Cayenne Porsche Cayenne EV 2025 / 206 Spy Pics

[khabah]

I don't think this interior is terrible, but it's certainly lazy; slathering the space with piano black surfaces and screens comes off as a pastiche of what living in the 2020s is. I'm not a fan of prodding at a smooth glass sheet to control vital functions like A/C, vehicle performance and seat functions, and very much prefer the old cockpit-style layout of the first-gen Panamera and Macan.

The hardest hitter for me, however, is the visible cost-cutting: Autogefühl's video showed how the door pockets are now hard plastic, for instance. I remember my 2012 Cayenne S having a padded inside that kept rattles to a minimum, and even my 2018 Macan has decent insulation. For the new Macan and Cayenne to move to hard, unpadded plastic and swap out touchpoints like leather pockets on the seat backs to nets that will inevitably warp and loosen/dangle with time is egregious - especially in the face of the astronomical costs these models are now demanding.

I'm reserving final judgment of the exterior until its fully unveiled, but so far, I'm disliking the long, fat, heavy, blobby proportions of it. Then again, I found the first-gen Cayenne [more so the facelift] and the second generation very handsome, and continue to respect those designs.

We know these companies are after the pursuit of the bottom line, but it's sad to see Porsche go from being a halo company with conscious thought and intentionality crafted in its products to essentially becoming a performance-branded arm of VAG.

khabah

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

We know these companies are after the pursuit of the bottom line, but it's sad to see Porsche go from being a halo company with conscious thought and intentionality crafted in its products to essentially becoming a performance-branded arm of VAG.

khabah

With all the bad news out of Stuttgart, I'm increasingly worried this will happen. Porsche used to have the luxury of dictating it's terms within the group. Will that goodwill now disappear overnight?

 

[Design FIRST]

It indeed appears that Porsche AG is becoming more of a "high performance subsidiary" of VAG. Of course, they remain among the very most competent in the business in terms of engineering. Especially pertaining to suspensions. But as the years have gone by, the 911 has become the sole representative of that epic brand spirit of yore. It remains THE Porsche. Perhaps the ONLY "The Porsche".

 

[Centurion]

Front bumper intakes are striking. I want to see the slats on other Porsches.

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[martinbo]

I want to see the slats on other Porsches.

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992.2 GTS

992.2 Turbo S

 

[Wunderkind]

I don’t mind the dashboard design. I think Porsche took a risk with the center screen and I think they didnt do a bad job integrating it the lower dashboard/center console.

If anything, I think it highlights the difficulty interior designers have in making dashboard with big screens look good.

Also, even Porsche is cutting costs on interior materials now. Look at the shiny hard plastic trimmings in the door pockets, yuck!