Plug-in Hybrid face-off: Porsche Cayenne vs Range Rover
Welcome to Mobility Insider I’m your host Mortin hpone as always I’ll be giving you my views on the cars that I test based on having worked 35 years in the automotive industry and our channel is not sponsored and today we’ll be looking at these two cars the Range
Rover p 510e with 510 horsepower and the new facelifted Porsche cayen e hybrid with 470 horsepower the cayen and the rain row are two vehicles that are both engineered to the highest level possible today the quality is extremely high on both vehicles and they can both go
Off-road as well as you’d expect from an SUV but at the same time apart from being SUVs both both expensive they’re also quite different in many aspects the kayen was built to be a sport car that can also work as an SUV and the Range
Rover was built to be an SUV with a comfort level that is the ultimate level you get in this segment the cayen came in 2002 and since then it has defined the class of sporty SUVs flexible but still with the primary purpose of being able to go fast the Range Rover came in
1970 and since then it has defined the luxury and comfortable SUV that can go anywhere anytime in terms of design elegance and Beauty both cars are executed really well you can’t fold anyone for choosing one or the other but what the Range Rover has which is particular is presence in terms of how
The two cars drive first of all the cayen is a bit like driving a sport car in the shape of of an SUV it has air suspension and is really capable it is also very firm and very sporty and you’d go into a Bend you don’t have to slow
Down when you drive the K in on the contrary also air suspension in the Range Rover also very capable but the focus here is to eliminate the bumps or the things you encounter on your way and the car does that really well it filters those bumps away perfectly but the
Moment you get to a bent with high speed you will have to slow down it just cannot manage that in the same way as the Porsche can two cars have a similar level of horsepower 470 horsepower for the cayen and 510 horsepower for the rain throw so they should feel more or
Less the same but don’t forget that the rainow weighs 400 kilos more than the cayen does but in terms of kosia when you drive fast the cayen is the better vehicle it also drives faster it’s 254 km top speed 0 to 100 in 4.9 seconds
The Range Rover has a top speed of 242 km per hour and 0 to 100 km will take you about 5.5 seconds but driving fast in the Porsche is a much more relaxed undertaking than if you drive fast in the Range Rover the charging of the two
At a home charger uh AC you can charge the rain trop with 7.4 Kow and 11 kilow for the cayen both are fairly slow charges but what the Rain Rover can do is to charge up to 50 kilow at a fast charger so if you’re on the road you can
Stop for a coffee and charge the battery of the Rain Rover the cayen cannot do that but in any case whether you buy the cayen or the rainover or any plin hybrid you want to be able to charge your car at home or at at work or both otherwise
It doesn’t make sense to drive a plugin hybrid when we compare the incar entertainment system of the two you just have the feeling that Porsche has been working at this for a longer time and with more effort because the Porsche just feels right easy to maneuver in the
Menu system of the inai entertainment and it just is so easy to grasp how it works whereas the Range Rover is not as fast when you use the system and the menu system is not as logical as in the Porsche and I I know even after some
Months of using it you still are trying to figure out how it works the Porsche is a lot better in that sense both cars have a decent consumption but it does require that you charge the car so that the battery will be filled up every day
When you do that you will have an average consumption between four to 5 L of petrol over 100 kilm if you take the battery and the electric motor in isolation the consumption for both cars is between 35 KW hours to 45 kwatt hours per 100 km so you don’t use the electric
Power for Motorway driving that doesn’t make any sense because it’s just as expensive in terms of uh fuel as if you would use the petrol engine so when you drive a plugging hybrid I would recommend you always use the setting hybrid mode and you let the car do the
Math for you and find the optimal combination of electric power and Pedal Power and actually all vehicles in this price range and class their systems work really well you have a seamless um combination of the two uh powertrains when you drive you don’t even feel when they changes from Petrol to electric
Motors and vice versa so these cars are expensive cars 163,50 for the kayen and 196,000 for the Range Rover they both come with a good warranty threee standard for the Range Rover one year Additionally you can buy and the Porsche com standard with four years of warranty
And I think that is a good thing because both cars are including a lot of technology and something is about to go wrong within those four years so what is my verdict after having tested the two cars well first of all they’re both extremely nice cars high quality the
Level of uh engineering going into the cars is exceptional the quality materials are fantastic of both cars but there are some subtle differences first of all the Porsche is the sporty car really good road holding if you want to go fast in style you know on the
Motorway for long distance at high speed that’s the car you would choose the Range Rover is much more about Comfort yes it can drive quite fast but it doesn’t feel that easy to do as you would feel in the cayen it’s much more about that extra level of comfort Quiet
Drive and Sovereign feeling of when you drive the car if I were looking back 10 to 20 years ago my needs were a little bit different from today and based on that I would back then have chosen the cayen but looking at my needs today I drive long distance I often have phone
Calls in the car and I like the space and the sovereignty of the Range Rover today I would choose the Range Rover over the Cayenne but they’re both really excellent cars thank you for watching Mobility Insider I hope you like the video if you did give me a thumbs up
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I recently had the chance to compare two of the most desirable plug-in hybrids; the new Range Rover hybrid P510e vs the new, facelifted Cayenne e-hybrid.
