Panamera Scoop

[agoogy]

www.carmagazine.co.uk/secret_new_c

nasty colour and not sure about the proportioning...early days though eh...

[nbetts]

Hmmm - I am wathing this one with interest. Personally, I like the idea of Porsche doing such a car. That photo at first glance reminded me of a SD1 Rover a little. Lets hope that Porsche get the handling/power combo spot on. Also, it needs to be quite light, unlike the CLS Mercedes...

[Dr S]

Albeit very muly at this point in time it looks like the Panamera could turn out pretty well. The colour reminds of the 850 Beemer...

[Yex]

Prices from £50-60,000.....then mention of high output V8's and V10's

I would expect this car to retail at somewhere over £75,000 when it eventually goes on sale.

Yex

[shoestring7]

There's a lot of brake inside those front wheels...

SS7

[AndrewD]

Colour doesn't do it any favours

Guess it will do well better if priced to the M5 sector than the 80 grand supersaloon white elephants graveyard

[wildoliver]

bit of a look of the 612 on the front dont you think?

[drybeer]

I think the weight thing is important - we all know that if you set up a car to be light, and then weigh it down with people, how it is crap to handle.

This may mean it is a heavy car...

With V8 and V10 lumps I think it will be a 2 tonne car unfortunately, to allow for similar characteristics when laden and unladen!

Andrew

[Mannginger]

A few comments from an uniformed bloke (me!)

* The spoiler looks very fussy - hopefully disguise related?
* Yes its bum does look a little big in this. (Again disguise?)
* Those wheels look really bland and uninspiring
* £50-£60k? That's seems to be the right price range at medium spec CSL or BMW M5 money

It's going to have to be really good to take on the M5*

* This opinion is based entirely on TV reviews and is therefore to be taken with a large dose of sodium

Phil

[bumcrack]

It’s heavily disguised, can't really tell the details, just the shape. Looks pretty rubbish

[clorenzen]

There is something sad about sport cars manufacturers wanting to go into the family saloon market:
Ferrari 612 - hideous
Aston Martin Rapide - A LWB DB9
Maser Quattroporte - just about allright

and now this - the jury is out.

[wildoliver]

I disagree I think the 612 is far prettier than the maser Quattro.

Having said that I don't like 4 seaters and wouldn't buy either Ferrari or Maserati.

(Although I have a secret longing for a 3200 as a company car)

[bund]

Im a big Porsche fan but i think that is awful, i think they should leave the 4 doors to bmw/merc/audi.

IMHO....