Porsche Just Broke A World Record By Pulling An Airbus A380 With A Cayenne
It’s not every day you see a standard production car pulling a monstrous Airbus A380 plane, but that’s what Porsche did to set a new World Record.
The car used to complete the record-breaking pull was a Cayenne S Diesel, powered by a 4.2-litre V8 engine producing 380bhp a burly 627lb ft of torque.
The Airbus A380 is from Air France’s fleet of 10, with the moment taking place at its engineering hangar at the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.
Porsche’s Cayenne had to tow the huge plane a distance of 42 metres and broke the record for the heaviest aircraft pull by a production car by 115 tonnes.
Just looking at the pictures, it’s quite a sight – the tiny-looking Cayenne casually pulling the largest passenger plane in the world.
A special towing attachment had to be positioned on the Cayenne’s standard tow bar to complete the world record, and a Cayenne Turbo S also completed the pull afterwards too. Just to rub it in further.
Richard Payne, a Porsche technician, was the guy behind the wheel and said he was “so relieved” afterwards, as the manufacturer “doesn’t usually go this far” to test the limits of its cars.
So, if you didn’t think the Cayenne was tough enough, this might change your mind.
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100% willing to try this with my old Jeep XJ.
Poor clutch and transmission…
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As a aircraft mechanical student i can say that this CAN be done by any car as big as the Cayenne with as much power as it has. Most of the tractors they use to tow that plane have less hp and torque then that car.
I’ll bet you i could do that with a with a land cruiser lj90 (it only has 125hp)
Shouldve named it the Porsche Cayenne Hercules Edition.
Okay, but Volkswagen also had the V12 TDI that made over 730 lb ft of torque.
Now the Cayenne owners have an excuse for owning the car
Duramax, Cummins, and Powerstroke need to step up.
“Oh sh*t my Airbus A380 plane stalled but the gas station is just up the runway, better call Steve and have his Porsche Cayenne ready.”
-Nobody
You guys remember when a toyota tundra pulled a space shuttle?
Porsche wins.
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