Anyone Need A 600HP SUV With A Swiss Interior?
There’s something very evil about a SUV with 600HP. At the 2007 Geneva Motor Show, which is happening right now, Porsche tuner TechArt unveiled a MAGNUM (a Porsche Cayenne, but TechArt changed it so much Porsche won’t let them use the name anymore) with an interior made by de Sede of Switzerland.
Custom-developed individual seats for the rear mirror the front-seat design, and come with a custom-tailored center console covered with the finest de Sede leather. The integrated compartment for drinks, snacks and storage is lined with elegant Microsede material and features illuminated glass holders for the two Rosenthal glasses with engraved TechArt MAGNUM logo. A small refrigerated compartment is hidden behind a precious-wood lid between the rear seatbacks.
The TechArt interior line ‘de Sede of Switzerland’ also features a state-of-the-art multimedia system. Two LCD touch screens are integrated into the back of the front headrests. Rear passengers can choose between watching a DVD on the 6-disc DVD changer or programs from the integrated digital TV tuner. They also serve as monitors for playing games on a Playstation2 game console. The sound is carried by wireless RF hi-fi headphones.
de Sede, the world-renowned manufacturer of exclusive luxury furniture only use cows from Switzerland and southern Germany to make the various types of de Sede leathers. I guess cows from other countries are just not good enough. de Sede sells its chairs, sofas and tables in 120 countries around the globe. Now you can get the same luxury in a 600HP 4×4 that can do 0 to 100KMH in 4.5 seconds and won’t stop accelerating until it hits 292KMH.
This brings up an interesting question. Who needs a 600HP SUV with a de Sede leather interior? The TechArt MAGNUM is about as practical as that F1 powered Minivan I saw a few years back. However, buying a SUV with an interior that cost more than most cars has nothing to do with being practical. It’s all about being evil. 
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That interior is elegant and stylish but I can’t say the same for the exterior. The Cayenne is still easily the ugliest SUV…except for that disgusting looking Subaru…somethingorother. It’s so ugly I don’t even remember the name.
Porsche totally over-designed the Cayenne.
Reply to this comment“The Cayenne is still easily the ugliest SUV”
Totally agree.
Reply to this commentHave you forgotten the Aztec?!
Reply to this commentyou love using the word evil don’t you?
Reply to this commenthaha . . i’ve kind of noticed that too in the last few posts. I think John’s trying to be the no. 1 search result for the term “evil” . . . and you know what? i think he must just do it!!
Reply to this commenthaha…the way he is going…probably he’ll be top on the evil search result sooner rather than later
Reply to this commentJohn’s trying to be #1 for “root of all evil”.
Reply to this commentI started the that Google Bomb a few weeks ago!
Reply to this commentMy gosh.. It is too stylish and high-tech for my liking! Personally, I feel that the exterior design spoiled the whole show for it.
Reply to this commentI wouldn’t want to use it as an SUV because I’d be too concerned for the leather inside.
Reply to this commentI have kids so no leather for me - have you ever tried to clean food off of leather?!?!
Reply to this commentI think thats a big improvement on the Cayenne, interiors smart and the exterior looks meaty or evil.
Reply to this commentTough and angry on the outside, but delicate and sophisticated on the inside. Does it transform into an autobot?
Reply to this commentIt looks more like a crossover to me. In either case I can think of much nicer platforms to put 600 HP into though.
Reply to this commentWon’t Chrysler get upset that they are using the name Magnum?
As for being a Cayenne, I do like this version better, looks like a beefed up Mini Cooper from the front.
My Boss’ wife used to have a Cayenne, it was cool she never never had to put the keys into the ignition it would sense they were in the vicinity and all she had to do was use the push start. Same with the door locks, the car would unlock itself if they were near by.
Though she had her hubby sell it because “she saw too many on the road”. She ended up getting a twin Bentley that matches his.
Reply to this commentWhile the unlocking thing is cool, I’ve never been that inconvenienced by putting the keys in the ignition
Reply to this commenthmm…someone has some money…trade in a Cayenne for a Bentley…
As for the key less stuff, its an interesting idea, but what if you were near the car, but not going to use it? The car just keeps locking and unlocking as you move around it? Say if you are working in your garage or something?
Reply to this commentChrysler can’t say a thing, they are not marketing this car!
Reply to this commentStill can’t beat the BMW X5 with Mclaren F1 engine!
Reply to this commentmmmm….X5 with an Mclaren F1 engine…mmm…oops…I drooled on my keyboard
Reply to this commentHmm… 600HP? That SUV can probably drive up Mount Everest
But how much gas does he spend?
Reply to this commentSame as all the other 600 HP vehicles out there. Several buckets per foot.
Reply to this comment“all the other 600 HP vehicles”??
Are there a lot of other 600 HP vehicles?
How much HP is the Hummer H2?
Reply to this commentI hate SUVs but, damn that’s sexy!
Reply to this commentThis laughs in the face of environmentalist
Reply to this commentThey need a hybrid version of this thing! If not, give me the new Toyota Hyrbird Sportscar any day!
Reply to this commentYeah, that Toyota is pretty hot. I’ll take one please!
Reply to this commentWhat about Honda - where is their sports car?!
Reply to this commentI don’t think it’s a questions of necessity, it’s a question of pulling up to a light and being able to smoke the car next to you in a SUV…It may be an ego thing I guess???
Reply to this commentI love everything about this ride (interior is VERY nice), except the front view, it reminds me of PT Cruiser (YUCK!)…
Reply to this commentThere is a company here on the Gold Coast, Australia named Gemballa that do a similar thing. They’ve been doing it for some time now, they look great and go hard - its surprising how many of them you see around the Gold Coast.
Al.
Reply to this commentThe cows from only Switzerland and Southern Germany…
I was half watching an oldish edition of “Top Gear” (UK TV motoring programme) on Sky last night, and Jeremy Clarkson commented about one of the 3 sports cars they were test-driving in Iceland that the leather seats were only made from cows that came from countries that didn’t use barbed wire. I regret to say that I didn’t take in which car it was, or even the 3 they were driving (we’re not very compos mentis at present with father in hospital and husband has a tooth abscess), but I wonder if that’s why they stipulate cows from Switzerland and Germany? It means there is no danger of the hide being punctured or scratched, so best quality leather from what I could make out.
Reply to this commentWhile I love the way the new design updates look (gnarly hood and larger air ports) and while the interior is gorgeous, I’ll take the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 over this thing any day. *puts on flame suit*
Reply to this commentohhhhh *dripping saliva*
that’s cool….
i want one!!
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I want one.
Reply to this commentso wonderful i want one
Reply to this commentFinally a SUV I’d like to own. SUVs suck…
Reply to this comment600 HP seems a bit low for my daily commute but it’ll do I suppose.
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