Spy Shots: Porshce Panamera with its rear door open

By the looks of this photo, let's hope to God it's proportions still resemble a sedan than a station-wagon.

— rom64 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/28/2008 4:00:47 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 8   

Let me get this straight. A hatchback that will cost $127k with a V6? Sounds like a winner...riiiight.

— HSCenterconsole (View Profile)

Posted on 8/28/2008 4:09:27 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5   

what do you expect from a brand that charges almost 4,000 on a 80,000 car for power and leather seats.....

— bmwdrvr (View Profile)

Posted on 8/30/2008 10:45:17 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Good luck trying to steal buyers from the Aston Martin Rapide buyers when it is release.

This Porsche Panamera like very similar to a Dodge Magnum, LOL.... Porsche are NOT known for making Beautiful Exotic car, leave that to Lambo, Ferrari, and Aston Martin. They're known for making Top notch super sportcars.

If I have 200k + to buy a sportcar, it would be an Aston Martin Rapide, or a DBS.

— Lexus (View Profile)

Posted on 8/28/2008 4:25:25 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 6   

Now That is one fine looking Funeral Coach. I've even forgotten that this car is supposed to come out.

Who will win the release race: Camaro, LF-A, or this Panamera?

— GTR35 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/28/2008 4:26:28 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 7   

I love Porsche but that thing is horrendously ugly.

— M316 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/28/2008 4:27:07 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 7   

rear door or the hatch? rear door to me would mean the rear passenger doors. oh well.

— Whelan (View Profile)

Posted on 8/28/2008 4:29:01 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

This car is a LOOOOOOOOOOOOSER!

— theoptimisticpessimist (View Profile)

Posted on 8/28/2008 4:36:10 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Same engine as my Passat ! Only $87k more. Porsche got lucky with the Cayanne, right time right place and they made a killing which allowd them to basically take over VW/Audi.

They better be carefull because the tide has turned and one mistake can turn the whole thing on its head. This looks like that mistake to me.

— steve27t (View Profile)

Posted on 8/28/2008 4:38:01 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

porsche stick with what you know....2 door sports cars

— B7FAN (View Profile)

Posted on 8/28/2008 4:40:21 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

Dear Porsche,
Just launch the frigging car and get it on sale already. We are tired of teaser, spy and camo pics of this sled.

— Occarnut (View Profile)

Posted on 8/28/2008 4:58:20 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

I respect the fact that porsche is taking their damn time, this is probably the most radical thing porsche has ever done, they have to get it right, it's a damn porsche. I LOVE PORSCHE!!!!!

— MBKing (View Profile)

Posted on 8/28/2008 5:12:11 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -3   

that is one ugly porsche .. I cant believe I actually said that in the same sentence.

— BMW4me4ever (View Profile)

Posted on 8/28/2008 5:16:15 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

Still hoping that somehow it will clean up good...

— t_bone (View Profile)

Posted on 8/28/2008 5:23:27 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

straight up fugly

— cl0wn (View Profile)

Posted on 8/28/2008 7:16:42 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

This is a Lexus ES competitor? You dream too much boy. This car goes head to head with Aston Martin's Rapide and the MB CLS not some Lexus ES! come on!

— Agent63 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/28/2008 9:04:32 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

The Porshce Panamera is gonna kill when the car is unveiled.

You goons don't know nothing.

— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/28/2008 8:54:01 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -3   

MT does actually have a point w/ the ES - sometimes one would think a white CLS is pulling up in the evening - but no - it's a white '06 ES w/ the HID projectors.

— StickShiftCamry (View Profile)

Posted on 8/28/2008 10:11:11 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

It is just a 911 body with the engine in the front.

This car will fail and we all know it. The Rapide and Quattroporte will rule this segment. The Maserati will take the 110-140K market and the Rapide will take the 160-? market. At this rate the Panamera will just be a underperforming, overpriced, Porsche badge wearing piece of crap.

— EvoAudi (View Profile)

Posted on 8/28/2008 10:24:51 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Porsches key demographic for this car is funeral homes i guess.I hope Porsche gets their act together on this on,otherwise it looks like a disaster.

— PrancingHorse (View Profile)

Posted on 8/29/2008 7:44:08 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

It's like they took a carrera, cut it in half, added 2 more doors and welded it back together.

— sector (View Profile)

Posted on 8/29/2008 11:21:27 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Months of head scratching later, I finally get it...

This is a lowered Cayenne with the rear sloped down into a hatch.

Wow! Who woulda thunk?

And why? Gonna take me a while to answer this one. December maybe...

— Lyall (View Profile)

Posted on 8/29/2008 1:35:27 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Did someone say this has a VW engine at the entry level?

— Lyall (View Profile)

Posted on 8/29/2008 1:36:55 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Huh?

— Htay7500 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/29/2008 4:13:29 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

looks aside.

The amount of R&D they have put into this car. This could be one of the handling sedans ever.

— hpfreak (View Profile)

Posted on 9/1/2008 12:07:11 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1