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These spy pics are the best yet of the next-generation Porsche Cayenne, showing the car virtually undisguised.

The car is less rugged and more curved than the current model and has a curved coupe-like side window design that tapers at the back.

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Porsche is aiming for significant weight improvements and increased efficiency and this is reflected in the less bulky design.

Reports suggest that as much as 200kg could be shed from the Cayenne, with the weight loss being used to improve efficiency and performance and handling.

The shape, especially on the bonnet, is now even more similar to its 911 and Boxster cousins. Even the wing mirrors are more 911-like and streamlined.

At the front there are daytime running lights and the rear lights are more bulbous. Two tailpipes stick out of the rear and the redesigned spoiler dips in the middle.

The new Cayenne is expected to be packed with technology from the Panamera five-door, including a stop/start system and a hybrid model with a supercharged V6.

The new Porsche Cayenne is also likely to share its architecture with the VW Toureg.

 

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New Cayenne spy shots
13 August 2009

These are the most revealing shots yet of the next-generation Porsche Cayenne, which the German car maker hopes will remain its best-selling and most profitable model when it goes on sale next year.

On the outside, Michael Mauer's design team has given the Cayenne a much more curvaceous and fluid exterior, as well as trying to relate the big SUV to the 911's classic design language.

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Aside from the distinct "˜hip' over the rear wheel, the car's sides are heavily pinched inwards to try to reduce the car's visual bulk. The remodelled front also gets a 911-shaped bonnet, which tapers to a narrow opening between the Panamera-style headlights.

These pictures show that the lozenge-shaped tail-lights wrap right around into the rear wings, again hinting at the 911.

Inside, the interior is all new and expected to be of much higher perceived quality. Sources say it will use some of the interior sub-assemblies used in the Panamera.

Under the skin, the biggest changes will be the reworked direct-injection V8 engines first seen in the Panamera.

The normally aspirated V8 will offer 395bhp and an expected 0-62mph time of around 5.0sec, while the turbocharged V8 will offer 493bhp and a 0-62mph time of around 4.3sec. The range-topping Turbo S will again offer 550bhp.

A hybrid Cayenne was signed off for production in early 2008 and it is expected to be unveiled at the launch of the new model.