Porsche and JLR (Jaguar Land Rover) are relatively small car manufacturers on the world stage with just 320,221 new Porsches and 420,584 JLR vehicles delivered in 2023.
Cayenne was the best-selling Porsche in 2023 with 87,553 deliveries. JLR delivered 66,956 Range Rover in 2023, so both cars will be relatively rare sights on our streets.
Many customers prefer a plug-in hybrid over a full-electric car – something which frustrates electric car advocates. And the world’s largest car maker, Toyota, is convinced that a plug-in hybrid is the better alternative compared to a fully electric car.
In a plug-in hybrid you get two powertrains in one: an electric motor and a battery, and a conventional engine. In the case of these two cars, you get big, heavy batteries and big heavy 6-cylinder petrol engines plus a heavy transmission and a lot of technology to manage it.
With the Cayenne and the Range Rover we are also looking at two vehicles that are built with different users in mind. Other than they are both SUVs, both high quality and well-engineered, and both expensive – they really differ in many ways.
In short: The Range Rover is about going-anywhere in Luxury and Comfort; the Cayenne is about getting there fast in style. Both are excellent off-road if you absolutely must make your luxury car dirty.
They are undoubtedly very classy cars, and you really can’t fault anyone for leaning one way or the other.
Both cars have air suspension, and with 4-wheel steering also a very small turning radius. The Range Rover is far softer. The Cayenne is hard and sporty with direct steering.
In terms of the driving experience, the Range Rover is at another comfort level compared to the Cayenne. In the Range Rover, you are elevated to first class comfort, and it feels much more luxurious.
The Cayenne on the other hand is much more agile, and when you drive it, you feel like you could roll onto the Nürburgring, and it would feel right at home.
In terms of catering to the preferences of a car enthusiast, there’s no doubt – the Cayenne feels like a sports car. The Range Rover feels like a Chesterfield chair.
The power output is 510 HP for the Range Rover and 470 HP for the Cayenne, but that needs to be put into the context that the Cayenne weights 400 kg less.
The Range Rover takes 5.5 sec to do 0-100 km/h and causes big sensation and drama doing so. The Porsche takes 4.9 sec and does it effortlessly.
Both are slow at the AC-charger at home: 11 kW max. for the Cayenne and 7.4 kW max for the Range Rover. But the Range Rover can also charge with up to 50 kW at a fast DC charger if you stop for a snack on the way to the Cote d’Azur.
Both vehicles are exceptional, and ultimately the decision comes down to the type of driver you are, and which design you prefer. I feel that the Range Rover is the more premium vehicle, it offers more luxury and is still very smart looking with the best materials used. But the Cayenne drives much better and feels much sportier, helped by the optional sports exhaust and lower weight.
If you want that nod from the valet parking employee, then the Range Rover is the one for you. It just looks much more premium and “OBERKLASSE” compared to the Cayenne which is almost mundane in comparison.
That said, Porsche does this crossover perfectly and it is easy to understand why it is the best-selling Porsche model.
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Filmed in Switzerland in January, 2024, produced by DNTS Productions.
