- Porsche’s Cayenne Electric has been spotted testing with a fastback Coupe design.
- Spy photographers previously captured the 2027 EV with an upright SUV body.
- The Cayenne Electric twins ride on a stretched version of the PPE architecture.
Porsche’s Cayenne is going electric, that much we knew. But these fresh spy shots prove that the crossover-style Cayenne Coupe is also getting the EV treatment.
While the smaller Macan Electric launched in 2024 is, like its combustion counterpart, only available with a single SUV body style, Porsche clearly thinks it’s worth engineering two version of the Cayenne Electric to match the two body designs offered on the ICE-powered Cayenne.
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The slope of the roofline and angle of the rear window in the regular-shape Cayenne EVs we’ve seen previously are already pretty sporty by SUV standards, but the Coupe seen here pushes that theme much harder after the B-pillar. The window in the rear door is much shallower and designers have added extra rake to the rear screen.
Ditching the SUV’s roof rails amplifies the low-slung stance, but the rear lights and lower section of the rear hatch and bumper appear very similar to those of the earlier, squarer prototypes. Also similar is the front-end design, which borrows heavily from Macan Electric. Four DRL lozenges are mounted into what look like headlights above the bumper, though the real headlights appear to be mounted below, hidden in a bumper recess.
Audi employs this same visual trick on its A6 e-tron and Q6 e-tron, and that’s not all they share. Audi’s EV duo and the Porsche Macan Electric and Cayenne Electric are all built around the same PPE architecture. But the Cayenne’s wheelbase will be stretched over the circa-2.9 m (114 inches) seen in the Macan and Q6. And to ensure it still feels agile even with that extra length, Porsche has fitted rear-axle steering, which you can see in action as this prototype negotiates a tight bend.
Dual motors and all-wheel drive should be standard, and there will be some crossover with the Macan’s powertrains, though the most powerful Cayenne’s price and output will surely eclipse the 630 hp (639 PS / 470 kW) served up by today’s Macan flagship, the $105,300 Turbo.
Porsche previously said it would debut the Cayenne Electric in 2026 and given the automaker’s love for separating model launches out to maximize exposure, we expect the Coupe version to arrive a few months after the SUV, as a 2027 model year in North America.
And don’t worry, none of this affects the combustion Cayenne and Cayenne Coupe, which ride on a totally different platform, and whose lives have been extended deep into the 2030s thanks to Porsche’s acknowledgment that not all of its customers are ready to make the switch to EVs.
