers up 240-horsepower and a useful 405 lb-ft of torque.
Gallery: Porsche Cayenne Diesel
[Source: Car Trade India]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Carney 9:58AM (1/06/2009)
What, presuming there are any, are the environmental benefits of diesel relative to gasoline?
Non being sarcastic or rhetorical, just looking for info from someone who knows because I don't.
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strass 10:47AM (1/07/2009)
New, cleaner diesel technology is as clean as gasoline, with the added gas mileage of diesel.
Phil L. 10:22AM (1/06/2009)
My favorite item on this topic is now getting out of date, but it's still pretty accurate:
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/the-truth-about-diesels/
Here's a particularly relevant quote from the above article:
European countries are willing to accept the additional air pollution caused by the diesel engine. The trend in European environmental policy has to been to focus on carbon dioxide, which is relatively harmless to people but may cause global warning. Diesels, because they run with an excess of oxygen, produce very little carbon dioxide, and almost no carbon monoxide. American policy has focussed on pollutants that cause real harm to people, such as the particulates emitted by diesel engines. It is a very different approach to basic public health policy issues.
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Carney 11:07AM (1/06/2009)
Thanks, Phil L.
One useful way to think about these things I came across went like this.
At a rough minimum, you need to breathe every minute, drink water every day, eat every few weeks, get some kind of job every year, and put away money for your retirement / kids' college fund (which takes decades).
None of these issues is unimportant, but if you're underwater and about to run out of air, you should focus on the issue at hand rather than musing on your portfolio
Nor should you, when it is suggested that you surface for air, indignantly refuse on the grounds that it does not solve your retirement fund issues, or choose instead to kill another diver and steal his oxygen tank instead; the latter solves your immediate problem at the expense of bigger long term problems.
Global warming is a long term issue. Arguably we shouldn't make it worse, but we shouldn't reject solutions to urgent shorter term problems if they don't get in the way of resolving it.
jpm 12:01PM (1/06/2009)
Is it me, or do the three words Porsche-cayenne-diesel just not go together at all?
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RPM 4:33AM (1/07/2009)
Its just you
ale 8:19PM (1/06/2009)
great India gets it but we don't, nice. unbelievable, yet the norm
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