Cayenne you take me to hospital, please?

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Ah to be a Porsche employee. Ferrari might have been voted the best place to work in Europe, but those at Zuffenhausen are every bit as spoiled.

Not only do they get to play with Porsches all day, but if they have an accident, they will now be whisked to hospital in one of these new Cayenne ambulances.

Just four of Cayenne emergency cars were created, by 15 Porsche apprentices. The cars are destined for Porsche’s plants in Zuffenhausen, Weissach and Leipzig, as well as the Porsche test track in Weissach.

The inside of the cars has been totally altered, with one seat front and rear, and a stretcher alongside. On board there is a host of medical kit including a defibrilator.

These aren’t the first modified Cayennes in use at Porsche’s factories – it also has Cayenne-based fire trucks, among others.

Presumably in the unlikely event that a Cayenne ambulance doesn’t get you to the hospital in time, there’s a Cayenne hearse somewhere out there. We hope never to find out.
 
They do a Cayenne school bus too. Actually, they're only ever used to carry one small child to school. Come to think of it, they just call it the Cayenne.
 
Well, the number one brief for ambulances is that they be fast and possess a modicum of all-weather capability... the Cayenne has that all in spades.
 
Fast? I dunno. I think an ambulance needs two things.

- space for a doctor to work
- a siren

Which is why we use van bodies. However, things might be different in Europe...
 
No different over here. Thing is, this Cayenne-ambulance is little more than a publicity stunt. I'm sure they'll get used for their stated purpose - but think of all the free publicity the company gets from sending out a few press releases. This is the real reason for it, not because the Cayenne is the ideal candidate for the job.
 
It does have space... for a doctor to sit... :lol:

I guess it depends on the conditions and how far the hospital is. In Asia, we use narrow-bodied Japanese vans for quick response situations, as they can thread through traffic, while wider-bodied vans are used for more serious cases for on-the-spot treatment. But there are cases wherein fast transport means the difference between life and death. (there was a study that indicated gang-members involved in shootouts had a lower fatality rate than civilians, simply because the gangsters would dump the wounded into a car and haul ass to the hospital, while the civilians would wait for an ambulance.)

Those narrow-body vans may have lots more headroom than a Cayenne, but they're not any wider inside and aren't any easier to work in. The Cayennes are mentioned to have medical equipment installed... including a defibrillator. That's probably enough for most on-site uses.

Yes, this is probably mainly as a publicity stunt... but it's not beyond the realm of the believable that a Cayenne can be used as an ambulance on a race track or a test track in a practical sense.
 
Ah, good point on the "space".

I think it looks great. I like it!
 

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