Porsche Panamera spy photos
December 3, 2007 by Alborz Fallah
Porsche’s all-new four-door coupé – dubbed Panamera – is almost here. Sources inside Porsche indicate the car is currently undergoing an extensive testing marathon all over the world.
Thankfully that means lots of spyshots for us. These pictures were taken by our U.S. based photographers during a routine test in Georgia.
The Panamera is expected to officially debut at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show and compete strongly against the Mercedes CLS and the coming-soon Aston Martin Rapide.
Of course being a Porsche, the Panamera shares some design elements with the 911, but essentially this car is significantly different to the rest of the Porsche stable. For a start, this is a front-engined car, something that doesn’t sit that well with Porsche purists (Porsche has moved the engine as far towards the centre as possible).
The Panamera range is expected to include three engine choices, Volkswagen’s 3.5-litre six-cylinder engine which develops a healthy 223kW and Porsche’s own direct-injection eight-cylinder petrol engines, available in naturally-aspirated guise (261kW) and with twin-turbos (417kW).
There is of course the possibility of Porsche doing a special edition Panamera with the GT’s 500kw+ V10 engine.
With four full seats, easy access to the rear and a luggage compartment of around 450 litres, the Panamera is aimed at those with practicality in mind. Porsche plans to attract new buyers to the brand.
The Stuttgart based company believes the Panamera will sell 20,000 units annually upon its release in 2009, which will see Porsche sell over 100,000 cars per year.
Photos copyright to Scoopy and used with permission for CarAdvice.com.au only.
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****PRIMO!****
WOW a porker that looks like every other porker ever made
PASS, whats the point of it?
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a 4 DOOR porsche coupe! whats the point if your buying a porsche you want the real thing.. hasnt the cayenne done anough damage to there high performance image already???
from memory i think porsche have a had a couple of goes at a 4 door with a 928 prototype built by amg in 86′ and a 989 in 88′neither making it to production – so i guess the concept has been in the “to do” category for a couple of decades.
i think it will look quite good…. the problem is, and frugal one i cant understand your point, is if they designed it in a different shape then you would be crying saying it went away from porsches heritage…. i think it is good to see companys diversifying, i think it will look great!
The styling seems a bit bland, but overall they should sell well enough to add some profit to the firm. After all, profit is the point of the operation, a point which seems to escape some people.
Porsche has every reason to be optimistic, since 40% of its sales are coming from the Cayenne, and these would all be new business.
You can have a 4 door coupe??
Wouldn’t mind a ride in the TT :D
it needs the boot to be slighty longer or something… but i dont mind the look of it there!
It seems thats it taking such a long time to finally get this car made that it now looks out dated!!!!!!!
This is just my opinion, I like Porsche. But the current shape is getting out-dated. This is just a new sports sedan, but the whole shape is old.
There’s only one real Porsche, the 911.
Everything else is gay.
Good point Import Jap……..4 door Coupe?
Wheels are a real let down!!!!! Overall proportions just look wrong!
Anyone else notice the tiny little exhaust pipes??
The Aston Martin Rapide (although basically drawn from the DB9) looks absolutely stunning; I’m afraid this will look totally contrived in comparison.
What is Porsche doing to themselves??
Look to the bright side, at least a Ferrari is still a Ferrari.
The Porsche will need a miracle to compete with the Aston Martin Rapide which is a beautiful and functional design
there were a few 456 ferrari 4 door wagons built by pininfarina in the 90’s – looked horrible but better than this porsche.
That’s one hell ugly car.
u ignorant, if course it will look ugly, since they will not reveal the real shape before launch , they are not stupid, come on look at the front it is masked, those aren’t the finished parts, all car maker do that to hide their cars
I like it 8),i heard a fella had to sell his classic porsche cuz his missis said ” we carnt fit the dog in it wa wa wa “, pussy wiped i know but now he can!! JESUS has answerd his prays amennnnnnn ,maybe porsche can design a stylish roof rack to the porsche cars so that when the missis wants to buy some flat pack crap from ikea he can say ” i`ll get the roof rack from the garage YAY ” ………………..TANK U PLASE
I must admit, the Panamera isn’t much of a looker (yes it does look like a stretched 911), but that’s not what’ll make it sell…ITS A PORSCHE FOR GODS SAKE!!! besides, haven’t you all heard of “porsche DNA”? the 911 hasn’t changed its basic shape for over 40 years, and all porsches adhere to it’s design in one form or another. From what i gather in the spy shots, the duck-bill nose and frog tail are all on the panamera; plus, image-power, rock-solid reliability and resale rates keep me a porsche fan
Its not the prettiest and no where near the fantastic look of the 928’s as they still look modern today but should be a great car for the Family Man if you dont want the 4wd cayene..Rudy
Comment above ^^.
Rudy Says:
May 16th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Its not the prettiest and no where near the fantastic look of the 928’s as they still look modern today but should be a great car for the Family Man if you dont want the 4wd cayene..Rudy
He actually likes the 928’s,(shudders). I’ve never heard of someone actually liking them lol.