Panamera - Actual photos
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I agree, the looks are growing - and I suspect it will look very different in the flesh. I didn't like the Cayman till I saw it in the flesh. Photo's did not do it justice. And I'm sorry but the design beast award must go IMO to the Cayenne. It is just plain ugly - an excellent car, undoubtedly, but just ugly. In photos, in the flesh, on a beautiful sunny day, its still the U word.
It will be interesting to see how the Panamera shapes up against the AM Rapide.
It will be interesting to see how the Panamera shapes up against the AM Rapide.
sawood12
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We are really going off topic here. But il join in anyway[]
This talk of banning 4x4's because they pose more of a threat to other road users is ridiculous. If that's the argument then why not ban buses, lorries, coaches, hearses etc etc?
For the very reasons I cited in my last post - you are unlikely to see a bus, lorry etc tanking it down the outside lane at 100mph. Statistically you are far more likely to get tangled up with a 4x4 than a bus, lorry etc. At the end of the day if you're in your normal family hatchback and get tangled up with another family hatchback all are likely to be fine. If you get tangled up with a 4X4 you and your family are likely to die needlessly all because of the 4x4's owner's ego. Also I hate the way they take up three spaces in a car park (even if they owner manages to park them in one space properly, and invariably they don't, they don't leave enough space for anything much larger than a Fiesta sized car on either side).
I couldn't really give a hoot about the environmental impact of 4x4's.
That Lambo on TG was very nice. However Ferrari's look boring in my view, the Lambo looks nice but too outrageous - just like Labo's should be. However if Porsche brought out an outrageous car then people would just say they're copying Lambo - they can't win. Porsches have always been understated in the styling dept. so I don't understand the reason for all the apparent surprise. It is a vein they've been consistent with choosing to focus their energies on what really matters.
morris944s2john
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I think most Porsches never were exotic super cars. Looking at my Porsche history books, they seem to have always been the "practical supercar". So in the 1980's for example, most of the Porsche range could be (and many were nand some still are!) used regularly as semi or actual everyday cars SC, 3.2 Carerra, etc etc. However, you could also buy the 959 which was an exotic super car. I think the same applies for every decade since 1948, for every exotic porsche made they made dozens of more ordinary models ( not that a Porsche could ever be really ordinary).
I suspect that the Porsche purchase of the VW Audi group could mean a differentiation of the models and range to maintain both exclusivity and economy and security of scale.
Suffolk944
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I wouldn't say the Panamera is understated in the design department just fugly from some angles [][]. I loved that Lambo too. I dont think new Porsches need to be devastatingly beautiful ,would happily settle for them simply being properly proportioned and not all looking like they are made up for bits raided from the corporate parts bin and not really styled at all. IMO the Panamera fails on both counts however good it may prove dynamically.
][]. I loved that Lambo too. I dont think new Porsches need to be devastatingly beautiful ,would happily settle for them simply being properly proportioned and not all looking like they are made up for bits raided from the corporate parts bin and not really styled at all. IMO the Panamera fails on both counts however good it may prove dynamically.
appletonn
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I wouldn't say the Panemera is understated in the design department just fugly from some angles [
Totally agree.[
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Tony
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pauljmcnulty
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][][]Did mine all in red, as I quite like red cars. Still think it's the perfect design for "emerging" markets, though. [8|]
pauljmcnulty
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Yep, if there are any in the Club by then. It's already open to the Tractor and Cayenne registers, as well as the 924/44/68/28 regulars. At this rate front-engined will overtake rear or mid.....[
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