Rides : LUMMA Design "White Pepper" Porsche Cayenne II

Following up on their first pass at tuning the Porsche Cayenne, LUMMA Design is taking another go at this luxury sport-ute with a more aggressive approach aimed at differentiating their offering from the rest of the aftermarket fray. Dubbed the "White Pepper", one of their greatest accomplishments is the extension of the wheel base while still managing to knock 400 pounds of fat from this 2 ton white and black accented beast.

LUMMA is offering a new body kit, CLR 558 GT, that serves up a front bumper featuring a spoiler with inlets, revised rear bumper with diffusers, rear spoiler lip (in carbon or matching paint), flared fenders front and back and monster side sills with integrated door supports.



In addition, the company offers new fog lamps available with LEDs and elongated daylight lamps. For a bit of added flair, the engine cover features air outlets and is constructed of a carbon Kevlar blend. The SUV can be dropped up to 40mm (1.5 inches) by way of an air suspension lowering module and rides on custom multipart wheels measuring 22 x 10 inches front and rear wrapped in 295/30-22 rubber with the help of wheel spacers.



There's no real information on the tuning efforts but the Porsche Cayenne II does benefit from a complete sports exhaust system with a centered 3-tip stainless steel end pipe and an adapted pre-muffler which expels a throatier note.



Inside, the LUMMA Design Porsche Cayenne II features a two part aluminum milled pedal set complete with anti-slip rubber knobs and foot rest. A four part door sill panel set is illuminated with the LUMMA logo and the floor mats feature leather bordering and a black leather kick-plate with the LUMMA emblem. The luggage area features similar accents with black leather bordering and a matching logo.

WHITE PEPPER - Porsche Cayenne II by LUMMA Design
The Porsche Cayenne II is the logical continuation of its precedent model named Cayenne I with even cosmetic corrections, as e.g. the ìtakeoverì of the headlamps looking like those of the Panamera, which, by the way also remembers the interior. The model No. II is a bit longer, increasing the wheelbase, with about 180 kg (400 lb.) less of weight, having nevertheless still about two metric tons.

The traditional tuning factory LUMMA Design from Winterlingen, Germany, presents with its interpretation of the new Cayenne, a SUV with conscious car body kit named CLR 558 GT, consisting in a spoiled front bumper with air inlet frames, which can be found together with diffusers on the rear bumper, front and rear wheel arch enlargements and side sills with door supports. Furthermore, there is an installation kit for fog lamps, optionally available in LED technics. The engine bonnet with its lateral air outlets is made of weight optimizing carbon/Kevlar.

Furthermore, LUMMA offers additional longish shaped daylight lamps, a rear spoiler lip in carbon or matching the paint work colored, an up to 40 mm (1 1/2 in.) lowering module for air suspended vehicles and a complete sports exhaust system with central 3-part stainless steel end pipe and sportive sound and, nevertheless only for export, adapted pre-muffler (only together with the mentioned above car body kit). Before describing the interior lets have a look at the multipart wheels in 10x22 in. rear and in front, with colored outer tire beds and tires in 295/30-22 including wheel spacing kit all around.

When opening the door, the two part aluminum pedals set for throttle and braking controls (all models with tiptronic) with milled foot pedals and integrated anti-slip rubber nobs are catching the eyes, the equally equipped with these anti-slip rubber nobs aluminum foot rest matching to them, as also the four part door sill panel set with illuminated LUMMA logo, for all models. The foot mat set with real leather bordering and the kick plate in real black leather decorate the LUMMA emblem. In the luggage compartment a trunk mat with loading edge protection and real black leather bordering catch equally attention, because here also is to be seen the already mentioned logo.

By this Porsche Cayenne II, the LUMMA team shows once more its known by precision craftmanship, because good traditions oblige. It may be mentioned that actually, the Winterlinger cars tuner develops diverse detail solutions for interior modifications of the Cayenne. Furthermore, at the instance of the 25th company anniversary of LUMMA, until the end of 2011, there will be put on wheels a suitable to this event "Jubilee Cayenne Edition". There won't be betrayed any details, but one may be justifiably curious about ...