{"id":399300,"date":"2021-06-17T18:29:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T18:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=399300"},"modified":"2024-12-08T23:52:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T23:52:57","slug":"record-setting-porsche-cayenne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/record-setting-porsche-cayenne\/","title":{"rendered":"Record setting Porsche Cayenne"},"content":{"rendered":"

The official unveiling hasn’t happened yet, but Porsche has been developing a high-performance version of their successful Porsche Cayenne SUV over the last months, and the engineers took a slightly camouflaged development prototype to the famous ‘Green Hell’, also known as the N\u00fcrburgring Nordschleife in Germany … to set a record.<\/p>\n

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And they achieved just that, the new 2022 Porsche Performance Cayenne managed to set the world record in the “SUV, off-road vehicle, van, pick-up” category with an amazing time of 7:38.925 minutes to complete an entire 20.832 km lap on this famous German track, behind the wheel was official Porsche test driver Lars Kern.<\/p>\n

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“Over the first few meters of the Nordschleife in this Cayenne, you’re tempted to turn around to make sure that you’re really sitting in a spacious SUV. Its high steering precision and stoically stable rear axle gave me a lot of confidence in the Hatzenbach section,”<\/em> said Lars Kern, who accompanied long periods of the car’s development.<\/p>\n

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“This Cayenne model is a top performer. During its development, we focused on exceptional on-road performance. Our record-breaking Cayenne is based on the Cayenne Turbo Coup\u00e9, though more systematically designed for maximum longitudinal and lateral dynamics”<\/em> according to Stefan Weckbach, Vice President Product Line Cayenne. “Its record time on the Nordschleife confirms the dynamic capabilities of our new performance SUV. Furthermore, it’s a typical Cayenne all-rounder, providing a high degree of driving comfort and everyday utility.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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The record attempt at the N\u00fcrburgring Nordschleife has been ‘notarized’, the notary public also confirmed this to be a series production model with only minor changes, and those have been installed to protect the driver, like a roll cage and a racing seat, for the record-setting lap the lightly camouflaged Porsche SUV had 22-inch Pirelli P Zero Cora tires fitted that have been developed specifically for this Cayenne version, and these will also be fitted as standard on the production car that will be unveiled soon.<\/p>\n

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Remember the spy shots of a Lamborghini Hur\u00e1can STO on the same track a few weeks ago that caused controversy because onlookers deemed it a Super Trofeo race car with an STO body instead, but if you look closer at the video Lamborghini published, they also had a Urus on the track at that time … will Lamborghini try to set an even better record in the “SUV, off-road vehicle, van, pick-up” category? Only time will tell.<\/p>\n

For now, take a look at the official video posted by Porsche on ‘New Performance Cayenne Sets N\u00fcrburgring Record’ below:<\/p>\n