2022 Porsche Cayenne GTS Coupé First Drive: The Originator

Auto123 gets in a first drive of the 2022 Porsche Cayenne GTS Coupé.

Rome, Italy - Now that Porsche has released a GTS (Gran Turismo Sport”) version of the Taycan EV sedan and Sport Turismo models, all of a sudden it doesn’t seem so strange that it earlier produced a GTS version of the Cayenne SUV.

In fact, I’ll do you one better: the Cayenne GTS, back in 2008, was actually a really significant vehicle in that it represented the re-birth of the GTS badge at Porsche for the modern era, after it had been sprinkled over the likes of the 904 and 924. That’s right, the Cayenne SUV received the designation before the Boxster or the 911.

Now here we are, 14 years after the original Cayenne GTS with the 2022 Porsche Cayenne GTS Coupé.

Ah, yes. The venerable four-door coupe that the Germans – and few others – can pretty much claim as an invention all their own. back in the day Mercedes released the CLS-Class, with BMW following suit with its 6 Series GT not long after. Coupe designation has now migrated past that, even, and into the crossover/SUV realm where the Cayenne is joined by the likes of the BMW X6 and Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe.

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