Breaking traditions.(Porsche introduces Cayenne sport-utility vehicle)(Brief Article)

A couple of minutes after 2:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. EDT) on Aug. 20 in Leipzig, Germany, the world according to Porschephiles changed forever. That's when the legendary Stuttgart-based sports car maker's first sport/utility vehicle, the Cayenne, rolled off a brand-spankin' new assembly line. The Leipzig plant, Porsche's first outside of Zuffenhausen, is scheduled to build 25,000 Cayennes per year.

Porsche will also build 1000 Carrera GT supercars at Leipzig starting in mid-2003. European sales of the Cayenne S and its sibling, the 444-hp Cayenne Turbo, begin Dec. 7. U.S. dealers get ...

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