Frankly, we can't think of a better time and place for Porsche to have the debut of the new Porsche 911 Cabrio than Detroit in January. Except, perhaps, for Los Angeles where it's currently 85 degrees. Or New York where people actually buy drop-top Porsches.
According to Porsche's Bernhard Maier, "Detroit was deliberately chosen for the world premiere of the new 911 Cabrio because the USA is far and away our largest 911 Cabrio market." Fair enough.
If you missed out on seeing this one at the L.A. show, fear not, they go on sale just a few months after the coupe version and then you'll see them all the time.
Porsche also announced information about two new SUV offerings...
First, Porsche announced that the Cayenne Diesel, "Porsche's first compression-ignition car in the USA," would hit the U.S. sometime in late spring/summer. Next, they announced that the Cajun "off-road vehicle" will debut in 2013.
There was no follow-up on either of these -- and no further explanation as to how the Cajun is an off-road vehicle -- but a diesel Cayenne (likely with the 3.0-liter diesel V6 from the Q7) is a wecome addition to the Porsche fleet.
upshift11 says:
01:33 PM, 01/ 5/12
Nice looking, but still $20K overpriced.
hubblehornz66 says:
04:04 PM, 01/ 6/12
that thing looks pretty fly, cant wait tosee one with my own two eyes and the diesel cayenne sounds like its going to compete with the volvo xc60 P.I.H although a diesel.