Can there be an uglier car than a Panamera?

[anonymous-user]

I am not quite sure of the point of a four door thunder-GT, but whatever floats your boat, I suppose. Having said that, when you look at the Aston Rapide, and to a lesser extent at the Maserati Quattroporte, you have to wonder what Porsche were thinking when they designed the Panamera. It appears to be ugly from every angle, and those that I have seen appear to have a higher than average share of naff number plates, denoting, it seems, the dunderheadness of their purchasers. I gather from the news page that a stretchy version may be on the books. Oh, great.

[TonyHetherington]

Have you not seen a Nissan Juke?

An example of where ugliness of a car does not matter, though.

[Polrules]

In response to your query - yes, easily.

[baz1985]

Yes the X1....utter ste.

[anonymous-user]

Oh yes!

[MrKipling43]

'Ave some of this!

[Lord_Howit_Hertz]

Easy.....

[judas]

The Panzermera is not nearly so bad in the flesh. It's certainly a big fker, that's for sure and could have been a lot better if Porsche got over their obsession with trying to make their whole range look like the 911. The interior's very good though.

[james_tigerwoods]

The Crack Fox said:

anonymous said:

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Ugly, yes, but functional. It looks that way for a reason.

I rather like 'em, sorry !

I like them too - I'd have one, but I think my OH would leave me.

This, however, is the "winner"

[Agoogy]

Also the Rapide can't be held up as a paragon of beauty... long, thing and MUCH more a stretched photo copy of a DB9 than the Panamera is a stretched 997...
Most cars have detractors... but we can clearly see (above) that other manufacturers have less respect for proportion and detail than Porsche.... despite them being lazy feckers.

Oh and the Multipla - thumb up for daring and function... very brave.

[RDMcG]

Hunchbacked horror. Interior is nice, like Miss Congeniality. Just like the Cayenne, (ugly, and I own one), the thing is sellingt like hot cakes. Partly this is because the S class is aging, I suspect.

[Mr Sparkle]

The Crack Fox said:

anonymous said:

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Ugly, yes, but functional. It looks that way for a reason.

I rather like 'em, sorry !

But why couldn't they at least make the bonnet a resalable shape, that wouldn't reduce space.

[James Dean]

Breadvan73 said:

I am not quite sure of the point of a four door thunder-GT, but whatever floats your boat, I suppose. Having said that, when you look at the Aston Rapide, and to a lesser extent at the Maserati Quattroporte, you have to wonder what Porsche were thinking when they designed the Panamera. It appears to be ugly from every angle, and those that I have seen appear to have a higher than average share of naff number plates, denoting, it seems, the dunderheadness of their purchasers. I gather from the news page that a stretchy version may be on the books. Oh, great.

The Panamera really does look like a dog taking a crap, and its so ridiculous big.

The Rapide is very beautiful although it looks like its been in the photocopier at 125%. The Quattroporte on the other hand does it more for me than the Rapide, a really classy 4-door with its own style, though still keeping with the Maserati tradition.

Edited by James Dean on Tuesday 15th February 12:56

[Mr Gear]

I quite like willfully ugly cars like the Juke, Multipla etc... it's cars like the Panamera that THINK they are hot, but actually look like a dog's dinner that are the most offensive.

[Wills2]

And they've sold 25,000 of them. What were they thinking?

[anonymous-user]

Hey ho, no one ever went bust by under estimating the taste of the public. Talking of Cayennes (which we weren't) I once had the inestimable satisfaction of towing one out of a field using my dog-rough 1981 Series 3 Landy. Simple joys.

[Agoogy]

Wills2 said:

And they've sold 25,000 of them. What were they thinking?

Yeah but like all the biggest brands, they can almost put their name to any old ste and it'd sell well...
Yeah I'm looking at you BMW.... (saw a Countryman the other day...had Cooper written on it... I mean..what a feckin' mess of looks and brand)

[Accelebrate]

Still not beaten IMHO...

[RemainAllHoof]

Mr Gear said:

I quite like willfully ugly cars like the Juke, Multipla etc... it's cars like the Panamera that THINK they are hot, but actually look like a dog's dinner that are the most offensive.

True.

[Goldmember1]

Accelebrate said:

Still not beaten IMHO...

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Thought of mentioning the Tribeca debate but been well and truly Top Trump'd by this!