Panamera Sport Turismo
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I have been out in a friends Panamera a few times. It is big but I find the huge centre console more of a nuisance. It takes up such a ridiculous amount of interior space and therefore not comfortable. I'm 6'2" and 85kg so not exactly lardy. My good friend Jon who is a big unit struggled to get in the car. Big as in BIG not fat lardy big
I went alond to the launch at my local OPC this week. I agree a very handsome car but WAY too big for me. I dread to think of the problems in local multi story car parks which seem to built only for Minis! It was surprising though the lack of focus on perfrormance - apart from the 0-60 time which is incredible. The main presentation focused on Connectivity!! A sign of the times I guess
I had one of the last Gen1s on loan recently. Nice A-road and motorway cruiser, but too big for most UK towns, multi stories and many fun B-roads.
It does feel very wide, but it's the low down seating position that exacerbates the size. I went into London and scraped two alloys trying to park
An SUV is easier to judge.
It does feel very wide, but it's the low down seating position that exacerbates the size. I went into London and scraped two alloys trying to park
An SUV is easier to judge.
PantsFire said:
WG said:
I agree a very handsome car but WAY too big for me. I dread to think of the problems in local multi story car parks which seem to built only for Minis!
it is a huge car, it's incredibly wide. I'd be curious to compare its footprint to other vehicles.I think Surround View and ear wheel steering are probably a 'must have' options or you're going to curb it for sure.
I spec'd one last night and hit 117k, I want one but at that price the RS6 & C63 are looking very tempting. I imagine the depreciation is going to be savage too.
My wife is thinking of trading her Macan for a Hybrid Cayenne so we might order the two and push for a good deal, as new as both models will be they're going up against some stiff competition.
The new Range Rover Sport PHEV looks awesome and you can spec the nuts off it for 95k while the aforementioned Audi and Merc wagons are well regarded and you can spec the crap out of them for 20k less.
Also they informed me I had no hope of a GT3 Touring so while I love Porsche cars I have the hump with the company
Of course I'll probably test drive it and it will break my will and I'll start throwing money and the sales guy
I spec'd one last night and hit 117k, I want one but at that price the RS6 & C63 are looking very tempting. I imagine the depreciation is going to be savage too.
My wife is thinking of trading her Macan for a Hybrid Cayenne so we might order the two and push for a good deal, as new as both models will be they're going up against some stiff competition.
The new Range Rover Sport PHEV looks awesome and you can spec the nuts off it for 95k while the aforementioned Audi and Merc wagons are well regarded and you can spec the crap out of them for 20k less.
Also they informed me I had no hope of a GT3 Touring so while I love Porsche cars I have the hump with the company
Of course I'll probably test drive it and it will break my will and I'll start throwing money and the sales guy
I've got a Cayenne and had a RRS hire car for a day last week....they're very different cars. RRS definitely has more waft and has less road noise at motorway speeds. Cayenne is night and day better once you don't use straight roads and the interior build quality is just a totally different league. Oh and the infotainment system in the Cayenne is miles ahead.
red997 said:
I never had any issues getting in or out of car parks with either of the panameras I had
new X5 is a different kettle of fish...
couldn't make it to a tourismo launch - do any of the dealers have them in stock / demo yet ?
TBH, aside from checking size/shape of the boot you might as well test drive the hatch panamera they drive exactly the same.new X5 is a different kettle of fish...
couldn't make it to a tourismo launch - do any of the dealers have them in stock / demo yet ?
It's marginally smaller than my S8, and I don't have any trouble getting around London in that, or finding parking spots, or using multistorey car parks.
The rear reminds me a lot of a Macan. Perhaps not in a good way.
My wonder is this though: if you already had a Panamera, is the luggage space/rear headroom sufficiently poor that you'd consider this a worthwhile improvement? I thought there was an option to have folding rear seats in the standard Panny, which I would have thought means it only runs out of space when it needs to carry four people and a fair chunk of luggage.
The rear reminds me a lot of a Macan. Perhaps not in a good way.
My wonder is this though: if you already had a Panamera, is the luggage space/rear headroom sufficiently poor that you'd consider this a worthwhile improvement? I thought there was an option to have folding rear seats in the standard Panny, which I would have thought means it only runs out of space when it needs to carry four people and a fair chunk of luggage.
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