It was an American Porsche that could open the trunk from the inside of the trunk for escape

Trunk Entrapment

The other day, inside the front trunk of the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4, there is a handle to open the trunk from the inside of the trunk in case it is trapped in the trunk,I wrote that it has an Escape Pull..

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When I was writing this, I wrote about the ability to open this trunk from the inside on my blog at that time.

"It feels like American specifications, but that's not the case, right? It's on every 718 Cayman GT4 ... right? !! 』\

I myself wrote, "This is only American specification? In Japan, I have never seen a handle that opens the trunk from the inside like this in 911, and if this is the standard specification in the first place, why only Cayman GT4 I had a lot of questions left in me.

Reference article:How much can you load on the 2020 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4?

And the one who answered such a question this time!

Yes, for those who are familiar with Porsche, "Why does the 911 not have a handle to open the trunk from the inside, but only this 718 Cayman GT4? Maybe Cayman has a higher crime rate? I was saying something stupid again, "Do you do it (laughs)?"

Then, he checked the trunk of the 718 Cayman GT4 sold in Japan. Thank you ~ ^^

So yes, there! !!

I didn't have a handle to open the trunk from the inside. It didn't exist! !!

I was curious, as usual, I started to investigate immediately ^ ^

"This is really the escape handle from the inside of this trunk is a specification for the United States, in fact it is not in Europe or Japan specification, on the contrary, in the United States Porsche 911 and other models also have an escape handle Isn't it? "

European 718 Cayman GT4 trunk

Please see first. Here.

This is the European 718 Cayman GT4. Can you tell from the license plate that it is a car for Europe? ↓

This 718 Cayman GT4, even if you look inside the front trunk like this, there is no handle for escape from the inside.

Hmm, it really wasn't!

I haven't even looked at the other side.

And although there is no escape pull from the inside, there is a warning triangle that is a warning triangle that is mandatory and mandatory in Germany (what you see as a red stick) ↓.

American 718 Cayman GT4 trunk

And here is the same yellow 718 Cayman GT4 as above ...

As you can see if you look at the license plate, this is an American specification delivered in the United States ↓

You can see that there is no triangular stop display board installed on this front trunk, and there is a light emitting type escape pull that glows in the dark on the left side when facing ↓

After all, this was something that only existed in American models! !! (No, because the world is large, there may be places where it is obligatory in other countries)

Furthermore, when I investigated why there is a latch that opens the trunk from the inside only for the American specification, I found this.

Release latch from the inside of the trunk is required by law in the United States

That is right.

According to this, from September 1, 2001, the law in the United States states that "the trunk of a car must be equipped with a release latch that allows the trunk to be opened from the inside when it is trapped in the trunk." It was decided ↓

Haha, that's why the cars delivered in the United States are equipped with something that allows you to open the trunk from inside the trunk regardless of whether it is Cayman, 911 or Porsche.

The Porsche 911 996 was announced in 1997, the law began to apply in 2001, followed by the Porsche 911 997 in 2004.

Then, from the Porsche 911 997 type, there must be a release latch that can open this trunk from the inside.

There is an escape pull from the inside of the trunk from Porsche 911 997

And of course check. This is the manual of Porsche 911 (997) in the United States.

The function to open the trunk from the inside for when it was completely trapped in the trunk was posted. Oh ~. Somehow impressed (laughs) ↓

No, I was looking at how much luggage I could load on the 718 Cayman GT4, so it was a lot of fun to understand the revision of the US law and the difference in Porsche specifications depending on the country ^ ^

For those who own American Porsche for parallel import etc., there is an escape pull (release latch) from the inside of this trunk. I want to see it ~.

Activating the release latch from the inside of the trunk also opens the engine hood

Ah, at the end, there may be some people who want to try opening the trunk from the inside with the casual feeling of "I want to see, touch, open" the release latch from the inside of the trunk. not.

But be careful of this.

When the release handle from the inside of the trunk is activated, it seems that not only the trunk but also the rear engine hood is opened at the same time for some reason.

Therefore, if you open the trunk release from the inside without noticing that, you may be in a hurry after that, "Some error will continue to appear!" ^ ^ ↓

In the unlikely event that you use the trunk release from the inside of the trunk, close the front trunk and at the same time check again that the rear engine hood is also closed properly. If you close that too, the error will disappear.

Hmm, it's kind of refreshing ^^!

Source:
◆Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Interior Trunk Release　
◆The 2020 Porsche Cayman GT4 Is My Favorite New Porsche
◆2020 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4: In-Depth Exterior and Interior Tour + Exhaust.　
◆Have you seen this message? See photo.