Photo: TechArt
What is it with tuners and the new Porsche Cayenne? Why does this car attract their attention so much and why do they fail at making it look in any way better?
Is it a compliment or a critic for Porsche's designers? Does it mean the car looks so good it cannot be improved on, or does it say the car is so bad that everyone tries to lift its aesthetic appeal?
I wouldn't full heartedly go with either one of the two hypotheses above, but if I were to choose one, it would be the first. While the new Porsche Cayenne isn't particularly beautiful, that's because it's not even supposed to. It's a sporty SUV, a car so contradicting in nature that it needed to find some sort of identity in its design, and Porsche went for aggressive.
Now, to take something that is already aggressive and try to make it look even more so is the recipe for disaster. Think of a lion. The big cat is menacing enough without a belt of bullets strapped around its chest, a red bandana and black camouflage smears under its eyes. All those things would only make it look ridiculous.
TechArt, like other tuners we've presented recently that also had a go at the Cayenne, thinks Porsche's SUV can be improved and they're the men to do it. And so they've released a host of aerodynamic and aesthetic add-ons that anyone interested in making their Porsche Cayenne more unique and less classy can use.
They've got a more bulbous bonnet with air vents, a front bumper with so many lines it's actually quite confusing, a rear spoiler, a new set of wheels that have a much too thin design to visually support such a big car, and some eyelids for the taillights. But the one thing that makes me think these guys don't really know what they're doing are the contours on the headlights.
When you've got such a huge car with large surfaces of metal and paint, the last thing you want is to cover part of the already undersized headlights with even more paint. Apart from messing with the visual balance, they don't even have a true aesthetic value, popping out from the body in an uneven manner that just screams 'aftermarket'.
So, no, TechArt, you didn't manage to make the Cayenne better either. Back to the drawing board.
I wouldn't full heartedly go with either one of the two hypotheses above, but if I were to choose one, it would be the first. While the new Porsche Cayenne isn't particularly beautiful, that's because it's not even supposed to. It's a sporty SUV, a car so contradicting in nature that it needed to find some sort of identity in its design, and Porsche went for aggressive.
Now, to take something that is already aggressive and try to make it look even more so is the recipe for disaster. Think of a lion. The big cat is menacing enough without a belt of bullets strapped around its chest, a red bandana and black camouflage smears under its eyes. All those things would only make it look ridiculous.
TechArt, like other tuners we've presented recently that also had a go at the Cayenne, thinks Porsche's SUV can be improved and they're the men to do it. And so they've released a host of aerodynamic and aesthetic add-ons that anyone interested in making their Porsche Cayenne more unique and less classy can use.
They've got a more bulbous bonnet with air vents, a front bumper with so many lines it's actually quite confusing, a rear spoiler, a new set of wheels that have a much too thin design to visually support such a big car, and some eyelids for the taillights. But the one thing that makes me think these guys don't really know what they're doing are the contours on the headlights.
When you've got such a huge car with large surfaces of metal and paint, the last thing you want is to cover part of the already undersized headlights with even more paint. Apart from messing with the visual balance, they don't even have a true aesthetic value, popping out from the body in an uneven manner that just screams 'aftermarket'.
So, no, TechArt, you didn't manage to make the Cayenne better either. Back to the drawing board.
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