Engine Family
M48 V8
V8, water-cooled4.5 / 4.8 LNaturally aspirated & twin-turbo2003–2017424–450 hp
Designed by Porsche (Weissach). Porsche’s in-house SUV/GT V8. M48.50 (Cayenne 955 Turbo, 4.5 L twin-turbo, 450 hp), M48.40 (Panamera 970, 4.8 L NA). Debuted in the first Cayenne (2003), largely driven by US demand; the last in-house mainstream NA V8 before the Audi-co-developed EA825 took over. FLAG: no single named designer.
