Dual front airbags, two side-impact airbags, side curtain airbags; seat belt pretensioners, front seat belt-force limiters; electronically-latching rear tailgate; Antilock Brake System; Electronic Stability Control; Porsche Side Impact Protection (PSIP); four-wheel independent suspension; Porsche Traction Management (PTM); Porsche Stability Management (PSM); anti-theft system with immobilizer and interior sensor; lower anchors and tethers for children; optional Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM), standard in Cayenne Turbo; Porsche Drive-Off Assistant.

Porsche split the Cayenne into three models this year: the Cayenne, the S and the Turbo.

The luxurious interior and smooth-talking exterior give the Cayenne a classic Porsche feel, which is nicely complimented by its up-to-the-minute technology.

This SUV is one with staying power, both in the new and previously-owned markets, thanks to its refined and sophisticated stance.

The Porsche Boxster has, since its inception in 1993, been a work-of-art worthy of a permanent display at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York. It has design features that are as classic to Porsche couture as those of the 911. The 550 Spyder and RS60 race car influenced Boxster's design giving it the timeless styling excellence that first, and foremost, makes Porsche products among our favorites. Being able to climb into that work-of-art and experience it in motion is the close second.

Boxster remains Porsche's entry-level product, even though the price has gone up over the years. And it still represents the best-value among affordable European roadsters such as the Mercedes SLK, and BMW Z4.

Eighty percent of the second generation Boxster is all new. It remains distinct from the Carrera - it has a different face. It is wider than its predecessor, to better accommodate taller and larger American drivers. The interior is all new, though it has keep some of the original design cues. It has moved up scale with better quality materials. Power too has been increased in both the Boxster, and Boxster S. All in all we'd have to agree with Porsche that the second generation design is more "evolutionary, than revolutionary."

For those who are unaware, Boxster gets its name by combining the term "roadster" with the name of the flat engine design Porsche uses called Boxer. Hence "Boxster."

One, they're the only Porsches I'll ever be able to afford without winning the Powerball. And two, they're so wonderfully raw and mechanically sensual that they feel alive -- like a steel extension of your own body. They represent the epitome of what a sports car should be.

That's why some Porsche purists -- myself included -- were skeptical when the suits at Stuttgart decided to create the Cayenne in a move that seemed to contradict everything the German company stood for. Until the Cayenne, which was jointly developed with Volkswagen, Porsche had spent nearly five decades making nothing but high-performance sports cars and grand tourers designed to be fast, agile and reliable.

Porsche's announcement was the equivalent of the pope saying, "Forget this celibacy thing. As of tomorrow, we're turning the Sistine Chapel into 'Playboy Vatican' and letting Hugh Heffner run the church."