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"We get a list of warnings when heading out on a test drive, advisories like please no accidents, and look out for cops, but bear spray? And yet here we were being taught how to use an aerosol called COUNTER ASSAULT &amp;quot;Grizzly Tough Pepper Spray.&amp;quot;   Welcome to Alaska and the intro of Porsche&amp;#039;s diesel-powered Cayenne.   Video window may take a few moments to load...          This would make the sixth Cayenne for the U.S., the Diesel joining the standard V-6, 400-bhp Cayenne S, GTS, Hybrid and 500-bhp Turbo versions.   For this edition, Porsche starts with a reasonably lightweight compacted graphite iron V-6 block with aluminum dual overhead cam heads, a variable vane geometry turbo with two intercoolers and a compression ratio of 16.8:1. There&amp;#039;s common rail injection and the power comes out to 240 at 3500-4000 rpm with--typical of a diesel--generous torque, some 405 lb-ft at 1750-2500 rpm.        2013 Porsche Cayenne Diesel    Modern Diesel Technology   Those of you who haven&amp;#039;t been around diesels for some time should know that while there is still some diesel noise heard when outside the Cayenne, the sound is almost completely blocked for those inside the Porsche.   As an example of how far diesel technology has come, the old matter of glow plug warm-up is quite distant, the modern version getting to 1800 degrees F in just 2 seconds. That&amp;#039;s equivalent, even in a cold climate, to the time it takes to turn the starter key and let it go.        2013 Porsche Cayenne Diesel    Modern tech also means clean diesels and in the case of the V-6 that dictates attacking NOx pollutants. Porsche installs an added tank in the spare wheel well for AdBlue. This is the 32.5 percent urea, 67.5 percent demineralized water solution that is injected into a reduction converter in the exhausts system. In normal driving this tank only has to be refilled every 10,000 miles or so.   Numbers, Numbers, Numbers   Getting to other numbers, those most relevant to diesel owners would be the 19 mpg city/29 mpg highway, with a potential range of 765 miles. Easily LA to San Francisco and then back again. That torque also means a 0-60 in 7.2 seconds, the top speed being 135 mph.        2013 Porsche Cayenne Diesel    Not surprisingly, the Diesel Cayenne drives like the other Cayennes, and it shares the permanent all-wheel drive system and its self-locking center differential with the Hybrid model. You choose between Comfort and Sport settings for the suspension and spend miles working through the huge display of switches and buttons.   As mentioned before, any aural sense of this Cayenne being a diesel is about impossible. If you&amp;#039;re driving there&amp;#039;s no question it&amp;#039;s a diesel, thanks to that low-down torque and a redline of 4600 rpm. Great stuff off the line, but also a comfortable cruiser. That 135-mph top speed, incidentally, is made in the 6th of the 8 speeds in the Diesel&amp;#039;s ZF automatic, the top two ratios making for that relaxed cruising.        2013 Porsche Cayenne Diesel    Price of the Cayenne Diesel starts at $55,750 plus a destination change of $975, though an ambitious thumb through the options list--stainless steel skid plates, panoramic sun roof or 21-in. wheels --could add on an additional $10,000-$20,000. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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