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- **Posted:** 2026-09-02T12:32:22.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WEALTH INSIDES™ (@wealthinsides) — https://gondola.cc/wealthinsides

## Caption

In 2017, Porsche set a Guinness World Records title by using a Porsche Cayenne Turbo S to tow an Air France Airbus A380 weighing around 285 tonnes.

Yes — an SUV pulled a massive four-engine superjumbo jet.

The Cayenne was equipped with a 4.8-liter twin-turbo V8, producing roughly 570 horsepower and 590 lb-ft of torque. But horsepower alone doesn’t explain how this was possible.

The real challenge was generating enough torque at low speeds, maintaining traction, and transferring that force through the drivetrain without damaging the vehicle. The aircraft was attached to the Cayenne using a specially prepared towing connection, while the jet itself remained on its landing gear.

The stunt took place at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, where Porsche demonstrated the towing capability as part of a promotional engineering exercise.

And Porsche didn’t stop there.

After completing the record-setting pull, the Cayenne was swapped for a Cayenne S Diesel, which also managed to tow the enormous aircraft — showing that the stunt wasn’t simply about having the most powerful engine.

Think about the scale difference: a road-going SUV weighing only a few tonnes was placed in front of an aircraft weighing roughly 100 times more.

The Cayenne wasn’t carrying the A380 — it was overcoming the aircraft’s rolling resistance and inertia. Once the huge jet started moving, the challenge became maintaining controlled traction and keeping everything mechanically stable.

It’s one of those engineering demonstrations that makes you look at an ordinary SUV very differently.

A Porsche Cayenne… towing an Airbus A380.
Sometimes the best engineering stories sound completely made up — until you see them happen. 🔥

Media: Air France

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