2009 Porsche Panamera autobahn encounter
May 2, 2009 by Alborz Fallah
The CarAdvice crew has been given more than just an up-close glimpse of Porsche’s new Panamera four-door coupe during our Full Throttle 2 tour of Europe, going one step further by experiencing its performance first-hand.
In an impossible encounter, one half of the Full Throttle team stumbled across a still slightly disguised Porsche Panamera on an unrestricted stretch of a German autobahn in our BMW M5 chase car.
Its performance would suggest this was the flagship twin-turbocharged V8 variant as it was happily pulling away from our BMW M5 at speeds in excess of 250km/h, prompted by the sight of our camera.
Having already made its official debut at the Shanghai Motor Show it was certainly strange to see a prototype on the road, begging the question that perhaps Porsche has not yet finished its engine development.
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Wow that was luck for you guys…………just as well you were in the M5 and not the Focus boys ;)
Bloody ugly though .
Ladies and gentleman let me introduce to you the German hearst.
Wouldn’t it just be a tuner? I don’t think Porsche would put a car on the market if they were still developing it. Or it may be the hybrid or V6 version being tested.
What an ugly car!!
Hybrid prototype thats all I have to say.
Looks like a Cayenne that has been dumped stretched widened and chopped – all out of proportion..
It’s so ugly that if you didn’t know what it was you could be forgiven for thinking it was a Maserati
Wheelnut how dare you befoul the name of Maserati. Nah just kidding. it does look a bit like a maser that been given laxatives.
give me a Rapide any day…