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Spy Shot: Nice view of Porsche Panamera profile
What we have here is the clearest shot yet of the Porsche Panamera's C-Pillar and backlight. Fast Lane Daily poster mcshin was quick with the shutter and nabbed the green four-door before the chase car could block the view.It's a very chunky rump, but the lines do flow well, in a 911-tied-to-a-tree kind of way. While the camo on this Panamera is pretty light, there are still more surprises to uncover; check out the panel that covers up the middle of the doors. Could there be more coke bottle under there for us to feast our eyes on? We do hope the large spoiler doesn't make it to production as some sort of stylized version of the cliché whale tail. However it looks, we're sure that it'll perform like a Porsche, and we await the day a production Panamera winds up in the Autoblog Garage.
[Source: Fastlane Daily]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
FLR 8:05AM (8/28/2007)
I really hope that the car does not look like that....because that my friends....is U-G-L-Y!
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Don 4:14PM (8/28/2007)
AIEEE! My eyes!
Jason Chang 8:12AM (8/28/2007)
I threw up a little in my mouth, but im ok now..thanx
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Jim 8:25AM (8/28/2007)
Worst part is it gets uglier the farther forward you go...
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stefan 8:33AM (8/28/2007)
Porsche realy doesnt know how to make a sedan.
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Devin 8:34AM (8/28/2007)
Oh, hey, it's the last gen Maserati Quattroporte. But honestly, this car is rather plain for being a porsche. After seeing yesterday's Jag XF shots, I would have expected even more out of Jaguar w/ this car. I know the price class isn't the same, but the Rapide is gonna eat the Panamera's lunch.
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Carguy 8:45AM (8/28/2007)
At least the Quattroporte looked Italian...this thing looks cartoon martian.
Big J 9:00AM (8/28/2007)
I think it looks increasingly repulsive towards the rear. Appears that they took a normal Porsche and stretched it enough to fit rear doors and a back seat. Totally awkward.
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felipe 9:03AM (8/28/2007)
in the link, under the comments 'absolutbb' left this:
saying this THIS IS THE NEW PANAMERA....
http://www.onlyporsche.net/images/stories/2005/20051028_porsche_panamera.jpg
i never saw that.
sadly it seems we are left with the green one above, but
why cant the PANA look like the one in this link.... that is nice looking.
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Richard 9:11AM (8/28/2007)
Yeah! But, you know, if Porsche were to build a four-door it would look like ...a Porsche with 4 doors.
So you have to ask yourself how far they can go with a design idiom which hasn't really changed since the, what, 1950's?
I mean, it is a 4-door Porsche, not a Jag, not a Lexus and not a Bimmer (who for their constant mis-direction at least have the "attachments" to explore new designs).
It is going to look like a softly curved - jelly bean - sedan with a Porsche face as the Cayenne is a softly curved SUV with a Porsche face...
...Ugly, but it's the Porsche of 4-doors.
OK! Maybe it is really a 5-door. How does that boot work?
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Alex 9:19AM (8/28/2007)
Why are the Car Gods so angry with us? First the XF now the Panamera. Do i really need to crash my car again in sacrifice?
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Atomicbri 9:27AM (8/28/2007)
Wow not sure what to say... it definitely is not a great looker in the rear... very heavy handed, nothing like the renderings leaked by Porsche. But it will sell... I was horrified when Porsche had the Cayenne come out. I thought, " A Porsche SUV, no one will buy that!" Was I wrong! I see em all over. People will flock to this car as well.... no doubt.
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mikiyas 9:37AM (8/28/2007)
haha... porsche is albout to pull a subaru with this one. They're gonna have to update this thing before it even hits the market the way its going. But yeah, The Aston Rapide is going to eat everybody's lunch when it comes to four door coupes. Except maybe the new Merc CLS and Audi A7. I dont see the Jag XF as a threat to any of these cars. Honestly, I was underwhelmed when I saw the production car. The C-XF was so gorgeous...
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mooj 10:57AM (8/28/2007)
oh give it a break. it's sort of endearing, actually, in a awkward manner, and that's more than can be said for any other porsche. it's an odd thing, for sure, but that gives it some character.
besides, imagine it in lustrous production black and sitting on some fat, low-profile tires. it will look like a damn spaceship.
yes, the rapide is agonizingly good looking-- maybe even intimidatingly so. this has a quirkier, more ideosyncratic appeal to me. especially if this turns out to be a solid car, which i only hope is assured, considering its parent.
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F451 11:46AM (8/28/2007)
Porsche has never really produced an ugly automobile...until the Panamera.
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Dan Roth 11:53AM (8/28/2007)
I beg to differ. The 356 was UGLY
ckm 12:16PM (8/28/2007)
At least it's in it's natural environment, Los Angeles traffic....
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mk 12:43PM (8/28/2007)
They cayenne is ugly. The cayman is not as sleek as a car of it's chassis should be.
This panamera doesn't look as bad as the nurburgring mules and others have lead me to believe, but it is no 911.
Five door is nice. it should actually have some cargo room to go along with four seats.
The spoiler looks fake, and I hope there is a delete option. the tail light masks could be hiding some decent sweeping tail lights. the front may be boring, but that is what TechArt, Ruf, and Gemballa, and the like are for. You know that 911 Turbo-style nose valences are going to be made. As well as nice forged wheels.
The rear side door glass isn't as gaudy as the camo would make one think.
This isn't going to be a home run, but it could be a decent base-hit. and better than the cayenne "bunt" of an SUV.
Yeah, porsche performance, but honestly... an SUV??? Buy a Range Rover that is actually capable. Why buy a performance porsche that isn't actually a performance CAR? Fashion wins over rationality again.
At least the Panamera is a car, and there are worse cars than this would appear to be.
Aston Martin Rapide would appear to be head-shoulders and waist above, though, even just in terms of styling. Aston is the home-run hitter lately.
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MattM 2:42PM (8/28/2007)
Not Fair!!!!
I have a friend in Marina Del Ray, and this is like the one time I don't go see them and this prototype is driving around...
F**king Hell!!!
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STC 3:00PM (8/28/2007)
The side window graphic is from a Pontiac...And what's with the cartoonishly oversized tail-lamps?!
Vile!!
Porsche cars were never conventionally 'pretty' but this has to stop! It now seems official that my all-time favorite car company is dedicated to making ugly cars...
Shame!