--- title: "$16K Will Either Get You a Nissan Versa or This Off-Road Porsche Cayenne Turbo Build" description: "You can either have a lot of fun—or no fun at all. Your choice." date: "2020-06-11" modified: "2020-06-11" authors: - name: "Stef Schrader" job_title: "Contributor" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/stef-schrader" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/34029/16k-will-either-get-you-a-nissan-versa-or-this-off-road-porsche-cayenne-turbo-build" categories: - "Culture" - "For Sale" - "News" - "News by Brand" - "Porsche News" tags: - "Cayenne" - "luxury" - "Paris-Dakar Rally" - "porsche" - "Porsche Cayenne" - "suv/crossover" --- # $16K Will Either Get You a Nissan Versa or This Off-Road Porsche Cayenne Turbo Build ![]() *\www.thedrive.com\* Porsche owners love putting classic Porsche racing liveries onto things. Even [Porsche]() itself does it these days, putting Pink Pig schemes on new Panameras for show and offering Martini stripes as a factory package on the 918 Spyder. Some would even say it's played out, but those people are boring. When a racing tribute is done right, though, even those haters have to admit that it's glorious. ![message-editor%2F1591890312476-83305405\_2665695656876436\_6804811119945842688\_o.jpg]() *Bud Yonker on Facebook* ![message-editor%2F1591890546414-p00\_9301\_a4.jpg]() *The original Paris-Dakar 959. , *Porsche** Here's one of the tributes that's done right: a Rothmans Paris-Dakar Rally-liveried [Porsche Cayenne](). The Cayenne didn't exist in the mid-eighties when Porsche won the [1986 Paris-Dakar Rally]() with a 959, but 959s are a [tad]() hard to come by. That spirit lives on in this incredible 2005 Cayenne Turbo, which features the 450-horsepower twin-turbo V8, adjustable air suspension, locking differentials, and low-range gear ratio that came standard with the SUV, but with plenty of add-ons that help you put those features to good use. There's a skid plate, rally-ready bumpers, custom exhaust, and two rows of aftermarket rally lights. It all rides on 17-inch Braid rally wheels with Nitto Ridge Grappler all-terrain tires, with a spare mounted to the roof rack just like the original 959. ![message-editor%2F1591890251235-83854450\_2665697093542959\_3985315564301058048\_o.jpg]() *Bud Yonker on Facebook* ![message-editor%2F1591890292346-82819250\_2665695976876404\_1934790893202571264\_o.jpg]() *Bud Yonker on Facebook* Best of all, it's up for sale on [Facebook](). For just $16,000—that's Nissan Sentra money—you could have a sub-100,000-mile Cayenne that's the subject of many oohs and aahs whenever it's on the road. It has a rebuilt title from some front-end damage that's since been repaired, but if you're [using this correctly](), you'll be adding your own scrapes and dings anyway. There's at least one other [Rothmans 959-tribute first-generation Cayenne]() around, but that's okay. This probably should've been a special-edition paint scheme from the factory anyway. Automakers' trucks and SUVs are what get turned into Dakar Rally entrants nowadays, and Porsche itself took the [Cayenne rally-raid racing]() in the late 2000s. The overbuilt first-gen Cayenne deserves to live its best life, both on and off-road. *Got a tip? Send us a note: tips@thedrive.com* ## Author Stef Schrader is a former senior staff writer for The Drive. She started writing about cars in 2013 after meeting Jalopnik's editor-in-chief at a race track, where Stef can be found at every available opportunity. ### Author social links [LinkedIn]() [Instagram]() [Twitter]()