Cayenne: keys of mystery

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:32:23 GMT

cj hubbard writes:

Speaking of the Cayenne GTS, come with me for a quick guided tour of the keyring that came with it.

All photos by Dan

I mention this firstly because if you look closely at the actual keyfob you'll discover that - awwww - it's been made in the shape of a little baby Cayenne. Porsche! We never knew you could be so cute!

Perhaps it's supposed to offset some of the hyper-masculinity involved with owning a hulking great SUV brute made by an out-and-out sportscar manufacturer. But on the other hand, most of the ones we see around here are usually driven by women.

Anyways. The real reason I'm bringing these keys to your attention is this other strange looking dohicky:

Now, we're not entirely sure what this is for. Clearly, it could be some kind of additional immobiliser for the press fleet vehicles. Or perhaps a high tech tracking device, to make sure the GTS hasn't been surreptitiously slipped out of the country.

But we rather came to fancy that it might contain the suicide pill. The one the press office instructs you take when you have to ring up and tell them you've crashed their £70,000 vehicle...

Just a thought.

On which note, I wonder what the £150k Merc we've got in next week will come with. It's own personal armed guard, perhaps?

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We didn't crash the Cayenne. But I did screw up its scheduled collection time. So I feel I should just point out that the suicide pill idea is in fact a joke.

I hope.

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