You are of course correct – they are filing to be exempt from the congestion charge. It seems a bit silly that the Lexus (L is it?) 600 is when it will still do barely 25mpg – it’s due to the electric engine thrown in as a token.

I personally think that the government should give us all Porsches – if the whole planet is going to hell in a handcart we may as well have fun!

I believe porsche are in battle with london over the congestion charges, the goverment are finding ways to spend our earned money and will only come out with another law to pay more tax, i hope porsche show them that they can not push us around

I really doubt that anyone who can afford a car of the price such as the one above is really that concerned about fuel prices. If you can afford to run a £20k plus car, you can probably afford to fuel it. I’d say this is especially true of prestige marques such as Porsche.

On a similar note, a lot of people who own such vehicles will have it as a second car – older Porsches have a lot fewer miles than equivalent ‘average’ cars such as Mondeos or Vectras.

Of course Steven, the point remains that high fuel prices affect us all. However, buyers must adapt because I doubt the government will lower prices soon, even when most of the cost of say £1.10 a litre goes to ‘Her Majesty’.

Thanks for your comment. How though, may I ask, will you counteract your children’s displeasure when the planet is further damaged by your vehicle pushing out huge amounts of CO2 and guzzling as much fuel as possible? Just playing devil’s advocate of course…

There’s no doubt that the Porsche Cayenne is a fun, safe, fast drive. Why not get a Subaru Impreza or Mitsubishi Evo X though? They are just as fast (or faster) and handle far better… This brings me back to the point that it’s all about the badge…