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Highly Anticipated Sport Utility Vehicle to Make Debut in Late 2002

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Khatir Soltani
After three years of comprehensive testing in remote locations across the globe, the Cayenne concept was approved. The requirements: satisfy Porsche?s performance and quality standards and meet the utility and reliability expectations of an SUV.

Cayenne production will take place in Leipzig, Germany, in a newly constructed factory, but its engine ? or heart ? will be built in Zuffenhausen. Porsche will produce approximately 25,000 Cayennes during the first full year of production, 70 percent of which will be for export.

In anticipation of the Cayenne?s arrival, PCNA recently launched the Cayenne Crossing Initiative, a multi-year program designed to reclaim America?s paved and unpaved roads. Chaired by actor James Brolin, the program will include a variety of U.S. road restoration and maintenance projects along a route that stretches from coast to coast.

Cayenne Crossing Initiative partners will include Treadlightly!, the Illinois Department of Transportation, the San Bernardino National Forest Association and the Porsche Club of America. Initial restoration efforts will begin this summer in California?s San Bernardino National Forest and Virginia?s George Washington National Forest.

For more information about the Cayenne, visit www.porschecayenne.com. For more information about the Cayenne Crossing or to download Cayenne images, visit www.press.porsche.com. Cayenne images will also be available from PR Newswire.

PCNA, based in Atlanta, Ga., and its subsidiary, Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd., are the exclusive importers of Porsche vehicles for the United States and Canada. A wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG, PCNA employs approximately 200 people who provide Porsche vehicles, parts, marketing and training for its 204 dealers in North America. They, in turn, provide Porsche owners with best-in-class service.

Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
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