Porsche Panamera Official Thread (update-hybrid debuts)
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Why did they make it into a station wagon? I thought this was supposed to be a sports sedan. It looks like some soccer mom station wagon or some goofy stretched hatchback, such a waste. I hope it does not look anything like that and still looks like a sleek good looking sports sedan instead of a family station wagon.
Most people like the design. I think it looks like crap but it'll sell because it's a Porsche.
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Porsche's forthcoming four-door in action on the roads around Stuttgart :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQHCSk4TZQI
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQHCSk4TZQI
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More details on Porsche’s new Panamera ......
Whether you love it or loathe it, Porsche’s new Panamera sedan is due to hit the streets in 2009 and is expected to change the performance sedan market forever. Buoyed by the success of the Cayenne SUV, Porsche’s managers have seen fit to put their famous badge on a four door car measuring approximately as much as a Mercedes S-class. Thanks to new reports coming out of Germany we can finally reveal everything you wanted to know about the Panamera, from its dimensions to the engine range.
The production Panamera is a large car – it’s almost five meters long and two meters wide and the base version weighs in at around 1800kg. Owners of the top-of-the-line 4.8L V8 Turbo model will be looking at a kerb weight of almost 2 tons. Porsche will launch the Panamera with three engine choices – a 3.6L V6 with 300hp, a 4.8L V8 with 405hp, and a 4.8L Turbo model with approximately 520hp. Even with the base model you’ll be able to hit 250km/h on the Autobahn, but if you decide to buy the Turbo you can nudge 300km/h, according to Autobild.
Porsche will use the Panamera to showcase its commitment to green motoring with the introduction of a hybrid model using the 3.6L V6 mated to a 110hp electric motor. Porsche’s hybrid drive system will allow drivers to use any combination of the two engines, much like today’s Toyota Prius.
Base prices will begin at €80,000 for the V6 RWD model and go up to €125,000 for the Turbo AWD variant. Porsche will expand its workforce by almost 1,000 to cater for Panamera production and the company hopes to sell 30,000 units a year. Sales will begin in early 2009 but only the V8 models will be available at first. You’ll have to wait until 2010 for the V6 model and 2011 for the long-awaited hybrid variant. The Panamera will also get Porsche’s upcoming 7-speed dual-clutch technology, though the company will have been beaten to the market by everyone from Nissan to BMW. Also available to customers will be adjustable shock absorbers and a number of sports modes to tune the character of the car.
On tap are a number of Audi/Volkswagen-sourced engines such as the V8, V10, and V12 TDI that could make their way into the Panamera depending on customer demand. Also available is the V10 originally used in the Carrera GT, though it’s likely Porsche will wait a couple of years before launching a model with this engine, if at all.
Early reports are also claiming the interior is typical Porsche but that the seating space inside the Panamera is very comfortable, even for four long-limbed adults. We’ll have to try it ourselves to believe it, but this may be the reason why Porsche had to make it so long.
The production Panamera is a large car – it’s almost five meters long and two meters wide and the base version weighs in at around 1800kg. Owners of the top-of-the-line 4.8L V8 Turbo model will be looking at a kerb weight of almost 2 tons. Porsche will launch the Panamera with three engine choices – a 3.6L V6 with 300hp, a 4.8L V8 with 405hp, and a 4.8L Turbo model with approximately 520hp. Even with the base model you’ll be able to hit 250km/h on the Autobahn, but if you decide to buy the Turbo you can nudge 300km/h, according to Autobild.
Porsche will use the Panamera to showcase its commitment to green motoring with the introduction of a hybrid model using the 3.6L V6 mated to a 110hp electric motor. Porsche’s hybrid drive system will allow drivers to use any combination of the two engines, much like today’s Toyota Prius.
Base prices will begin at €80,000 for the V6 RWD model and go up to €125,000 for the Turbo AWD variant. Porsche will expand its workforce by almost 1,000 to cater for Panamera production and the company hopes to sell 30,000 units a year. Sales will begin in early 2009 but only the V8 models will be available at first. You’ll have to wait until 2010 for the V6 model and 2011 for the long-awaited hybrid variant. The Panamera will also get Porsche’s upcoming 7-speed dual-clutch technology, though the company will have been beaten to the market by everyone from Nissan to BMW. Also available to customers will be adjustable shock absorbers and a number of sports modes to tune the character of the car.
On tap are a number of Audi/Volkswagen-sourced engines such as the V8, V10, and V12 TDI that could make their way into the Panamera depending on customer demand. Also available is the V10 originally used in the Carrera GT, though it’s likely Porsche will wait a couple of years before launching a model with this engine, if at all.
Early reports are also claiming the interior is typical Porsche but that the seating space inside the Panamera is very comfortable, even for four long-limbed adults. We’ll have to try it ourselves to believe it, but this may be the reason why Porsche had to make it so long.
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The Cayenne especially in Turbo or GTS form, shows this.
Not to mention a RWD car like the 911 simply should not have made it. It should have been discontinued in the 1970s. INstead they said "F U Physics" and it is now possibly the greatest sports car ever made. An Icon.
Porsche simply does what a wants and somehow makes it work.
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Porsche Panamera Entire Model Range Spied Together
Captured recently in Northern Sweden, the full range of Porsche's fourth model was spied in one location.
March 10, 2008 03:33
Captured recently in Northern Sweden, the full range of Porsche's fourth model was spied in one location. Expected for debut in Geneva next year, the Panamera faces strong competitors such as the Mercedes CLS and Aston Martin Rapide. These are the first pictures showing all three models of the Panamera range: the “standard” Panamera with two pairs of rectangular exhaust pipes, the Panamera S featuring two round pipes on each side, and the Panamera Turbo equipped with tailpipes similar to those of the “standard” car but featuring taller air-intakes at the front and sportier split 5-spoke wheels with large cross-drilled brake disks.
The entry-level engine for the “standard” Panamera will be Volkswagen’s 3.5-litre six-cylinder unit developing 300 bhp, while Porsche’s own drivetrain will be a direct-injection eight-cylinder petrol engine, available in naturally-aspirated guise (350 bhp) for the “S” and with twin-turbo (560 bhp). Shortly after its debut in 2009 the Panamera Hybrid will be introduced.
Captured recently in Northern Sweden, the full range of Porsche's fourth model was spied in one location.
March 10, 2008 03:33
Captured recently in Northern Sweden, the full range of Porsche's fourth model was spied in one location. Expected for debut in Geneva next year, the Panamera faces strong competitors such as the Mercedes CLS and Aston Martin Rapide. These are the first pictures showing all three models of the Panamera range: the “standard” Panamera with two pairs of rectangular exhaust pipes, the Panamera S featuring two round pipes on each side, and the Panamera Turbo equipped with tailpipes similar to those of the “standard” car but featuring taller air-intakes at the front and sportier split 5-spoke wheels with large cross-drilled brake disks.
The entry-level engine for the “standard” Panamera will be Volkswagen’s 3.5-litre six-cylinder unit developing 300 bhp, while Porsche’s own drivetrain will be a direct-injection eight-cylinder petrol engine, available in naturally-aspirated guise (350 bhp) for the “S” and with twin-turbo (560 bhp). Shortly after its debut in 2009 the Panamera Hybrid will be introduced.