New cars: 2011 Porsche Cayenne Hybrid SUV

What the critics say about the $67,700 Porsche Cayenne Hybrid SUV

The New York Times

The new Cayenne SUV will have you asking: “Can one really lust after a hybrid?” Built on a platform shared by the Volkswagen Touareg and Audi Q7, it has a power­train that “allows drivers to switch off the gas engine and run on pure electricity while cruising down the highway, er, autobahn at up to 97 miles per hour.” Still, not all the technology is new—power is stored in nickel-metal hydride batteries instead of “next-gen lithium-ion” cells.

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