This weird blue car which looks like a stretched 997 Porsche 911 with four doors is a test mule for Porsche’s new Grand Tourer car, the Porsche Panamera, set to be launched in a few years time perhaps as a 2009 model.
The front engined rear wheel drive car will be built exclusively by Porsche in it’s Leipzig plant in Germany, with no current platform sharing plans with it’s Volkswagen and Audi friends. Engines will come from Porsche’s plant in Stuttgart, while bodies and paint will be finished at Volkswagen AG’s Hanover plant.
The 2009 Porsche Panamera will go against more established Grand Tourers like the Bentley Continental GT, the BMW M6, the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti and the upcoming Aston Martin Rapide.
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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
The rear doors look too big. Don't quite like its side profile. The Aston 4 door looks better. However it is a prototype. I hope they make it more sleek looking though….
The styling is a bit questionable…..i don't think that Porsche should have such a bulky rear, now that the engine is at the front..They probably forgot how to style cars without rear engines..haha…
In a word….Dugong..
Looks weird, ugly side profile. I agree that the rear doors should be smaller, that will make it look better.
man, looks like my corolla from the side
at least its something fresh from porsche. thats one company that cant go wrong.
yup.looks really weird, but its heavily camouflaged. so all those extra bits could be just put there intentionally to throw off people like us. but its interesting to see porsche expand their model lineup.
Dugong? What a word. LOL! It's too early to tell. If they keep this look, it will look more like a 2006 model than 2009 model by then. In one word….'outdated'.
huhuhu…dun worry…bg manyak mase pon sampai 2020 ke…still…they are lazy….laziest dsg studio in d world…
can anybody eloborate on the Panamera names?can search thru the net but an expert POV will be better?
to mycar_stolen… hope this helps
The Panamera's name is derived, like the Porsche Carrera line, from the Carrera Panamericana race. Earlier prototypes of four-door sedans such as the 1991 Porsche 989 prototype or the even earlier 4 door 911 based prototype, never went into production.
for more, go to – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_Panamera
to mycar_stolen,
hope tis helps…
The Panamera's name is derived, like the Porsche Carrera line, from the Carrera Panamericana race. Earlier prototypes of four-door sedans such as the 1991 Porsche 989 prototype or the even earlier 4 door 911 based prototype, never went into production.
for more…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_Panamera
or go to:
http://www.automobilemag.com/future_cars/2007/050…
Does Camero come to mind ?? Thought it was some stupid American car from that photo.
Dear motberg,
Thank you very first not very familiar with the Carerra Panamericana race..thank god I thought the name related to the girl…:-)
the only other car that porsche styled outside their sportscars is the Cayenne. Which according to 90% of the world's population (the other 10% are blind obviously), is i have to say quite hideous.
this doesn't look set to change the Porsche styling statement either.
to mycar_stolen…
don't need to thank me. I just googled the word and found the explaination from wikipedia. ah… the wonders of the internet! Actually I also don't know what the Carrera Panamericana race is. I guess its something like how the moniker MME came from the Millenium Merdeka Endurance race. Or something like how Le Mans stuck as catchphrase/icon, something to that effect. I could be dead wrong on all accounts though.
Hey! who turner off the lights? Oh…I must be blind then cos I love the Cayenne, esp the Turbo. Not so hot on the looks but it's grown on me. The drive, the sheer power of this beast is another thing altogether.
I'm sure the Panamera will do ok if they actually build to sell.
haiya… ppl, paul mentioned it's a mule. mules are real underpinnings, mechanicals, etc WITH a fake body… remember the Enzo wrapped in a f50 shell?
4 doors porsche ?
weird…
its porsche. and u know the germans. at least they are there to keep the italians in check. at least in price. also a bit more reliable.
few months back there was a video clip commemorating the pan america race by ferrari i think. f430. youtube
4 door? I think 2 door GT is better
haha….2 door GT just use the 911 turbo. and that is very hard to beat. same trouble with ferrari and thier f430. need to rely heavily on magazine reviews and car brochures to emphasize the GT characteristics of the 599gtb over the f430.
this is a family man's GT. though i doubt you want to drive fast if u have family on board.
waa…weird…
agree with the Dugong Inspired Styling…
by the way, the car really deviates from the 'reptile' look of its siblings…