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TomF

Try posting on the 958 subforum...you will get more answers there.

Cheers,
TomF

deilenberger

Indeed.. I'm moving it over there..

zweebach

I had a 957 GTS (non-turbo V8) a few years back and tried out some other vehicles before recently coming back to a Cayenne Turbo. I was originally shopping for a 2016+ GTS with the V6 turbo, but after driving a few different examples, I felt it was lacking something engine wise. The turbo does have some more lag as compared to the hot-vee designs of Mercedes and Bmw; My understanding is the newest Cayenne turbo has switched to this design as well. The most notable thing about driving the turbo is it's ability to be quite comfortable and docile, but also have a hooligan side when the spot plus button is pressed. The GTS has similar properties, but I did not find the difference as dramatic. The underpinnings of the models are largely the same, so my expectation is that maintenance, while under warranty should be nearly identical.

I don't know if this answers your question. Is your question primarily about cost of ownership?

Randy V

At least one more...

abiazis

V8 hands down

chsu74

This is just a big problem in terms of long term reliability. There are no materials to reliability accommodate this design today. No way would I own a car out of warranty with this motor. Had a BMW 550 with this and couldn't wait to get out of that motor fast enough. The heat produced by that motor was just crazy..

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