FULL-SIZE SUV-coupés, built to blend top-level luxury, style, utility and convenience a little like a pair of Swarovski-encrusted Wellington boots might, are typically cars of irrational appeal. Porsche’s Cayenne Coupé might be the exception, though, because these days, if you want the most dynamic-handling, optionally optimal, Cayenneiest Cayenne going, you buy the Coupé. Only that way can you get all the carbonfibre body trim, an optional carbonfibre roof and the sportiest, shoutiest sports exhaust available – all of which you will obviously want.
Without going fully mad on a £145k Turbo E-Hybrid, the £108k GTS is the shortcut to a Cayenne in just that kind of specification. It’s a significant step up from a regular V8-engined S, getting adaptive air suspension and mechanical torque-vectoring as standard and more special tuning besides.