Gold Rush: Porsche Panamera Trio Transports $13M
Like something out of a real-life action movie, the convoy of Panamera Sport Turismos took off, each carrying 3.3 million pounds of gold in a crate loaded in the cargo area. Of course, they weren’t alone. A formidable police escort joined the Porsches, including a helicopter and motorcycle police convoy. The whole thing went off without a hitch. And the Panamera proved to be the perfect vehicle for the unusual task.
“In this instance, we had a very large shipment of gold to transport – which is quite rare,” said Nick Hammond, Director of Baird & Co. “We had to rely on the cars to be absolutely reliable, to be stable and to be more than capable of carrying the gold with capacity – in terms of performance – to spare. We didn’t want the vehicles to be anywhere near their limits, which is asking quite a lot. And, despite the phenomenal weight – and the density of the weight – the Panamera had to carry, they performed impeccably.”
We already knew that the Panamera was one of the most versatile and capable cars in the world. Transporting millions of dollars in gold bars is just another proverbial feather in its cap!
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