Mercedes Benz

Text In the magical world of Porsche, the letters GTS stand for “Gran Turismo Sport,” a fancy designation to describe vehicles that are built with motorsports at their cores but are also suitable for long-distance driving. Living in the middle of the Cayenne lineup, Porsche says the GTS variant offers a mix of performance and comfort with the so-called coupe design chipping in to add some extra style. There’s no doubt the 2021 Porsche Cayenne GTS Coupe is fancy and fast, but it does make some compromises along the way. As far as SUV coupes go, the Cayenne is the most attractive of the bunch, exhibiting none of the bloated awkwardness that afflicts its competition from Mercedes-Benz and BMW. As tested in a bright “Sorry, officer” Carmine Red paint ($3,590), huge 22-inch satin black wheels, enormous blacked-out centrally mounted exhaust tips with a carbon-fibre housing, and a sport package ($17,930) that, among other features, includes a carbon-fibre roof and tinted headlights...