Tuesday 25th November 2008

Panamera: First Official Vid

New Porsche saloon takes to the road

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This three-and-a-half minute promotional video is the first official look at the Porsche Panamera in action. The new Porsche saloon is seen serenely making its way along a winding mountain road. The controversially-proportioned saloon looks planted enough, though these are hardly breakneck speeds.

Whilst the jury is still out on the cars looks, the new car certainly sounds great. At launch it will be available with the choice of a 3.6-litre V6, a 4.8-litre V8 and a V8 turbo. We'll leave it to you guys to decide which one this sounds like, but we reckon this is the rumbling baritone of a V8.

[oxfordbiker]

Looks like a shooting brake - not really my cup of tea. But lovely roads...

[[AJ]]

I'm ashamed of myself... I'm warming to it!



Still, it's not something you see and just think "wow, I want!".

[Red V8]

Just when I started to like the Cayene... someone went and squashed it!!!

[Dr S]

This would be the unique opportunity to turn the 911 into a more focused car again: The Panamera for those who want a GT. The 911 for those who look for a proper sports car you can use as a daily drive.

Given the mixed sentiments and reviews about the MkII 997 (lack of sound, less involving, useless manual PDK operation) I guess the above will only happen in my dreams...

[V8mate]

Blimey. The bodykits you can get for your old SD1 these days!

[dinkel]

O, o, o what a car . . . Looking fw to the fourseater Lambo.

[chanjam]

ugly as sin

[Scotty996T]

Love Porsches (have had a couple of 911's)but this is awful. Sorry

[Warick Hunt]

Porsche now produce both of the ugliest cars in the world (1st cayenne, 2nd panamera) vile just vile.

[g_stacey]

Awful video. Sooooooo boring, ( is this Porsche advertising? ) Lets hope it looks better in another colour and sounds better in real life.
G

Is it me or do the wheels look very dated?
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Edited by g_stacey on Tuesday 25th November 15:11

[juzza_02]

I love my Porsche's , (well 911's), but frankly this looks awful, even worse than the Cayenne, which is particularly ugly already It looks neither one thing or another, not M5 type saloon or a 4 door sports cars. Not that Porsche are bothered what I think, but a big from me.

[vinceh]

I have to join the People's Popular Front - this is fugly beyond belief.

I don't think Porsche needed a four door saloon, but if they did, why give the job of designing it to a designer that was obviously made redundant by one of the Korean car companies at the point that they decided they had been making rubbish cars and now had to make good looking, contemporary cars?

Another great way to throw £50k away in a year, anyone?

[mark3man]

the crease line in the door looks awfully like the new Vauxhall-
not a bit of badge engineering is it ?

[waynepixel]

hahahaha, the more I see this car the more I am convinced it's a Cut and Shunt. Embracing car design if you ask me.

[shadowninja]

It's ugly, but still... imagine what a 4x4 based on a 911 would look like...

[clorenzen]

Porsche should stick to their core business - playing the financial markets because they have clearly lost the plot in the automobile world. This thing is ugly and does nothing for the brand.

[moetmoet]

Ahhhhh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. What a frickin disaster. I've done turds that look better than that!!

[Andy T]

What an incredibly ugly car. Porsche now really have no design sensibilities do they?!

[moetmoet]

Andy T said:

What an incredibly ugly car. Porsche now really have no design sensibilities do they?!

Totally agree!!!

[Maverick_JDL]

It would have looked better as a full on estate, not something that looks somewhere between a salon and an estate...... such a shame as it could of had some " i want one of those" factor if it had just been a bit better thought out at the back.