Porsche’s Cayenne Coupe Turbo will even make 911 owners nervous

Back in 2002, Porsche fans sputtered with rage as the Cayenne made its debut at the Paris Motor. More than 20 years later, Porsche now sells more SUVs than anything else in its lineup. Last year, the Macan and Cayenne accounted for 62 percent of all Porsche sales. Now, these SUVs are trolling traditionalists in a whole new way: They’ve gone electric, with a Cayenne Electric joining a smaller plug-in Macan . And the Cayenne Coupe Turbo is fast enough to have 911 owners looking over their shoulders. Even Porsche’s hardcore fans, the kind who attend Lollapalooza-type festivals to worship a bygone age of air-cooled engines, have to give the Turbo Coupe Electric some credit. The new Cayenne has a legitimate claim as the most powerful Porsche of all time, boasting a loopy 1,139 horsepower and 1,106 pound-feet of torque. Not a 911, or a seven-figure supercar like a 918 Spyder: instead, a suburb-loving, lacrosse-gear-hauling SUV. This electric Cayenne treats the physical universe like a cosmic joke, accelerating faster than many supercars, and dispatching curves like, well, a Porsche. That includes a few effortless runs to its 261-kph peak — 162 mph for us Yanks — on unrestricted portions of the German Autobahn. The Cayenne Turbo is fast enough to have 911 owners looking over their shoulders The Turbo Coupe settles into an effortless 110-mph pace, gliding on standard air springs, optional rear-axle steering, and the Active Ride suspension. …