Porsche Cayenne (9PA)

The Porsche Cayenne Type 9PA, called E1 inside the company, is the first generation of the Cayenne, a sport utility vehicle from Porsche AG that was offered on the German market from December 2002 to May 2010. It is a sporty multi-purpose vehicle with raised ground clearance, a variable load space and permanent four-wheel drive, and it shares its platform with the Volkswagen Touareg and the Audi Q7, with part of the production at Volkswagen Slovakia and final assembly at the Leipzig plant. At the time it was the fastest series-built SUV. It sold 39,900 units in the 2003/2004 business year, making it the most popular Porsche line. A revised version came in February 2007 with direct injection, and from 2009 it was offered with Porsche's first diesel engine, a 3.0 litre V6 turbodiesel of 176 kW. The hybrid drive of its successor was developed in this generation.