Two renderings were revealed by Autocar, which claims they are leaked internal renderings from a styling exercise at Porsche headquarters. This isn’t official decided yet, but the Cajun is expected to be designer Walter de Silva’s first project at Porsche.
These renderings shows that the new crossover is likely to resemble the 911 design lines. Design elements are influenced by the 959 rally-raid racer, standing out with its raised ride height, which will ensure that the three-door Cajun will be bit different from the five-door model.
If the “leaked” images are to be believed, the Porsche Cajun will be an Evoque-fighting three-door coupe-crossover with rather dramatic lines and a low-slung look–for a crossover.
The Cajun will receive a tailor made interior designed to distinguish it from the Q5. Much of the interior (such as the instrument pack, climate controls and ancillary switchgear) is likely to be shared with the next-generation Boxster and a new sub-Boxster mid-engined roadster.
Porsche Cajun, as we already know, is approved for production. It will be engineered by Audi and will share a platform with the Audi Q5 and according to some reports from Germany it will get a range of Porsche-tweaked Audi engines, including four-cylinder and six-cylinder petrol and diesel units. The Cajun will come with the sole option of Audi’s rear-biased permanent four-wheel drive system.
The decision to build the Cajun was made official by Porsche in March. It’s not known why, but the arrival of the dramatically styled Evoque may well have contributed to the change of heart.
Porsch Cajun will be brand’s fifth model line and will help take the company towards the 150,000 annual sales that boss Matthias Mueller has signalled as a medium-term target.
The sub-Boxster sports car addition is part of a plan to aim as high as 200,000 annual sales by the end of the decade. Beside this , the expansion at the Leipzig factory to assemble the Cajun, and a new bodyshell facility, will add 1000 jobs at the east German facility. Currently, the Panamera body is constructed and painted by Volkswagen at its Hannover factory.
Source: Autocar
