Racing Green Metallic is the other way to order a green Cayenne: a Paint to Sample colour with an obvious debt to British motorsport, set against the Platinum Edition's gloss black SportDesign package.

This car has been specified for passengers as much as for the driver. Soft-close doors, four-zone climate control, the factory Rear Seat Entertainment system and the Burmester 3D surround system are all fitted, with Porsche InnoDrive and Remote ParkAssist handling the driving and the parking.

Underneath, adaptive air suspension and rear-axle steering do the work — the first for ride, the second for turning a large SUV into something manageable in a car park.

The powertrain is the plug-in hybrid: 3.0-liter turbocharged V6 plus electric motor, 462 horsepower and 700 Nm, eight-speed Tiptronic S, permanent all-wheel drive, 0 to 100 km/h in 5.0 seconds, 253 km/h at the top, and near-silent running around town on the battery.