The 1,000th locally-assembled (CKD) Porsche Cayenne has rolled off the production line at Sime Darby’s assembly plant in Kulim, Kedah, Porsche Malaysia recently announced on its official Facebook page.
This comes just a little over a year and two months after the initial CKD unit of the SUV exited the German brand’s first local assembly facility outside of Europe last March. The assembled-in-Malaysia Cayenne was launched here in November 2021 at a price of RM550,000, with the figure being inclusive of taxes and duties but excludes on-the-road fees, any options and insurance.
Offered in its base version, the CKD Cayenne was RM115,000 less than its CBU counterpart, but keep in mind that asking price also factored in the full sales tax exemption for CKD vehicles that was active at the time. According to Porsche Malaysia’s website, the retail price has since been revised to RM575,000 starting from July 1, 2022.
The Cayenne is powered by a 3.0 litre turbocharged V6 petrol engine that puts out 340 PS (335 hp) at 5,300 to 6,400 rpm and 450 Nm of torque at 1,340 to 5,300 rpm. The mill is mated to an eight-speed Tiptronic S automatic transmission and an active all-wheel drive system, allowing for a 0-100 km/h time of 6.2 seconds and a top speed of 245 km/h. The SUV also comes with adaptive air suspension that includes Porsche Active Suspension Management.
Standard equipment that comes with the SUV include four-zone climate control, Comfort Access Park Assist with front, rear and surround views, 14-way power-adjustable comfort seats with memory function, LED headlamps with Porsche Dynamic Light System (PDLS), LED taillights, four-zone climate control, Porsche Communication Management (PCM) with a 12-inch touchscreen, Porsche Connect services and Apple CarPlay integration, ambient lighting as well as a Bose surround sound system.
Colour options remain at three, with Carrara White Metallic and Quartzite Grey Metallic being returning hues, while Chromite Black Metallic replaces the previous Jet Black Metallic. Meanwhile, the two interior leather themes – Black and a two-tone Black-Bordeaux Red – remain unchanged.
Customers will continue to be able to specify additional packages, including the Exclusive Manufaktur that adds on a SportsDesign styling package (unique front apron and more pronounced wheel arch extensions), a sports exhaust system, dark-tinted lighting clusters, LED door projectors with the brand logo and a key fob that matches the exterior colour for RM52,000 (previously RM58,000).
Also available are accessories from the Porsche Tequipment range like a luggage net (RM536), boot liner (RM842), all-weather floor mats (RM1,027), car care products (RM1,095) and a bicycle rack (RM3,032), while a personalised Porsche Design timepiece can be had for RM38,888.
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Any feedback from owners of these CKD units?
Tenkiu PN+BN PM Sabrikor & Azminkor for the hardwork bringing Porsche here.
Yes kudos to PKR azmin.
anyway Better saved 200K and buy Q8 etron..
Don’t forget to also thank Ferdinand Porsche for the founding of Porsche AG.
Azminkor under PKR made Selangor unlivable but under PN hen has performed well. Time to bring back PN if we want our country to progress.
Yes, Selangor is more liveable now after he lost his Gombak seat, but the Germans don’t care as long as Porsche continues to profit from wealthy Malaysians.
nowadays porsche cayenne x ade value dh, only purosangue is swag
Orang yang xde duit beli je yang kata xde value.
takde value then beli meh. kenot? so much value compared to ur pocket money? keep it silent. jangan kasi orang tau kita tadak duit. malu
kata org yg mampu beli ativa je. oh wait, axia je.
No longer available for sale as the facelift is due in Msia by year end / q1 2024. I’ve one on order since sept 2022 and still waiting. They’ve also stopped taking orders to clear backlog. Facelift expected to be around 600k +-. Told my SA to push my order to the facelift instead since I’ve waited so long.
they will not do that. just take what u’ve ordered. next time buy another. so many money mehh
they can as long as my order number is not in production. And they’ve done it for me. I’m on the waitlist for the facelift. The 10k booking fee can be carried forward with no issue.
From Nov 2021 until May 2023 Kulim plant assembled 1000 units of 1 specification Cayenne.
That’s is a called achievement?
From 1 to 1000, not an achievement? butthurt for can’t join those ‘Malaysian’ as a team spirit as well? from China, do you?
This CKD assembly operation is actually about Malaysians being ordered around by Germans from Porsche (nothing to do with China) to assemble now up to 1000 cars for rich people. So how can this be the ‘Malaysian team spirit’? It is just another profitable business operation for the foreigners.
MUST BE ANOTHER MODEL THAT WILL COME. THEY KNOW HOW TO DO BUSINESS. OUTSIDERS, PLEASE SHUT UP. WANT TO TEACH HOW TO DO BUSINESS, WHY NOT GO JOIN THEM AND TEACH FROM INSIDE? NOT QUALIFIED TO JOIN?
Lotus sold around 1700 car in 2022. Not in Malaysia, but worldwide. So 1000 cars in the first year are not that bad?
TQ azmin.
Syabas!.. way to go mates..
apa pasal orang kita cannot proud with our national achievement? so good by looking others? pergi la praise sana..kerja sana..tunggu apa sini? shame on you! self achievement pun tak ke mana..sibuk nak condemn orang lain punya achievement. pfft~
What kind of national of achievement? Porsche is German, not Malaysian, and the average Malaysian can’t afford their cars. In addition, it’s just a CKD assembly plant. Malaysia already has Proton & Perodua which make cars out raw materials like metal sheets. Be proud of that.
Mercedes is theoretically “chinese” now and before it was “quatarian” (main share holders).
Your nationalistic views are so outdated…
This news article is about Porsche, but now there is also the mention of Mercedes-Benz in the comments. Both companies were founded in Germany by Germans. Today they are public listed in the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and they happen to have their headquarters in the same city of Stuttgart, staffed mostly by Germans. Thus it isn’t like they are less German just because they have some non-German shareholders.