Porsche Panamera....I'd Buy One.

[16902]

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=106499

Sweeet!!! Check out the pic on the edmunds site.

Porsche's Four-Door Panamera to Share Factory and Powertrain Wwith Cayenne
Date Posted 07-18-2005

STUTTGART, Germany Porsche has held off making an official announcement about its fifth model line a four-door coupe to be called Panamera until the Frankfurt show in September. But tidbits keep leaking out in Europe.

German news magazine Der Spiegel has revealed details of the car, claiming the body of the front-engine, rear-drive coupe-sedan will be built by MagnaSteyr in Austria. The magazine reported the body shells would be trucked to the factory in Leipzig, Germany, where Porsche's successful Cayenne luxury SUV is assembled.

The Panamera is expected to use the same engines and transmissions as the Cayenne, plus other compatible systems, including all-wheel drive on its top-range versions. The new car will be powered by the Cayenne's 4.5-liter V8 in both normally aspirated and turbocharged forms, with the flagship version using a "softened" edition of the midengine Carrera GT's 5.7-liter, 40-valve V10.

A concept is likely to be shown at Frankfurt in September, with the full-production version ready to go on sale in 2007.

What this means to you: Porsche's bold choice of a new model should pay off; the luxury sedan-coupe concept, as pioneered by the Mercedes CLS, is already proving popular.

 

[chuyler1]

 

[chuyler1]

I know they need to make money...but I feel this takes away from the nostalga of owning a Porsche. I already see more Cayennes on the road than any other model.

When someone would say "Wanna go for a ride in my Porsche?" it would immediately get your adrenaline pumping. Even if the car was 20 years old it would still be the ride of a lifetime. Now, you gotta ask "Well is it an SUV or a real Porsche?" The moment has been officially ruined, unless of course, you enjoy riding in SUVs.

 

[mopiko]

I think you can still enjoy a Cayenne Turbo ride... then again my response is similar to yours.... In my dictionary 4-door and Porsche does not go together at all. Its rather new (and disappointing) to see Porsche is mixing the two together.

 

[16902]

I like the sedan idea but I definately don't get the Cayenne. Esp. if they do put the Carrera GT V10 in the Panamera, that would go a long way.

 

[genericuser]

didn't aston try this with the lagonda?

 

[mikeyb]

The front looks like a RX-8.

 

[SilverBulletES]

I hate it. But if it allows them to remain a profitable company and keeping on making Carreras and Boxsters I'm all for it.

My friend does PR for Porsche and I drove her borrowed Cayenne Turbo for a few hours one Saturday. Fast as hell.... but too f'n heavy and so anti-Porsche. No fond memories. The plain vanilla 996 6-speed Carrera 2 she let me drive once.... I cry myself to sleep every night just dreaming about that one. Can't even imagine how sweet the 997 is.

 

[jd6829]

that is one ugly car whoever came up with the idea for the car should be (chair)