How to easily open the front trunk of Porsche (gesture control)

How to open Porsche's Frank that many people do not know unexpectedly

I had been thinking about writing this for a long time, but since Porsche has released a video this time, I will write it after all ^ ^

That's because I noticed this feature right after I bought the 911, so I'm doing it as a matter of course from the beginning, but there are many people who don't know it.

When I saw me doing this, I was often surprised, "What did you do now ?! How did you open it ?!" ^^

So, the video released this time is one of the videos called SPOT ON, which explains various functions of Porsche little by little.

The person who introduces the function is a woman named Sabine who is titled Porsche Quality Specialist.

In this video (the video is at the bottom of this page), three functions are introduced using Taycan.

Porsche gesture control function

This topic is about "gesture control function".

The first is a hands-free way to open the back trunk. A mechanism that automatically opens the trunk when you put your foot under the car body.

It also tells us that it will not work unless you check "Tailgate Comfort Opening" and "Confort Access" in the settings in advance.

The second method is to open this charging port port in Taycan automatically as well.

Hold your hand to open the Porsche trunk

And this third also leads to Porsche 911 "FrankHow to open ". In other words, how to open the front trunk. This is what I wanted to tell you this time ^ ^

It is a major premise that you have the car key.

There are two ways to open the front trunk with gesture control, the first one.

[Method 1]All you have to do is gently hold your hand over the front bumper just below the crest. This will open the trunk (up to the first slight opening).

When I actually try it, it's okay to lift my hand a little from the body without touching the body of the car, so the back of my hand does not stick to the body.

[Method 2]Similarly, slide the front bumper part under the crest slightly from left to right by hand. This will open it.

There is no need to touch the body here either, just slide it when it is slightly lifted from the body and it will react.

I'm a little scared of the image of my hand (laughs), but it means that I slide my hand from left to right like this ↓

The video also introduces these two methods, but the fact that there are these two methods is actually an important point (and I think it is selfish).

Because in the case of Taycan, either of these two methods may respond, but from the actual experience I am doing in my car:

• Porsche 911 Carrera (991.2) → Open with [Method 1]
• Porsche 911 Carrera (992.1) → Open with [Method 2]

It is.

If it is 992, it cannot be opened by just holding your hand in [Method 1]. But 991.1 isn't a slide, it's more responsive if you just hold your hand over it.

Maybe this is not due to the model number, but the difference in sensor sensitivity? Since things are a little different for each individual, Porsche may dare to convey two methods by saying "I can do either one".

It's my own speculation, but ^^

If you know how to open the trunk with this gesture control, it is a function that is already used as a matter of course, but if you have not used it yet, please try it.

However, some Porsche models (and ages) do not support it. For example, even with the same 991.2 type, GT3 seems to be non-compliant ...!

The video is here (3:13) ↓