Filed under: Spy Photos, Sedans/Saloons, Porsche
Spy Shots: First pics of Porsche Panamera interior
by John Neff on Oct 22nd 2007 at 2:35PM 
click above image to view more pics of the Porsche Panamera's interior
Though the Porsche Panamera's exterior has been shot extensively by spy photographers, the interior has remained much more elusive. Leave it to Brenda Priddy & Co. to end the mystery. Here we have what are believed to be the first interior shots of Porsche's four-door coupe, and what they show is a domicile that's one-part Porsche and one-part electronics store. Seriously, it looks like a Best Buy threw up on the dash. The center console is dominated by a big navi screen that's surrounded by tiny buttons - so German. Below that is something we can't quite make out. It looks like the HVAC controls with two large but flat knobs flanking a small display. Though the pics are blurry, you can clearly make out red and blue lines, which usually indicate hot and cold temperatures on an HVAC system. The gauges themselves appear to be the same as those found in other Porsches like the Cayenne, with two large gauges for the tach and speedo that frame a smaller information display. Two more smaller gauges hang out on either side, as well. The floor-mounted shifter, meanwhile, is nestled between two rows of four buttons each. Immediately aft of the shifter is an i-Drive like knob and another big red button, probably for the ejector seat. We kid, we kid. There are no doubt elements in this particular interior that are present for testing purposes only and won't be found in the final production version.
[Photos: Brenda Priddy & Co.]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Justin 2:45PM (10/22/2007)
Ugly.
Not a deep thought, and I don't care.
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paul34 2:53PM (10/22/2007)
If Best Buy threw up all over the dash, does that mean the inside is covered with ludicrous prices, poor customer service, salesman hustling, outdated electronics, poor choices, and a generally poor and wasted experience?
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nissanfreak87 3:10PM (10/22/2007)
wow, did somebody have a bad experience, or work for circuit city before their market share was eaten by Best Buy?
I've never had anything but good experiences at BB. They have better stuff, and newer, Pioneer Elite, Panasonic plasmas, Klipsch home audio, Boston Acoustics, Definitive Technology, Denon, etc...and that's just the home theater dept. They'll also match anyone's prices, so more than likely your poor experiences were your fault, sorry.
alright, enough fighting over Electronics stores, I'm not really a fan of what I've seen of the interior, hopefully it gets cleaned up before the car is unveiled. It's got more buttons than the Space Shuttle!!!!
paul34 3:12PM (10/22/2007)
Neither - once you start shopping online for most things, you suddenly realize the low level of customer service and "technology" offered at these stores - as well as the fact that it seems 9 out of 10 associates at these stores are hopelessly ignorant about what they're selling.
You realize that you've been putting up with a very low level of these things for far too long - and never really see it until you've experience the superior levels of these things stores such as newegg or several other online stores can offer instead.
Quattroporte 3:02PM (10/22/2007)
I'll take a Maserati Quattroporte over that any day.
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Jon 8:16PM (10/22/2007)
I would gladly take either of the two, seeing as I can't afford them anyway.
LeRobert 3:05PM (10/22/2007)
Ja hässlich... schade... schade...
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Rollolo 6:12PM (10/22/2007)
Ich würd sagen du machst erstmal deinen Führerschein, Dummerchen!
Bill 3:07PM (10/22/2007)
That car has an ass like star jones.
I hope it doesnt look that fat in production form.
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aaron.otstott 3:11PM (10/22/2007)
why is this being posted. It is an obvious photochop. First off its the same picture 3 times (look at the tracer pattern on the hvac lights, they are the same in all three shots which couldnt happen unless you shook the camera the same each time. Then the center console doesnt have that same shake, and is in sharper focus. It may be the panamera interior but someone doctored it
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mctwist16 3:33PM (10/22/2007)
agreed. they either go the dash way out of focus and shopped in a standard Porsche nav/audio system or they it was covered up and they took an educated guess. nonetheless we should be questioning the source of this crap...
Bryan 11:52PM (10/22/2007)
I'm no photo expert but I could tell something looked off, especially in the reflection of the glass.
boneheadotto 3:16PM (10/22/2007)
meh ... bleh
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zamafir 3:30PM (10/22/2007)
maybe the next time someone decides to photo-shop an interrior, they'll be wise enough to apply the same blur effect to the entire shot, as opposed to making the nav area appear chrisply in focus, loosing any distortion the glass provided for the rest of the interrior. pathetic.
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Brad 3:45PM (10/22/2007)
I thought I already saw a picture of the interior from that guy who saw 6 of them staying at that same Hotel as him.
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nadnarb 4:31PM (10/22/2007)
Is it me or does it look kinda like a G35 from the side.
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Craig 7:37PM (10/22/2007)
In every article about a sports coupe/coupe-sedan, without fail, someone invariably says it looks like a G35.
Does this mean?
A) Nissan stole styling cues from all carmakers?
B) The G35 is so generic it looks like everything else?
or
C) The person making the comment needs their eyes checked?
wushu 4:49PM (10/22/2007)
Porsche should focus on making the Cayman a better, faster, car. The Panera is only good if it makes enough bread for Porsche to finally kill off the 911 that's holding back the Cayman.
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Daniel 10:31PM (10/22/2007)
That second line was priceless, I applaud
CoffeeJones 11:32AM (10/23/2007)
All the stuff in there is just glued in. It looks like a working prototype but it's not meant to represent design.
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