Porsche Cayenne Turbo S breaks a Guinness Record

By, 2017-05-04

The Cayenne Turbo S from Porsche is no slouch of an SUV and this rather impressive feat just confirms it.

Using a Cayenne Diesel S, a driver from Porsche UK, Richard Payne, was able to tow a 285-tonne Air France Airbus A380 over 42 metres at the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.

This time the Cayenne was able to break the Guinness World Record for heaviest aircraft pulled by a production car. Thanks to the 287 kW and 850 N.m of torque on tap, thus besting the slightly modified Volkswagen Touareg V10 TDI’s record of 155 tonnes over 150 metres in 2010.

Following this, the same record attempt was repeated by the Nurburgring lap-time record-holding Porsche Cayenne Turbo S with its 419 kW and 800 N.m of torque twin-turbo 4,8-litre V8.

“What the Cayenne did today was unbelievable – we drove the car from London to Paris – and I plan to drive it back to London, having towed an A380 in between,” Richard Payne said after completing the record-breaking experiment.

It is worth mentioning that Qatar is one of the most important markets in the Middle East for Porsche especially in terms of growth in the premium automotive sector.