Time Waster of the Day: Lumma Design's Crazy Detailed Porsche Cayenne Configurator

Do you lose sleep at night because you cannot decide if the Porsche Cayenne CLR 558 GT of your dreams will look better with three central or four quad tail pipes?

We feel your pain and so does Germany's Lumma Design that has released one of the most comprehensive online configurators we've seen of late.
And we're not only talking about a palette of colors for the body and alloy wheel designs but also about miniscule details such as changing the hue for the window surrounds and the door handles –separately, mind you.
And for those of you wondering, the CLR 558 GT is primarily a styling package that comprises of a raft of aero parts along with larger alloy wheels, and a selection of interior upgrades such as aluminum pedals with rubber detailing for grip, illuminated door sills and leather floor mats for passengers and the cargo compartment.
The only mechanical improvements included in the package are a sports exhaust system and an electric lowering module for Cayennes equipped with an air suspension system.
You can fool around with Lumma Design's Porsche CLR 558 GT configurator by following the link below.
At the time this article was written, the configurator was available only in das German language (nothing Google's translation can't solve) with an English option to follow soon.
Story Links: Lumma Design Configurator

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Schmidt Revolution Boots Up Porsche Cayenne II for the Winter

As we're approaching mid-October, it won't be long before the winter sneaks in altering (at least for some of us) our driving habits.
For those Porsche Cayenne II owners that choose to use two different sets of tires, one for the summer and another for the winter period, German tuning house Schmidt Revolution has released a new wheel and tire combination.





Schmidt Revolution's winter proposal for the second-generation of the Cayenne SUV includes a set of lightweight 22-inch Rhino alloy wheels wrapped around in Nokian winter tires size 295/30R22.
Photos of the booted-up Cayenne follow below.

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Report: Bentley Boss Says New SUV to be powered by W12 Petrol and V12 Diesel Engines, Due in 2015

After Porsche launched the Cayenne in 2002, it changed the sport carmakers’ way of thinking. If the world wants a premium SUV by a top brand, why stick to the past and not ride the wave, increasing production volume and profitability?

After all, despite the initial outcry, it is primarily the Cayenne’s success that we have to thank for the continued existence and evolution of the911.
At the Pebble Beach festival, Bentley’s CEO, Wolfgang Duerheimer, confirmed that the British luxury carmaker will indeed build an SUV. And he recently replaced chief engineer Ulrich Eichhorn with Porsche’s Rolf Frech who has also worked on the Cayenne.
Duerheimer is convinced that the new model will be a success: “Ninety-nine percent of Bentleyowners also own an SUV. I am absolutely sure the demand is here”, he says. And he is determined not to add just another model in the brand's range but, in his own words, “to make clear whose car is the boss”.





Bentley’s boss told Autocar magazine that Bentley “will be the first to use a 12-cylinder petrol engine in a luxury SUV”. This engine will be the updated version of the W12 that will also power the next-generation Continental range, and Duerheimer praises its compact dimensions that allow for more efficient packaging.
A V12 however may eventually find its way under the new SUV’s hood, but it won't be a gasoline-powered unit because that would overlap with the W12. Instead, Bentley is looking to use -purists brace yourselves- a modified version of Audi’s 6.0-liter diesel that powers the Q7.
When will the new SUV be launched? Duerheimer wouldn’t say, but he did drop some hints: “TheMulsanne came in 2010 and the Continental a year later. The lifespan of a model is usually six to eight years, so the new model will be valuable when we are expecting a lull. The downswing is the time to introduce this SUV.”
If our calculations are correct, that means around 2015.

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