The $86,000 Porsche Cayenne Coupé is the newest ultra-luxury fastback SUV to stare down rivals BMW and Mercedes-Benz

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• I tested a 2020 Porsche Cayenne Coupé, a fastback SUV that's the entry point for this new kind of ute from Porsche.
• My $86,090 test vehicle had a 335-horsepower, turbocharged V6.
• The Cayenne Coupé also boasted a beautifully made, if minimalist, interior that's plenty spacious enough for four or even five adults.
• The Cayenne Coupé is superb — and better looking than the regular Cayenne — but although the performance was superb, I was left craving a more powerful V8 engine.

The Porsche Cayenne is, without question, the finest SUV humanity has ever produced.

It's fast. It handles ... well, like a Porsche. It's roomy. It has plenty of space to stow gear.

So it has been since the early 2000s, when it made its shocking debut, and so it remains. But there's one thing. Brilliant though it may be, the Cayenne isn't really all that attractive.

Porsche has addressed that now with the Cayenne Coupé, a Cayenne with a fastback roofline and sportier stance than the regular SUV. SUV Coupés are all the rage. BMW does 'em. So does Mercedes. In think they're weird, but folk love 'em.

And in the Cayenne's case, the Coupé treatment deals with the great SUV's one glaring flaw.

Does it succeed? Read on to find out: