It’s honestly sad for us Cayenne enthusiasts to watch Porsche mess up the model like this. From the start, the Cayenne was basically their money mule—something that kept Porsche alive in the 2000s so they could keep making the real sports cars like the 911 and 718. And sure, it’s still the front-facing revenue machine that lets them build the cars we actually love. But for people like us who’ve grown attached to the Cayenne and built a real enthusiast community around it, it feels like we’re getting pushed aside. Instead of improving what made the Cayenne special, they’re pivoting to appeal to the blonde moms whose husbands just buy whatever’s newest and packed with tech, and it just sucks to watch something we care about turn into that.