2026 Porsche Cayenne Coupe Electric Is Here Because 40% Of Cayenne Buyers Go For The Coupe

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Porsche revealed nan Cayenne Electric backmost successful November, initially successful guidelines and Turbo guises pinch the mid-range S being shown disconnected past month. There will beryllium much models to come, for illustration nan performance-oriented GTS and absurd Turbo GT, and surely astatine slightest 1 aliases 2 different trims that Porsche tin deliberation up. Now, pinch nan Cayenne Electric group to deed dealerships this summer, Porsche is revealing 1 of nan astir important variants of nan caller EV: nan Cayenne Coupe Electric.

It has been much than 20 years since nan first-generation Mercedes-Benz CLS came out, so I don't want to spot immoderate annoying comments astir really you can't telephone thing a "coupe" if it has 4 doors, aliases if it's an SUV, aliases immoderate else. Everyone should beryllium utilized to this by now. Porsche was a spot precocious to nan crossover-coupe party, launching nan existent gas-powered exemplary successful 2019, 2 years aft nan third-gen Cayenne was revealed. You mightiness deliberation a coupe assemblage style for illustration this would beryllium beautiful niche, but you'd beryllium incorrect — Porsche says nan Coupe made up 40% of each Cayenne income successful nan U.S. past year, truthful it evidently needed to do a Coupe type of nan caller electrical model.

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The Cayenne Coupe Electric's roofline is simply a spot sleeker, cleaner, and yes, much coupe-like, than nan existent internal-combustion model, pinch 1 of nan biggest differences being nan deficiency of a fixed spoiler astatine nan apical of nan tailgate. It's besides a bigger quality successful floor plan compared to nan modular EV versus really different nan gas-powered Coupe is from nan regular state Cayenne, and Porsche says nan windshield is unsocial to nan Coupe. It stands 0.9 inch little successful height than a regular Cayenne EV, which is astir an inch shorter than a state Cayenne Coupe, and nan automaker says nan Coupe's resistance coefficient is 0.23, an betterment of 0.25 complete nan regular Cayenne EV and nan aforesaid arsenic a Tesla Model 3.

There's a ample adaptive spoiler astatine nan guidelines of nan rear window, and on Turbo models aeroblades automatically descent retired of nan rear fenders to trim resistance for amended acceleration aliases road efficiency. As pinch nan state Coupe there's nary rear wiper, but possibly Porsche will make 1 optional for illustration connected its sports cars. Below nan model sills, everything astir nan Cayenne Coupe Electric's creation is nan aforesaid arsenic nan normal one.

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It's beautiful overmuch nan aforesaid car connected nan inside, too, speech from nan little roofline and reduced cargo space. A panoramic sunroof is modular connected each type of nan Coupe, whereas connected nan SUV it's a $1,470 action moreover connected nan Turbo model; you tin upgrade it to person Variable Light Control, which uses a liquid crystal movie to supply 9 dimmable segments that tin spell from afloat transparent to wholly opaque. The rear seats are disposable pinch a two-seat aliases 2+1 configuration, some of which person two-way electrical adjustment. Porsche hasn't released immoderate specs for nan cargo area (or moreover immoderate pictures of it), but we cognize nan cargo screen tin beryllium stored nether nan load floor, which is nice.

Like its gas-powered sibling, nan Cayenne Coupe Electric is disposable pinch a Lightweight Sport Package that saves up to 39 pounds. It replaces nan sunroof pinch a carbon-fiber roof, fits 22-inch wheels pinch capacity tires, and adds a bunch much carbon-fiber trim pieces. You besides get cloth spot centers pinch nan classical Pepita shape and a suede headliner, though achromatic leather is optional (along pinch nan 2+1 rear seat).

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Porsche is launching nan Coupe successful nan 3 already-shown versions of the Cayenne Electric: base, S and Turbo. All 3 person a brace of electrical motors for all-wheel thrust and a 113-kWh artillery pack, pinch nan 800-volt architecture allowing for 400-kW DC fast-charging capacity that tin return it from 10% to 80% successful nether 16 minutes. There's a J1772 AC larboard connected nan passenger-side rear fender and an NACS larboard connected nan driver's side, and it comes pinch a CCS adapter. We don't person scope figures yet, but nan Coupe should spell somewhat further than nan regular SUV. Adaptive aerial suspension and nan Sport Chrono package are standard, while rear-axle steering is an action connected each trim, and nan Active Ride suspension and Porsche Torque Vectoring Plus are disposable connected nan S and Turbo.

The guidelines Cayenne Coupe Electric has 435 horsepower and 615 pound-feet of torque, giving it a 4.5-second 0-to-60-mph clip and a apical velocity of 143 mph. It will commencement astatine $116,150 including destination, $4,800 much than nan regular one. Then there's nan Cayenne S Coupe Electric pinch 657 hp, 796 lb-ft, a 3.6-second 0-60 clip and a 155-mph apical speed, coming successful astatine $133,550, a $4,900 summation complete nan SUV. At nan apical of nan lineup (for now) is nan Cayenne Turbo Coupe Electric, which has a whopping 1,139 hp and 1,106 lb-ft, and will accelerate to 60 successful conscionable 2.4 seconds connected to a apical velocity of 162 mph. The Turbo is $5,000 much than its non-Coupe equivalent, starting astatine $170,350. Deliveries of each 3 versions of nan Cayenne Coupe Electric will commencement astatine nan extremity of this summer.