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Originally Posted by 2Utes

There is an emergency release cable somewhere near the front of the passenger front wheel well. I do not remember how to access it. Perhaps the owners manual has an index reference to emergency release cable for the front cover. I remember reading about it on Rennlist.org. I am sorry that I cannot be more specific on the access method.

In the Boxster, it only had an emergency cable release if it was a cable operated latch. Later Boxsters had electric latches.. which require putting a "jumper" in the footwell fues panel to trip the circuit and open the trunk, iirc. I imagine the 996 set up is similar.