Enter the redesigned, third-generation Cayenne, which assumes a more carlike appearance. It’s lower and wider than before and takes on some of the Panamera’s cues, including a light strip in the taillamps that spans fender to fender. Still, the Cayenne leans more toward a lineman’s bulk than a quarterback’s wiry strength. The hood is high and the overhangs short, so the nose falls off abruptly. A proliferation of air intakes, especially on the Turbo model, masks the considerable height of its short snout.The interior has also been Panamera-fied. The center console used to look like something from the control room of a 1980s nuclear missile silo, with rows of buttons framing each side. That cluttered design gives way to the clean aesthetic of glass panels featuring touch-sensitive controls with haptic feedback. They look slick, but you have to take your eyes from the road to operate them reliably, and some functions, like shutting off the engine’s automatic start/stop feature, are now buried in the touchscreen’s menu system.

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