Porsche Panamera Turbo gets a Hamann-Style Makeover

If you are not satisfied with the Porsche Panamera offers standard, or full customization program, setting the Hamann specialists to put their songs on the side of BMW sports sedan to work in Stuttgart.

The result is called Cyrano, and includes both the style and range of performance upgrades.

Starting with the exterior, Hamann developed a new widebody aerodynamics package that transforms the looks (for better or for worse, we'll let you judge) of the Panamera.

It includes a larger front bumper with additional holes and corners, a new air intake hood, front fenders and rear extended with-you guessed it-air intakes, side skirts and Come, we really need to say? - Gaps, designed rear bumper with a lot of our surprise, no ... more ventilation holes, and finally a large rear wing to eliminate any possibility it will go into the air.

Cyrano also wins the headlights and smoked taillights and custom exhausts and new 22-inch wheels, tires 265/30 front and 305/25 rear size.

In addition, Hamann offers an electronic module for air suspension that lowers the ride height up to 30 mm, while also developing motor kit for the Turbo model that includes a new ECU and sport exhaust system, raising producing 80HP and 120Nm V8 with 580HP and 820nm in (£ 604.8 m), respectively.

What is interior, Hamann, a comprehensive program that includes a full leather or Alcantara treatment available in many colors, aluminum pedal accents and finishes.

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Senner Tuning Lays its Hands on the Audi Q5 2.0 TDI

Continuing its assault on Audi's portfolio, German aftermarket specialist has introduced a new package for the Q5 SUV fitted with the 2.0-lited TDI turbo diesel engine.

Thanks to a new performance kit that includes an ECU upgrade, sport filters and a custom exhaust system, the four-cylinder diesel engine's output is lifted from 170-horses and 350Nm to 213HP and 445Nm (328.2 lb-ft).

Other hardware modifications to the Q5 include the adoption of larger and more powerful brakes with six-piston calipers, a lowered suspension and 22-inch wheels wrapped around 265/35R 22 rubber from Vredestein all around.

On the outside, Senner Tuning adds a black front grille, new tail pipes, and a roof spoiler, while interior upgrades include two-tone leather seats with contrasting stitching, carbon fiber trim and additional leather on the instrument panel, door handles and armrests.

 

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Renault Captur concept is French for “Nissan Juke”

The lines between vehicle segments and bodystyles are getting more blurred all the time. And it isn’t just the Germans with their “four-door coupes” and “sports activitiy vehicles,” either. Nissan has proven just as capable of blurring the line between SUV and hatchback with their crossovers – vehicles like the Rogue andJuke. And now the Japanese automaker’s sister company, Renault, appears to be following down the same path with its new Captur concept.

The Captur follows last year’s DeZir show car in showing the way forward for the French automaker’s design language, capturing, as it were, the spirit that future Renaults will be taking. Of course this being a French concept car, it encompasses certain elements that won’t ever see production. Things like the fantastical interior, to start with, and those 22-inch wheels whose white spokes seem to blend right into the tires. But if you want an overall picture of where Renault is heading, this is where it’s at.

Powered by Renault’s Energy dCi 160 twin-turbo engine giving 160 horsepower and 280 pound-feet of torque, the Captur also incorporates dual-clutch gearbox.

Although Renault doesn’t say so specifically in the press release after the jump, where you can scope out all the details, we’re assuming we’ll see the Captur on the show stand at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show, from which we’ll be sure to bring you our up-close-and-personal impressions and images. In the meantime, you can scope it out in the high-res image gallery below.

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