Porsche has recalled 483 units of the Cayenne In India, in order to fix faulty headlights. The German automaker has recalled 1 lakh units of the Cayenne globally to fix this issue, wherein a incorrectly locked headlight module could result in the part coming of the vehicle. The recall affects all model year 2011 and 2012 Porsche Cayenne SUVs. The locking system on the headlights will be fixed free of cost to the Porsche customer and will take 45 minutes to be rectified. All Cayenne vehicles manufactured between 8th March 2010 to 31st January 2012 have been recalled to fix the issue. Porsche currently sells 5 variants of the Cayenne in India, which includes Cayenne Diesel, Cayenne V6 Tiptronic, Cayenne S Hybrid, Cayenne S V8 Tiptronic and Cayenne Turbo Tiptronic. The cheapest Porsche Cayenne is the diesel variant, which is priced at Rs. 77.44 lakhs, while the top of the line Cayenne Turbo is priced at Rs. 1.63 crore (all prices on-road, Mumbai).
All the 5 variants of the Cayenne will do 100 km/h in less than 8 seconds and have a top speed of over 220 km/h. The diesel Cayenne’s 3.0-litre engine produces 245 hp of peak power at 3800 RPM and 550 Nm of peak torque between 1750 and 2750 RPM. The Cayenne Turbo uses a 4.8-litre, 8-cylinder engine to produce 500 hp of peak power at 6000 RPM and a neck twisting 700 Nm of peak torque at between 2250 and 4500 RPM. The Porsche Cayenne Turbo is quick and how, it can reach 100 km/h in just 4.7 seconds and reaches a top speed of 278 km/h. 0 – 160 km/h comes up in just 10.5 seconds and the Porsche Traction Management system along with active all-wheel drive, map-controlled multi-plate clutch, automatic limited slip-differential and traction-slip control ensure that when the going gets quick, the Cayenne keeps going hugging the road at speeds you wouldn’t think of blinking.
