Filed under: Sedans/Saloons, Sports/GTs, Wagons/Estates, Etc., Hatchbacks, Supercars, Bugatti, Porsche
If the Panamera succeeds... perhaps the Bugatti EB112 will, too?
What if in an alternate universe Bugatti says, "We're not going out of business, we're doing a new model in the same market as the Veyron," but it doesn't know what that model will be? There's another luxury car company in the family called Porsche that's looking to get into the 4-door game. So Bugatti says, "Hey, we did this design study of a 4-door wagon-y thing a while back, have a look," and Porsche takes a peek and says, "Hey, maybe we can work with this," and then Bugatti says, "If it all works out, maybe, you know, since you own us now we can share things and stuff and stop losing so much money on each car," and Porsche says, "Be quiet, we're working..." and, well, you get the picture.
There's no reason to think Porsche had the EB112 concept in mind when it penned the Panamera. But if Porsche did happen to be inspired by Bugatti's long gone concept, it would provide some sort of rationale for why the Panamera looks like it does. And that would be a start, no? For more of your own comparisons, EB112 vs Panamera. Thanks for the tip, Mike S.!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
why not the LS2LS7? 7:06PM (9/04/2008)
Wow, it's even worse looking than the Panamera.
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zero 11:03PM (9/04/2008)
That concept dated from 1991 fyi which is older than Porsche Panamerica.
TJ 9:25AM (9/05/2008)
I disagree. For the time, the design was cutting edge.
In fact, the fact that 17 years later you can see many striking similarities in design to the next new Porsche should speak wonders about how far ahead Bugatti design was back then. A few aspects of the Bug look dated, overall though it still looks thoroughly modern.
Josh 7:06PM (9/04/2008)
Is there no one who can design the boot of a car properly?!
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Mez Jr 7:12PM (9/04/2008)
nobody at Porsche anyway.
waiownsyou 7:08PM (9/04/2008)
I'm not a fan of Porsches (or one that can afford one), but I'd have to say that the Panamera looks a lot better than that Bugatti. Emphasis on A LOT.
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Kumail891 7:08PM (9/04/2008)
i really like porsche and i really hope that the actual photo's of this car will be nice, as for the bugatti, we can see it clearly, no camo, and i wouldn't want one if you gave it to me for free, unless it has super high resale value, like enough to get me another desirable car :D
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fobunited 7:13PM (9/04/2008)
My dad is a diehard Porsche fan and currently owns a 997 Turbo and Cayenne Turbo..... He also has an S550 for his daily driving, but is looking forward to the Panamera, mainly because it's a Porsche. He admittedly thinks it isn't great looking, as a diehard Porsche fan. I think there will be a few hardcore fans that will purchase it, but I don't see it lasting very long with the way it looks....
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Kitko 1:12PM (9/05/2008)
How can a Porsche diehard fan own a Cayenne?
Vintage 1:37PM (9/05/2008)
Werd. Hardcore porsche fans fart in the general direction of that stupid SUV.
SUVs are lame sauce.
Torrent 7:26PM (9/04/2008)
You know? There's a chance this Panamera might actually look good.........................................
ROFLMAO LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLXD
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J M C 3 7:40PM (9/04/2008)
Does anybody doubt that the real reason for the Bugatti Veyron is to eventually introduce a high echelon luxury car line?
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Sharone 7:57PM (9/04/2008)
The blues are looking vibrant on autoblog. Nice!
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LoneWolf 8:03PM (9/04/2008)
So what comes next? A Porsche SUV???
Oh wait...
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Justin 8:04PM (9/04/2008)
Don't understand all the hating of the Panamera. Don't get me wrong, I like the 911 and Cayman and such, but it is nice to have something that doesn't look like a VW Beetle in the front, and it has really good proportions compared to the jacked up Cayenne. Why all the hardcore Porsche fans poo on this but accept the Cayenne is beyond me.
If the hatch/trunk was changed to make it an actual sportwagon, I would really be impressed.
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AntBee 8:48PM (9/04/2008)
I love the looks of the Bugatti, if I had millions of dollars, I would buy one if available.
The Porsche, I'm sure, will look great once it's released to the public. I like it as well.
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Richard 8:57PM (9/04/2008)
I hope they make the Panamera in brown.
That way it will look even more like, well, what it looks like.
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Seanross 9:20PM (9/04/2008)
Gyahh! Bugatti wtf is that.... don't do it to yourselves, please
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Jeff Pollak 10:17PM (9/04/2008)
I like the split rear window.
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Jay 10:40PM (9/04/2008)
It won't... the Panamera deserves to be completely destroyed by Aston Martin's Rapide when they both hit the market. The Rapide is just so damn sexy, while the Panamera looks like a curvy 4-door Chrysler Crossfire
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