Spy Shots: Best Panamera shots yet
Now that the Panamera has been caught wearing Porsche clothing, the spy shots are coming fast and furious. Brenda Priddy and Co. has scored the best shots yet that give us a nice 3/4 view of the car from both front and back. Yes, it's a mule and the sheetmetal obviously is not finalized, but these shots make it very easy to imagine what the final version will look like. Take a look at the Panamera's rear, for instance. The severely sloped rear glass flows right into a trunk lid flanked by a pair of taillights that look production ready. The car also appears a bit wider and lower than the Mercedes-Benz CLS, which will be the Panamera's main competition along with with the Aston Martin Rapide (assuming the latter car doesn't get shelved for cost reasons).Priddy tells Winding Road that the base engine will likely be a 3.5-liter six-cylinder generating 300 horsepower. Upper models will have a naturally-aspirated and turbo V8 that could generate 350 and 560 horsepower, respectively. Porsche is prepared for a show down with Mercedes-Benz, however, and is reportedly willing to give the Panamera a 700-hp V10 if the CLS continues with its power trip.
[Source: Winding Road]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ron 3:26PM (9/21/2006)
Will it really end up looking as nasty as this? Looks like another step along a bad diversivication road for Porsche.
Give me the Virage any day...
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Jason 3:19PM (9/21/2006)
I'm sure it'll look nice in the end, but it still seems just wrong.
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Brad 3:23PM (9/21/2006)
That car looks like crap! Maybe Hummer should come out with a 2 seat roadster? Or Lamborghini should sell Mini vans? Porsche is making a big mistake with this 4 door model.
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Andy 3:29PM (9/21/2006)
I was wrong. The car ain't ugly. It's fugly.
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Ron 3:54PM (9/21/2006)
... sorry, I mean't the Rapide -
http://www.autoblog.com/2006/06/15/aston-martin-rapide-concept-sits-pretty-for-the-camera/
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cg 3:32PM (9/21/2006)
They aren't making a mistake. They will sell thousands and make a ton of money in the process. Isn't that what a business does? It will be Cayenne part duex, and we all now how well that worked out for them, financially speaking.
Oh, and it will look cracking good...
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Richard Warren 3:42PM (9/21/2006)
That puppy is wearing a lot of Camouflage
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JayP 3:38PM (9/21/2006)
Cayenne has had it's run.
A sedan is more in line with a GT like the 928. The hard part is trying to make a front-engined car look like it has 911 DNA.
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Ryan 3:38PM (9/21/2006)
Did you people know Lambourghini actually made a truck in the 1980's? I dont remember people getting bent out of shape then? Anyways, a couple of turbos on a CLS63 from renntech will take the power to more than 700hp and still be a better car then this.
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DPC car videos 4:34PM (9/21/2006)
This car is starting to take shape but I still need more to be sold.
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Jason 6:03PM (9/21/2006)
Nobody made a fuss about Lambourghini's truck because nobody cares about Lambourghini.
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Blob 9:49PM (9/21/2006)
Looks good, but not good enough for a Porsche
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fordman 6:30PM (9/21/2006)
I like Lambourghini
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Bullitt Mustang 7:51AM (9/22/2006)
Every time I see crops of the front end I always think it's a Mitsubishi Eclipse.
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fedcep 11:32AM (9/23/2006)
Have you seen this picture? I think it looks much better than any of the other ones.
http://www.automobilemag.com/future_cars/2007/0505_porsche_panamera/
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Tommy 12:14AM (9/24/2006)
Hahaha... I've gotten over the vomit stage and it's into ridicule. I wouldn't have minded the concept sketch but this thing is a maxima+eclipse lovechild with a 911 nose grafted on.
Wait, I'm feeling queasy again...
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Accordsforall 9:03AM (9/28/2006)
Hmmm..
When Lamborghini came out with the LM002 in about 88. It was a mistake. It was just some.. little p.r stunt to see what they could produce.
This is long before the Exploder made it to the WHITE family, in their suburbian tract home.
And.. people love Lambo. Im just curious.. how far this SUV insanity might go. And Id like to add.. I have a load of Panamera pics, and they all forecast.. the 928 coming back! So.. think about that.
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charlie 10:03AM (9/28/2006)
The Panamera will be a huge success, thats without doubt. As a Quattroporte, M5, CLS-Class, S-Class, and 7-series competetitor, I know a lot of people who would want the Porsche cachet. Even though they offer the Cayenne, Boxster, and Cayman, all of which people fought against, the Porsche brand identity is still better than MB, BMW, and Maserati.
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