Immediately after the launch of the first generation Cayenne, there were three variations
Before,The Playmobil-issued Macan GTS was a convertibleWhen I saw it, I was happy to say, "It's a Macan, but it's a convertible!"
This time, as a real story, "Cayenne had a convertible", which surprised me more than when I saw Playmobil.
Immediately after the first generation Cayenne was released in December 2002, it was said that three additional variations were being considered, and they were:
- coupe
- A version with a 20cm longer length and an additional row of seats
- convertible
It seems that it was.
And at this point, isn't it the least realistic of the three? It is said that the convertible that was thought was actually made.
It seems that one convertible Cayenne with a total length of about 4.8 meters is still left in the Porsche Museum.
Of course, even though it was produced, it didn't go on sale, and it wasn't even a prototype, it was called "Package Function Model (PFM)."
It seems that it was a model that was only made to evaluate some kind of standard, and because it was not possible to ensure safety, it was transported to the destination when necessary, and there was no plan for a test drive. That's right.
If you actually look at this photo, you'll probably think, "Oh, this can't run," but the rear part is designed with a lower tail light on the left side and a higher position on the right side. .
No, how about making it with this? Awesome ^^
The roof of the Cayenne convertible is the same as the current 911 Targa
If this Cayenne convertible was really to be produced for sale, of course the rear would have had either design (that's right ^^).
By the way, it seems that the opening and closing movement of this convertible top was the same movement as the current Porsche 911 Targa (991-).
However, it seems that even that did not go beyond the test on the computer simulation, so it seems that it was not actually made to work properly, and now the roof of one car in the Porsche Museum is left open (roof part is stored in the rear), and it seems that it will be manually tightened when it needs to be closed ^ ^
By the way, among the above three additional model ideas, "Coupe", as you all know, was really developed and debuted as "Cayenne Coupe" in 2019.
Then, maybe Cayenne Cabriolet will come out in the future...? Unfortunately, it seems that the convertible version of the Cayenne has not been considered further within Porsche, so it seems unlikely that it will appear in the world for the time being.
Regarding the Cayenne, which is 20 cm long and has one more row of seats, there was no particular description from Porsche this time, so is this a case that this model was put into storage without even mentioning it? I didn't touch it... I don't know the truth. n/a.
(I tried to make it meaningful, but maybe I just didn't mention it (laughs)).
Source:(Official) Open-top one-off: why there has only been one Cayenne convertible
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I'm Rika, the author of this article. Ever since Porsche 911 became my favorite car, I've become totally addicted to Porsche, and I can't stop loving Porsche, so I started this blog. My favorite cars are 911 Carrera (991.2), 911 Carrera Cabriolet (992.1), and 911 Carrera T (992.1).
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