Porsche Cayenne: Generations, Option Codes & Prices

The Cayenne is Porsche’s first SUV, developed with Volkswagen and sold in the US from the 2003 model year. The wiki covers the first generation in its original 955 and revised 957 forms, the second-generation 958, and the third-generation 9Y0 for 2019 to 2023.

Each generation below has its own page listing every US-market trim, the factory option codes offered, which trims could order them, the model years they appeared in and, where a period document supports it, what they cost. The Porsche Cayenne is one of the models added after the 911 and is still being filled in; the methodology page explains what each figure rests on.

Porsche Cayenne generations

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  9552003–2006

  Porsche’s first SUV, developed with Volkswagen and sold in the US for 2003 to 2006.

  5 trims · 126 options
  Photo: Mr.choppers, CC BY-SA 3.0
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  9572008–2010

  The revised first-generation Cayenne, with direct-injection engines, sold in the US for 2008 to 2010.

  6 trims · 103 options
  Photo: order_242 from Chile, CC BY-SA 2.0
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  9582011–2018

  The second-generation Cayenne, without a low-range gearbox, and the first offered as a hybrid.

  11 trims · 258 options
  Photo: order_242 from Chile, CC BY-SA 2.0
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  9Y02019–2023

  The third-generation Cayenne, adding a Coupé body for 2020; covered here through 2023.

  19 trims · 202 options
  Photo: Vauxford, CC BY-SA 4.0

How the Porsche Cayenne generations differ

The first Cayenne, the 955, was developed jointly with Volkswagen, whose Touareg shares its platform, and was assembled in Leipzig. Sold from 2003, it was offered first as the V8 Cayenne S and the turbocharged Cayenne Turbo, with a V6 Cayenne added below them, and it had a low-range transfer case for off-road use.

The revised 957 was sold from 2008 to 2010. Its engines gained direct fuel injection, and the range added the Cayenne GTS and, at the top, the Cayenne Turbo S.

The second generation, the 958, was sold from 2011 to 2018. Its body was new and lighter, the low-range transfer case was dropped, and an eight-speed Tiptronic S automatic was used throughout. It added hybrids, first the Cayenne S Hybrid and later the plug-in Cayenne S E-Hybrid, and a diesel for the US. It was revised for 2015.

The third-generation 9Y0 arrived for 2019. A Cayenne Coupé with a lower, sloping roofline joined the range, plug-in E-Hybrid versions ran up to the Turbo S E-Hybrid, and the Cayenne Turbo GT sat at the top. The wiki covers the car before its revision for 2024.

Trims and base prices by generation

Every US-market trim of each generation, with the lowest and highest base price documented for any trim in any model year, before options and destination charges.

Paint colours offered in more than one generation

Factory colours, by name, that the Porsche Cayenne could be ordered in across generations. Each generation's page lists its full palette with codes and prices.

The costliest options in each generation

The highest US price documented for each option, in the model year it was quoted. Prices are as listed at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

At a glance