Premium Luxury Crossover SUV - Porsche Cayenne
The 2012 Porsche Cayenne finds itself taking home the 2012 Ideal Vehicle Award Premium Luxury Crossover SUV hardware, and this large people mover has enjoyed immense critical acclaim and high sales figures for the German brand that was previously associated solely with building sports cars. The Porsche Cayenne adopts the styling cues found on the Porsche 911 coupe and applies them to a brawny platform that not only moves five passengers from point A to point B but can do so remarkably quickly. The Cayenne offers V-6, V-8 and hybrid drivetrains, with the top-of-the-line Cayenne Turbo generating 500 horsepower and 516 lb-ft of torque from a turbocharged 4.8-liter V-8 engine that is managed by an eight-speed automatic transmission and all-wheel drive.