Originally Posted by
.Sarge.
Um Doug, The Cayenne Turbo isnt a car. and its far from teh performance of say a GT2 or even just a run of the mill Cayman.
They use these things as a luxury to adjust ride height not for performance features. Aftermarket companies do the same thing as add ons to the 996/997 cars the Audi R8 and Even Mercedes (and I think some Ferraris) has it stock to allow the driver to raise the car up when they encounter a speed bump or driveway. But as performance, I havent seen a car yet that relys from the factory for performance suspension delivered by air.
Yeah that's true. And to add onto that, while the Cayenne Turbo is a "performance SUV," and is equipped with air-suspension, the Cayenne GTS is a TRUE "performance track SUV" and they use springs on it, not air-suspension. That alone tells you when they're going for true handling and performance Porsche chooses springs/coils over air-suspension...which manufacturers only use for versatility not performance in such cases.
Originally Posted by
Cyanide Jello
ppppfffffttt SUV, Car, fuck its turbo'd... Factory performance SUV then... And I think Porsche put air on a few of their cars? I'd have to look into it...
Edit: Either way, they're all faster than my shitbox...
Porsche only has SUVs and Sports cars, and the Panamera now, which is a weird exception. Only the SUVs have air-suspension (Cayenne Turbos and S's). All their sports/track cars have springs/coils.
While i'm not a fan of air-suspension for handling, i've driven cars with air-suspension that do handle pretty well - although they're annoyingly "bouncy" over bumps and such, which coils/springs do not have that effect. That's something companies are going to need to fix before I ever feel like air-suspension is a good alternative to other spring-form suspension.
