Cars Offering Most and Least Joyful Rides


5. Midsized SUVs

a. Most Joyful: Porsche Cayenne

The Porsche Cayenne offers plenty of options to its enthusiasts. Apart from a 3.6L V6 engine with a 6-speed manual transmission which produces 300 hp, it also offers an option for 8-speed manual transmission and another 4.8L V8 engine that can produce a power of 400 hp. The S model of the Cayenne comes with a turbocharged 4.8L V8 engine which can produce 500 hp and a torque of 516 pound-feet.

Cayenne also comes in diesel variant which is loaded with 3.0L V6 engine that can generate 240hp and 406 pound-feet torque.

b. Least Joyful: Toyota 4Runner

Toyota 4Runner comes with a 4.0L V6 engine that is capable of generating 270 hp. It has a 5-speed automatic transmission. The 4Runner has got plenty of mixed reviews from the critics and has placed at the bottom of this list.

Coming to handling and acceleration, it has got mixed reviews once again. Some experts say that the acceleration is unnecessarily high and the handling is not of superior quality. When it comes to the brakes, once again the 4Runner disappoints the critics.

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