I wonder how much modification you would have to do to the Cayenne to make it really off-road worthy. I suspect you'd need a lift kit and new wheels at least, which would add to the price. And it looks like it's already an $80k vehicle, so not exactly a "small price."
I've never been a huge fan of the Discovery, and the version you mentioned looks worse then a Subaru Forester, but it's much less expensive, and ready to go off-road right off the lot with decent clearance and wheels that can handle real all-terrain tires.
Luckily, the specific Cayenne in question can be had for a very reasonable price these days. But that is for a reason lol. They can be a bit maintenance heavy, but I don't imagine a Land Rover to be much better.
And there is really not a lot of modification to be done if you get the right truck. Some trims even have locking difs.
With the air suspension on the Cayenne you can actually get a decent lift from the OEM bags.
Here is one with the suspension in its highest setting on 33's:
Link to article where I pulled pic from:
https://offroadium.com/off-road-ready-lifted-porsche-cayenne-turbo-on-33s.html
Air bag suspension ... not fun when the seals fail from the constant dust and dirt. I had an Audi Allroad with them and ended up doing coilovers since it was cost prohibitive to replace the factory junk.
Get a real 4x4 is my vote….😉
Yea its worth noting that its only the first gen Cayenne that is good off road, I’ve been one that’s properly set up and its one of the most capable vehicles I’ve been in, the fact that as a starting point it already has better build quality, low CG, lots more power and vastly bigger brakes give it a significant advantage.
The second gen onwards lose the low range case and aren’t really designed for it at all
I wonder how much modification you would have to do to the Cayenne to make it really off-road worthy. I suspect you'd need a lift kit and new wheels at least (all the photos I saw on google showed low profile tires), which would add to the price. And it looks like it's already an $80k vehicle, so not exactly a "small price."
I've never been a huge fan of the Discovery, and the version you mentioned looks worse then a Subaru Forester, but it's much less expensive, and ready to go off-road right off the lot with decent clearance and wheels that can handle real all-terrain tires.
I do a fair amount of off-road driving, often on alpine jeep roads that require a pretty capable vehicle, but I'm not fancy and I don't care if my car has a prestigious brand name. I am on my third 4Runner, and when it's time for my next vehicle, it will probably be a 4Runner with the TRD trim. The new 4Runners aren't quite as good off-road as the ones from 20 years ago IMO, but they are still very capable, and obviously the Toyota reliability is second to none.
3rd and 4th gen 4 Runner can be had pretty cheap and last forever.
