Station wagons, or wagon-shaped vehicles are still a relative rarity here in Malaysia, but it appears local Porsche importer and distributor Sime Darby Auto Performance (SDAP) has brought at least one unit of the Panamera Sport Turismo into the country. A Turbo variant was spotted on a flatbed truck recently by paultan.org reader Toby Cheng.
The Sapphire Blue unit here wears a German registration plate; it could possibly be for technical training or event purposes, which strongly suggests that this model is ripe for an official Malaysian market introduction by SDAP. Given its positioning above the standard bodystyle and the demo unit seen here, it’s likely that it could be launched in the range-topping Turbo variant.
Setting the Sport Turismo apart from the earlier version of the second-generation Panamera is its accommodation; this version is the first to feature three rear seats in a 4+1 configuration, whereas the original four-door car was a strict four-seater, with individual rear seats.
Its 520 litre boot is 20 litres more capacious than the saloon’s, expanding to 1,390 litres with the rear seats folded (the Panamera 4 E-Hybrid version holds 425 litre and 1,295 litres respectively.) Should the Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo make its Malaysian entrance – and we don’t see why it shouldn’t – it can be expected to be priced at a slight premium above the RM1.55 million base price of the Panamera Turbo in Malaysia.
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This will be absurd pricing again. Panamera Turbo is US$140k but come here become RM1.6 million.
No logic. Sime Darby Porsche take advantage of high car prices in Malaysia and jack it up further.
In overseas US$140k you cannot buy a terrace house also. But RM1.6 mil you can buy a bungalow.
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Tapi sy pelik boss, kenapa usd 140k ni di america dianggap kereta mewah dan ada sahaja orang snap pic. Di sini level honda civic ja. Lagi 1 patut merc yang usd 50k tu dijadikan teksi sahaja, sama mcm kereta rm50k disini. Sy x rasa gaji mereka jauh lebih rendah dari gaji orang Malaysia
No offense ya. Cuma dari dulu tak faham kenapa kereta di sana nilai usd 100k tp seperti orang susah nak beli.
Raw materials, foods, and cost of living is low compared to the costs in Malaysia. Plus, if I’m not mistaken they don’t have 9 years loan for cars. The most they could have is 5 years but most people opt for the 3 year period to settle their loans. Some even went further by paying cash to buy a car. Also take note that between the States and Malaysia, the currency is different, the tax system is different, how the market works is different, even how their salary paid to them is different. These factors takes into account of why their cars may look inexpensive to us, but the pricetag is actually out of their budget.
A friend of mine also tell me that some vendors in the States would give discounts on cars if people negotiate with them nicely. Very different from automotive market in Malaysia when you ask the salesperson whether you could have a manual for the top range of a car they’d simply tell you can not do that.
Its has to do with import duties to approx 300 pc on the actual value of the car. Over in the US and Europe or Uk the free trade agreements between trading countries such as AFTA and NAFTA and EU are in place. Lacking such agreement will each country having impose price descrimination thru taxes as what we hv in malaysia. A source of revenue to the govt.
Argghhh jz took delivery Panamera 4S
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