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2006 Porsche Cayenne Turbo S Auto Show Photo

Porsche is as competitive as any car company in the world, and isn't about to let the just-released Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 or the upcoming Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG horn in on the Cayenne Turbo's turf. Behold: the Cayenne Turbo S. A super-ute that seats five, this Maximum Strength Cayenne SUV packs the wallop of 520 turbocharged horsepower. Combined with chassis dynamics tuned for enthusiasts, and sophisticated all-wheel-drive underpinnings, the Cayenne Turbo S sets the performance benchmark for super sport/utilities. In addition to boosting power output, Porsche engineers also modified suspension components, revised software controls for the Porsche Active Suspension Management system, and beefed up the braking hardware. In the Cayenne Turbo S, engine output gets a 16-percent boost over the 450-horsepower Porsche Cayenne Turbo, to an impressive 520-horsepower peak at 5500 rpm. The torque generated by the twin-turbocharged, 4.5-liter V-8 engine grows to 530 lb-ft -- a 15-percent increase over the 2006 Cayenne Turbo. Most of the added power comes from larger intercoolers, revised engine management programming, and 4.5psi more boost. As if the Turbo's punch wasn't powerful enough, the S ups the ante by a lot more. Porsche claims a 0-60 time of 4.8 seconds, with a top speed of 167 mph. With speed comes cost; the Cayenne Turbo S starts at $111,600 -- about twenty grand more than the standard Turbo - and is now on sale.

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