Porsche Cajun: More than just a code name

The Executive Board of Porsche has finally confirmed that we would proceed with the design and especially to the production of a compact size SUV luxury, which currently bears the code name "Cajun".

The chief designer of the industrial group Volkswagen, Walter de'Silva will be responsible for this style next SUV will conquer a waiting clientele and whose patience is not always the rendezvous. This is the first time in his long career Mr. de'Silva attack is a product of the Porsche brand.

Making now part of the German group Volkswagen, Porsche can then enjoy the platform of the popular Audi Q5 SUV to develop its future. Like the Audi Q7, Porsche Cayenne and Volkswagen Touareg who benefit from a common platform while preserving some of their own engines, we should also expect that it is the same for the "Cajun".

Its main rivals are the Audi Q5 (the cousin p'tit), BMW X3 and Mercedes-Benz GLK. Three references in this popular niche and more popular around the world ...

Cajun, this compact SUV category "Premium", would normally find in concessions somewhere in 2013, if at the beginning of 2014.