Porsche baby SUV may be called the Cajun - says VW Group CEO

 Porsche baby SUV may be called the Cajun - says VW Group CEO
2011 Porsche Cayenne S, 24.06.2010

New baby SUV from Porsche will be based on the Audi Q5 and is due in 2015

[Note: Photo is of Porsche Cayenne model]

Back in 2008, we spied a protype of a smaller Cayenne doing some testing which Porsche at the time denied was a new baby SUV.

Now, VW says the baby SUV is coming. In an interview with German magazine Der Spiegel, VW CEO Martin Winterkorn said that a new baby SUV for the Porsche brand based on the Audi Q5 model could come to be called the 'Cajun'.

Wintercorn was talking about the addition of models to the Porsche lineup which VW Group has promised in an effort to expand sales of the sportscar brand. VW Group wants to double sales of the Porsche brand to around 150,000 units by 2013.

The new Cajun baby SUV from Porsche would be due for a launch around 2015.

Source: Der Spiegel

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 GRAVE GRAVE
Porsche Cajun? Not suitable. Actually Cajun also is one type of chiken dishes the Indian make.
September 28, 2010 7:51 am
 H3LUX H3LUX
haha exactly what i was thinking! and if that J is a Y , then its just cayenne spelt differently. lol nice going porsche, letting VW shit over your image
September 28, 2010 8:06 pm
 Zonda Addict Zonda Addict
I just wanna know who thought of that name?!?!?! 'Cajun', i mean.... I expect it form projua or proton not Porsche!
September 28, 2010 8:05 am
 Joe_Limon Joe_Limon
yes... cause Cayenne is any different ;)
September 28, 2010 10:14 am
 jerry05cod4 jerry05cod4
Cajun??!! really porsche!! I guess there's a reason why your tag line is not "imagination at work"
September 28, 2010 10:02 am
 Shaktiman Shaktiman
Please Porsche.. don't.. the Cayenne and that stupid Panamera are enough.. i'm willing to see your name to be put on a pen.. but this noooooooo....
September 28, 2010 12:52 pm
 stickshifter stickshifter
not surprising that the vw ceo decides about its name. should acutally be porsches choice, but this aint gonna a be a porsche anyways. i guess VW or Audi engine under a modified Q5 body. manufactured anywhere but in stuttgart
September 28, 2010 4:59 pm
 joel_serpico joel_serpico
I hear, its gonna be named "Rexton" Dont you???
September 28, 2010 5:59 pm
 Shumy Shumy
Cayenne is already small, why make a smaller one? i personally don't like small SUV's... And the cajun name is really really bad, couldn't porsche find something else beginning with "Ca"
September 28, 2010 7:04 pm
 astroturf777 astroturf777
interesting that everyone here assumes the world's largest car maker knows nothing about marketing. "Wintercorn was talking about the addition of models to the Porsche lineup which VW Group has promised in an effort to expand sales of the sportscar brand." also interesting that ford USA (who, like all us car makers, have no idea of marketing) are currently CUTTING their models.
September 29, 2010 2:00 am
 Targa_Florio Targa_Florio
Cajun comes from Acadiens people (French settlers from former Louisiana); it also refers to spicy cooking from the same area, so nothing to see with India...
September 29, 2010 2:26 am
 Aesthetics Aesthetics
just build a 2 door cayenne and call it Curry...so easy lol
September 29, 2010 6:55 am
 vilivo vilivo
You tweets - Cayenne, and cajun are spices (well, cayenne is a type of pepper...), same as all the VW's named after winds, and all the lambos named from bull fighting.All Porsche SUV's will be named after spices from far away places- subliminal messageof how far it can go, and how exotic it is, and how compared to similiar SUVs it's hotter... Or I guess that was the plan (that or they are retarded).
September 29, 2010 9:17 am
 Nerbizmo Nerbizmo
Is this one really neccesary?
September 30, 2010 8:07 am