Any Panamera owners on here?

[anonymous-user]

How are you getting on with it?

They keep catching my eye. Not enough to want to buy one just yet, but that's mostly because I have put it out of my mind as much as possible so far!

Are the petrol engines Porsche engines or lifted from Audi / VW like the Cayenne diesel?

[rimkah]

Love it don't think it has a VW engine and sounds better than my old 997 Turbo S.

What would you like to know?

[anonymous-user]

you told me all I needed to know from you - sounds like you would recommend one!

[rimkah]

Absolutely recommend it.

In a weird way I prefer it to the 997

[noneedtolift]

Have had my Panamera Diesel since December. Loving it. Doesn't sound like a Diesel either (albeit its the 3.0L Audi unit).
Love driving it. Big car but so refined, gives you a special feeling when driving. Surprisingly it doesn't draw that much attention, which is nice.

Loses punch at higher speeds but big diesel (300bhp +) on its way if you are contemplating going down the diesel route. Btw I am averaging below 7L/100km (I am commuting 100kms a day so its really 30% each for motorway, B roads & city - in pure city stop & go it will go up undoubtetly)for what its worth.

Can't reccomend it high enough!

[Henry-F]

Porsche very kindly lent me a Turbo and an S last year.

I found handing the turbo keys back very difficult. For some reason my fingers wouldn't let go. It was a lovely place to be.

The S was a lively bugger (2 wheel drive).

Looks wise they may not be to everyone's immediate taste but once you've lived with one for a while you see them from the inside out not the other way round.


A bit like your kids, no one thinks their own kids are ugly but by Christ some of the other parent's are


Henry

[isuk]

anonymous said:

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Incorrect. The V6 is a Porsche engine and is basically their V8 minus two cylinders. The Cayenne's VW sourced V6 is too tall to fit into the engine bay of the Panamera hence why Porsche were forced to go down the more costly route of building their own V6 petrol.

[Pat Cash]

isuk said:

anonymous said:

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Incorrect. The V6 is a Porsche engine and is basically their V8 minus two cylinders. The Cayenne's VW sourced V6 is too tall to fit into the engine bay of the Panamera hence why Porsche were forced to go down the more costly route of building their own V6 petrol.

I guess also the trick sump with the front driveshaft going through it on the 4WD cars added some challenges to adopting a VW engine...