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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Im seeing the craigslist ad already
Next up a dodge demon tows the airplane, banned from towing becuause its to fast towing.
Insert triggered Touareg here
VW should have used this…”a maximum torque of 1000Nm available from 1750 rpm,”
http://bestcarmag.com/sites/default/files/5258393Audi-Q7-V12-2010-PCi-widescreen-06.jpg
Did anyone else notice that it’s the Turbo S in the video but supposedly the S Diesel in the article?
Duramax and cummins dudes must be crying
Meanwhile on Top Gear (US) they pulled one train engine(120-130 tons) and a empty coal car (15 tons) with a stock Ram 3500 and F350…
Yea, I saw that episode time ago. Which truck couldn’t do it? I think it was Rutledge that pulled down the phone pole afterwards.
Didnt the toyota tundra pull a space shuttle?
Significantly smaller object.
“When you have traction when you don’t really need it.”
In another car news - “When you can do high 9s, but you have to change your front rims and tyres and also you have to have the perfect conditions… and also you might want to remap the vehicle… but this is not disclosed… cuz… aaaaah we did 9 seconds.”
In yet another news - “Accident involving Cayenne, Demon and a Volvo 850 - the Volvo driver said demons and spices are not as reliable and strong.
With toyota, ford, and chevrolet constantly bragging about how tough their trucks are it should be no surprise that someone was going to slip right by them and make something better. But an SUV? I’d love to see a towing match between the Tundra and the Cayenne now just to see the Tundra’s hitch rip right out.