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Gemballa re-uglies the Cayenne

Published: 15 Dec 2010

Yes, that's exactly what the Cayenne needs - bigger air scoops and bonnet vents and more bodykit and attitude.

This is the Gemballa Tornado, and the headline news is that it's 70kg lighter than the standard Cayenne, thanks to proper carbon fibre panels.

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Gemballa has made a big song and dance about other manufacturers simply bonding CF to steel panels, the charlatans. This Tornado uses only carbon fibre for the bonnet, wings, side sills, doors and bumpers, without compromising essential safety stuff.

It also gets 22-inch wheels, Brembo brakes, and, erm, a 700bhp ‘Stage Two' power upgrade still in development.

Nice, subtle and graceful, and not at all likely to result in obscure vegetables being hurled in your direction. ‘Good sire, that is indeed how you milk a cow', you shall remark at other motorists' gentle gesticulating...

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