Two wildly different Porsche Cayenne-related news items came forth recently. The German sportscar builder has now sent 2,000,000 Cayenne SUV’s through production. Â That’s 600,000 Cayenne’s on American roads. Â Your guess of how many of those 600,000 are in SoCal is likely low.
A base Cayenne is Porsche USA’s cheapest model at “just” $43,400. The most expensive version is double that.  Base MSRP’s on Cayennes in the UK are about £3,000 higher than the £33,375 basic Boxster.  The Cayenne starts around $55,200 in Canada but $100K is easy to come by.  Bottom-of-the-rung Cayennes are the only Porsche’s in Australia to start with an list price under $100K.
On the negative side of the ledger, the world’s best (and hottest) bodyguard story has come to an end. Anna Loginova, a model who gained attention in campaigns for BMW and Chanel, was making about to make a routine trip in her Cayenne in Moscow when a thief appropriated the vehicle by pushing her aside. Â Anna attempted to regain control of the situation but was dragged at speed by the thief and her own Porsche for several metres. Â Logovina was dead before the ambulance even arrived. Â The Cayenne was found abandoned later.
It was rumoured that Anna Loginova, the head of her all-woman security firm, was the bodyguard for Russian boxer Kostya Tszyu, although she denied it. Â The 29-year old told the story of the previous car-jacking attempted on her in terrific fashion: “By reflex, I used a jujitsu technique. I twisted his arm and hit him on the face with my elbow. The guy obviously was not expecting such a reaction.” Â