Driven: 2026 Porsche Cayenne Coupe Electric Makes Easy Sacrifices for Style

The Cayenne Coupe Electrics give up headroom and cargo space for the sake of aesthetics, and nobody buying them cares.

View exterior photos Porsche Porsche knows its customers like a bartender knows their best barfly, often anticipating exactly what they want before they even land on the stool. They know that electric-vehicle owners slow-charge at home over 90 percent of the time, despite fast-charging speeds approaching 400 kilowatts. They know their Cayenne SUV is the breadwinner, and 40 percent of its North American customers choose the Cayenne Coupe; in fact, in Italy, it's closer to 83 percent, largely due to lower volume and maybe also taste. All of this is to say, it does seem absurd to expect Porsche's audience to sweat a little less headroom in a more stylish SUV with nearly as much horsepower in Turbo trim as a Ferrari F80.

We drove the new Cayenne Coupe Electric on highways and twisty roads near Munich, Germany, as if the country's traffic cameras were unplugged. Even though the Coupe version has a swoopier roof and larger rear spoiler, its performance is just as incredible to experience as the boxier Cayenne Electric SUV. Even the mid-tier 657-hp Cayenne S Coupe Electric we drove, which wasn't equipped with Porsche Active Ride suspension, kept its hulking mass flat around corners. It's a breathtakingly rapid machine, capable of bullying far less practical sports cars on the autobahn in its higher trims.