2017 Panamera... wowie zowie!

[12,000 RPM]

Fuuuccckkk Porsche is not playing at ALL brehs

http://jalopnik.com/the-2017-porsche-panamera-will-blow-the-doors-off-your-1782743986


^^^Shape completely fixed


^^^911 shape fully realized


^^^Fucking Minority Report infotainment system.... driver can't even reach the far end of the screen lmao!!!!

Base engine is a 440HP 2.9L V6TT and engine range goes up to the 550HP 4.0L V8TT in the Turbo S. Again for this kind of car though who gives a shit about more HP.... that V6 will prob be enough and sound better IMO. JFC man.

I take it back, I would get this over the Macan.

[12,000 RPM]

[MrH]

[2o6]

This is gorgeous.

[MrH]

Yeah.  I have zero desire to own a Model S after seeing this thing.  It's soooo much better.

[Raza]

Yeah, I'm down with that. 

[Cookie Monster]

Between this, the Macan and the Cayman I feel like the 911 is the ugly one in the lineup.

[12,000 RPM]

Yeah.  I have zero desire to own a Model S after seeing this thing.  It's soooo much better.

And just wait till Porsche comes out with the plug in version 

[93JC]

[CaminoRacer]

hubba hubba

[MX793]

How long before we have this:

[93JC]

I thought of the eponymous car from the TV show Viper, actually.

[Cookie Monster]

The old Panamera (current one?) does that too...

[68_427]

[68_427]

dem rear buckets

[Raza]

What?  Is that real?  That's so cool.

[Raza]

My boy just bought a 7 series yesterday.  He should have waited. 

[Raza]

[AutobahnSHO]

I've always liked these anyways. Who doesn't like an SUV with a much much lower center of gravity?????????   It's not like you're off-roading a Porsche anyway.

[Galaxy]

That is literally a GT3RS sized wing that folds out the back. 

[MrH]

This thing is great in every way. Shocked it could go from most hated car to most loved so fast

[12,000 RPM]

So little has changed about it too. Shows the impact of good design

[giant_mtb]

I've always liked these anyways. Who doesn't like an SUV with a much much lower center of gravity?????????   It's not like you're off-roading a Porsche anyway.

The Panamera is not an SUV.  Nor is it an SUV with a lower center of gravity.  It's a sedan. 

[Rich]

http://www.porsche.com/microsite/panamera/usa.aspx#issue/1/highlights

Scroll down a bit and you can get a photo with a slider with the new and old Panameras.  Looks like the C pillar treatment helped, and so did extending the trunk lid. 

I think they increased the tumblehome, but they could go further and make it look better.  Also, the side vents are too vertical.  If they leaned them forward or back, they could have added even more emotion in the design.  Or added a detail that carries from the front around to the sides to tie everything in front of the A pillars together.  Right now I don't feel the front fascia, hood, and fenders meshes well with the rest of the design. 

[AutobahnSHO]

The Panamera is not an SUV.  Nor is it an SUV with a lower center of gravity.  It's a sedan. 

I'm too lazy to look up interior space but I'm guessing it's not a ton different between the Cayenne and Panamera.
(well, maybe more trunk space in the Cayenne)

[12,000 RPM]

http://www.porsche.com/microsite/panamera/usa.aspx#issue/1/highlights

Scroll down a bit and you can get a photo with a slider with the new and old Panameras.  Looks like the C pillar treatment helped, and so did extending the trunk lid. 

I think they increased the tumblehome, but they could go further and make it look better.  Also, the side vents are too vertical.  If they leaned them forward or back, they could have added even more emotion in the design.  Or added a detail that carries from the front around to the sides to tie everything in front of the A pillars together.  Right now I don't feel the front fascia, hood, and fenders meshes well with the rest of the design.

That tool is pretty damn cool. Again amazing to see how some tiny tweaks here and there can make such a huge difference. The big issue they resolved was eliminating that sea of metal around the C-pillar. Bigger wheels, more glass, and the illusion of a slimmer tail by lengthening it. Pretty brilliant. It's basically the same exact car.

I agree that the side vents are not "dynamic" enough. Front could probably be a bit more exciting but I think the more important thing is that it looks like a modern Porsche. Plus with those top mount turbo engines and pedestrian regs it's actually pretty good. I hope R&T does one of their design analyses on this.

[93JC]

This thing is great in every way. Shocked it could go from most hated car to most loved so fast

Fuck yo couch, I've always liked the Panamera. Read the date: January 15, 2011.

When I saw the pictures when it debuted on the auto show circuit I thought it was horrendous, just awful, but after I'd seen one in the 'flesh' my feelings about it took a complete 180°.

I think it is a sexy, sexy car. Absolutely none of its competitors are anything like it, save perhaps the Maserati Quattroporte. Why settle for some boring Audi, BMW, Lexus or Mercedes-Benz? The controversial part of the styling is obviously the hind end which on first glance is too fat and stubby but from afar it looks remarkably similar to a 911 (in principle).

I thought a four-door Porsche was heresy but now I applaud them for the effort. If I was the kind of person who wanted a car in that class the first one I'd test drive would be the Panamera.

[68_427]

Don't forget this version is coming still.

[Char]

Buying one for the wife and kids. So sexy.

[AltinD]

^^ You're buying them a Golf?????