A convertible was one of 3 additional body styles Porsche envisaged for the original Cayenne.
Porsche on Thursday revealed a Cayenne convertible design buck that was built shortly after the original Cayenne went on sale at the tail end of 2002, or close to a decade beforeThe convertible was one of three additional Cayenne body styles placed under the microscope, the others being a stretched version with third-row seats and a coupe.
The idea of a Cayenne convertible never got past the design buck stage. According to Porsche, profit projections for the vehicle weren't promising, and there was also the issue of whether it looked attractive enough to wear the Porsche badge. The oddball styling of Nissan's Murano CrossCabriolet was no doubt a contributing factor to its demise.
“An SUV as a convertible is a challenge both aesthetically and formally,” Michael Mauer, Porsche's design chief, said in a statement. “An SUV always has a large and heavy body. You combine this with a small top half and then cut off the roof...you get very strange shapes emerging from that.” Note, there have been two SUV-based convertibles launched following the demise of the Murano CrossCabriolet. There was the
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