REVscene Automotive Forum - Porsche Cayenne + Panamera headlights

While I think the Cayenne diesel offers the best value for the money for a 6 cyl diesel SUV right now.. however this gives me a pause.

It seems that Porsche sedans and SUVs headlights can be removed without much effort (you don't need to open the hood!) !! Looks like a better payoff with less effort for car thieves than stealing 4runner's cats!! It looks like they are just held on by tabs and they are plentiful around town (vs 90s 4runners).

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The Porsche Cayenne is a premium class SUV and is pretty popular in Russia, especially in Moscow. People buy them, people drive them and seem to be happy with their cars if not for one thing: some people have found out that headlights on this car can be relatively easily removed from the car without opening the hood. This created a whole branch of con men specializing in Porsche Cayenne headlights. If you think they just steal the headlights and then resell them you are wrong. What those people usually do according to the reports I read is, they steal the headlights, then they hide those headlights somewhere nearby the car and leave a note on the windshield. The note offers to tell them that the headlights were removed and waiting for them nearby, in order to know the location where they are, a victim should pay a ransom through one of the virtual currencies which are pretty much a big deal in Russia. Assuming that the price of the pair of the lights might reach a thousand dollars, the note asks much less. A lot of people pay this amount and then get a text with the location of their lost lights.