bahrainthismonth.com | JULY 2026 MOTORING 62 There are fast SUVs, there are very fast SUVs and then there is the Porsche Cayenne Turbo Electric, a family-sized machine that seems to have been engineered by people who thought physics needed to be challenged. On paper, the numbers are outrageous. Porsche quotes up to 857PS in normal running, rising to 1,156PS with Overboost and Launch Control. Torque peaks at 1,500Nm, enough to make the Cayenne’s 2.6-tonne mass feel almost irrelevant. The 0-100km/h sprint takes just 2.5 seconds, whilst 0-200km/h arrives in 7.4 seconds. Read those figures twice if you must. They still seem absurd. Then you feel them. A Roller Coaster Road Car The first proper acceleration run is the moment the Cayenne Turbo Electric stops being merely impressive and becomes genuinely shocking. Press the throttle hard and the response is instantaneous, silent for a heartbeat, then accompanied by Porsche Electric Sport Sound as the car hurls itself forward. The sensation is not the familiar surge of a powerful petrol engine building boost and revs. It is a shove to the chest, a sudden tightening of the neck and shoulders and the unmistakable feeling of G-forces pressing you deep into the seat. It feels more like a roller coaster launch than a road car, made stranger by the fact that you are sitting in a luxurious SUV with rear seats, air conditioning and space for a family holiday. The Push-to-Pass function adds another layer of theatre, giving an immediate burst of power when you want it. It is the kind of performance that makes short overtakes disappear before you have finished thinking about them. Yet what makes it special is the composure around the speed. The Cayenne does not panic. It just goes.
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