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The 2023 Porsche Cayenne is a flagship SUV with a polished appearance, robust powertrains and incredible towing capacity. But how does it compare to the 2023 Ferrari Purosangue, an SUV with an insanely powerful engine, hybrid powertrain and extravagant interior?
Design & Style
The Purosangue is the very first sport utility vehicle to be offered by Ferrari. It has extraordinary performance thanks to its V12 engine, and the company is also working on a hybrid variant. Its exterior is spherical and near futuristic with elegant flowing curves along the sides. It holds a maximum of 4 passengers, and one thing which separates it from other SUVs is the different wheel sizes. While the frontal wheels are twenty two inches, the back wheels are slightly larger at twenty three inches.
The Cayenne is the largest and most powerful SUV to be offered by Porsche. It seats a maximum of five passengers and buyers get multiple powertrain options. It comes with twenty inch wheels and its main update for the year is the addition of Chromite Black Metallic paint. It has a large touch display, powered seats that can be adjusted fourteen different ways, and adaptive LED headlamps.
Technology & Safety
The Porsche Cayenne comes with the auto industry’s most advanced driver assistance functions. These include an infrared camera, stop and go, adapted cruise control, night vision, emergency automated brakes, blind area monitoring and multiple airbags. Comforts within its cabin include a twelve inch touch display, twenty one speaker audio system from Burmester, heated steering, seats that can provide back massages, panoramic sunroof and passive entry.
Unlike its cars, which have historically been devoid of driver assistance, Ferrari is finally adding it to the Purosangue. Passengers can expect to receive features such as adapted cruise control; emergency automated brakes, and automated high beams. Luxuries within its cabin include climate control, leather upholstery, powered seats, premium audio and more.
Performance
The Ferrari Purosangue is equipped with a 6.5 liter, V12 engine that is naturally aspirated and capable of generating an incredible 715 horsepower, which the company says can accelerate from zero to sixty in just 3.3 seconds. The most powerful Porsche Cayenne is the GTS, which has a V8, dual turbocharged engine that can generate 460 horsepower which enables it to accelerate from zero to sixty in 4.2 seconds.
The Bottom Line
Porsche has been designing SUVs for far longer than Ferrari, and this shows in their ability to engineer a balanced machine. While the Ferrari Purosangue certainly has an edge in horsepower and performance, it sacrifices literally everything to achieve it. For instance, it seats less passengers than the Porsche, has inferior fuel economy at just 12 mpg while the Cayenne offers 20 mpg, and only offers 16.7 cubic feet for storage while the Cayenne offers 27.2 cubic feet. Yet Ferrari expects buyers to shell out almost half a million dollars for their SUV just because it goes really fast? It is for this reason that the Porsche Cayenne wins.
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