Launched in 2017, the Porsche Cayenne’s current generation is the third iteration of the sporty SUV and is heading toward a mid-cycle facelift. Based on Volkswagen’s Group MLB platform, which is shared with other high-tech SUVs like the Bentley Bentayga or the Lamborghini Urus, the third Cayenne is not exactly long in the tooth compared to its brothers, but Porsche decided to seriously revamp it anyway.
Pre-production prototypes of both, the regular SUV and the Cayenne Coupe, were caught outside one of Porsche’s secret test bases somewhere in Sweden. Camouflaged with decal camouflage front and rear and fake air-intakes in the front bumpers, it’s visible that the refresh will be consistent from a design point of view, with both ends of the cars getting new looks.
The front fascias will be sporting sets of slimmer headlights, while the bumpers and grilles are all-new and look a lot more aggressive than before, despite these prototypes not being Turbo or GTS versions.
It seems that the rear ends will get the biggest changes, and the decals do let it slip that the refreshed Cayenne SUV and Coupe will get all-new designs for the LED rear tail lamps. The license plate at the Coupe has always been, but at the regular SUV has now dropped down from the tailgates to the redesigned rear bumpers, making for an entirely new look from just about every angle.
Not seen in the spy photos is the new interiors, which are expected to feature all-new centre consoles and redesigned gear levers. The latter will probably borrow the ‘shaver design’ from the Porsche 911 (992). Extensive changes will also happen under the hoods, with most of the powertrains being already previewed in the Panamera facelift.
Expect the refreshed Porsche Cayenne SUV and Coupe simultaneously go official later this year.
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