If you buy an SUV with a budget of one million, you must make the money spent "loudly". Generally speaking, when the budget comes to the million-level, it can basically meet your "want everything" car purchase demand, so how to "choose the best of the best" among many high-quality products, and choose a model with both strength in all aspects, is really not an easy task.
As the benchmark in the field of high-end luxury SUVs, Range Rover Sport and Porsche Cayenne have always been two hot products, and people who often want to buy a high-end SUV are also rushing for these two cars. But there is one thing to say, both cars are noble, the Range Rover Sport is from the British aristocracy, and the Porsche Cayenne is from the German giants, and if you have to choose one of the two, it is indeed prone to "choice phobia".
Therefore, we specially took the latest versions of the two cars for a comprehensive comparison, and saw the real chapter in the details.
Hardware big PK
Let's talk about the Porsche Cayenne first, everyone says that this Cayenne facelift can be said to be "toothpaste crowded", not only with a new interior design, new chassis technology, innovative lighting technology, but also the performance of the entire engine has been well improved. In this way, the Cayenne seems to be sincere, but if you compare it with the Range Rover Sport, you can immediately understand what it means to be superior. Because the Range Rover Sport is a complete replacement, it is refreshing in both hardware and software, and has a more impactful experience than the Cayenne.
The first is the platform application, the Range Rover family of MLA-Flex platform, the benefits of this platform are to further optimize the body rigidity and NVH performance, torsional stiffness and noise and vibration control are significantly improved, effectively suppressing the conduction of wind noise, tire noise, and vibration, as a luxury car, these qualities are indispensable pluses.
The Cayenne still uses Volkswagen's MLB EVO platform, which is the same as the Audi Q7 and Volkswagen Touareg, so there are many similarities in chassis design, power system and some parts.
Secondly, in terms of hardware, Range Rover Sport is more inclined to allow users to enjoy the experience of entry that is standard, whether it is the British treasure audio, or air purifier, parallel assist, lane keeping, door opening warning, etc., all of which are mainly equipped at one time, and for the Cayenne, although the basic configuration has been improved compared with the old model, but functions such as panoramic image, keyless entry and other functions that have been popularized in domestic cars, you still need to spend a lot of money to choose the Cayenne.
You must know that the sales of Cayenne in the Chinese market in 2023 are not optimistic, and now there is such a strong competitor as Lanyun in front of you, if you don't make concessions to consumers, I am afraid that 2024 will be another big difficulty for its sales increase.
Off-road hard
Of course, the Cayenne also has its inherent advantages, such as the ultimate handling performance inherited by the family, so that the SUV without a low-lying body is still like a fish in water, and the acceleration performance was also a longboard that the Cayenne is proud of. But what if I tell you that now the average domestic new energy vehicle of about 300,000 has easily entered the 4-second club? To a certain extent, in such a comparison, Cayenne's advantage has undoubtedly shrunk further, of course, this is also forcing it to come up with some advantages from other aspects that can make consumers willing to pay, in order to ensure the sales of Changhong in the Chinese market.
Compared with the Cayenne, the new generation of models is not inferior to the Cayenne in terms of power and handling, and the foundation is good, and the upper advantages are more prominent, such as its all-terrain technology, in off-road scenarios, there are almost no opponents. Overall, there are 9+1 driving modes, of which 5 off-road modes are available. Creep mode allows Xiaobai to go off-road without brains, and it is also equipped with a transparent chassis, front and rear parking radar, and 360-degree panoramic image as standard, all of which are "necessary" configurations in off-road scenarios.
Moreover, Lanyun also has an intelligent dynamic air suspension, which can switch the volume of the air spring chamber, and the spring hardness can be varied, which can adapt to more road conditions. Although the Cayenne has also worked hard for off-roading, the ** model is equipped with air suspension with Porsche active suspension management system as standard, but it is impossible to switch the indoor volume of the air spring, and it is still necessary to "admit it" in front of the transportation in extreme off-road conditions.
In the market environment of involution, even million-dollar luxury cars need to follow the principle of "sailing against the current, not advancing or retreating". Overall, it can only be said that the Porsche Cayenne is still the top student of the previous level, while the Range Rover Sport has been committed to being more versatile above the original level.