Panamera...
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Burning Brakes
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From: St. Louis
Panamera...
Sorry if this is OT....but...
I was just watching a show on the Panamara and I have to say as bad as I want to like it, I just can't. It is too ugly. I really like Porsche. I am also not a purist. I like the water cooling (hence my 996) and I have had a few air cooled cars and liked them too. I wanted to like the new sedan but it has to be the ugliest car in its category and quite possibly the ugliest car currently in production (over $30K).
Does anyone like it?
I was just watching a show on the Panamara and I have to say as bad as I want to like it, I just can't. It is too ugly. I really like Porsche. I am also not a purist. I like the water cooling (hence my 996) and I have had a few air cooled cars and liked them too. I wanted to like the new sedan but it has to be the ugliest car in its category and quite possibly the ugliest car currently in production (over $30K).
Does anyone like it?
Drifting
Joined: Mar 2009
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From: West of Mosport!
Sorry if this is OT....but...
I was just watching a show on the Panamara and I have to say as bad as I want to like it, I just can't. It is too ugly. I really like Porsche. I am also not a purist. I like the water cooling (hence my 996) and I have had a few air cooled cars and liked them too. I wanted to like the new sedan but it has to be the ugliest car in its category and quite possibly the ugliest car currently in production (over $30K).
Does anyone like it?
I was just watching a show on the Panamara and I have to say as bad as I want to like it, I just can't. It is too ugly. I really like Porsche. I am also not a purist. I like the water cooling (hence my 996) and I have had a few air cooled cars and liked them too. I wanted to like the new sedan but it has to be the ugliest car in its category and quite possibly the ugliest car currently in production (over $30K).
Does anyone like it?
If you build it they will come...
Drifting
Joined: May 2001
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From: Apex, NC
Or just take a ride in the back seat. Who really buys a large powerful sedan purely for the asthetic? This thing is a cushy rocketship.
If I were in the market it would be any easy choice over its 750/550/A8 competitors.
If I were in the market it would be any easy choice over its 750/550/A8 competitors.
Racer
Joined: Jul 2004
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From: Pensacola, FL
if that's the coupe version shown above...it looks a lot like a Hyundai genesis.
No matter how nice the back seat in the Panamera is, the person paying for it is driving it, and if they have enough $ to have someone driving them then they should be in something else anyway. I think it was an easy way to get another platform off the Cayenne/T-reg chassis.
No matter how nice the back seat in the Panamera is, the person paying for it is driving it, and if they have enough $ to have someone driving them then they should be in something else anyway. I think it was an easy way to get another platform off the Cayenne/T-reg chassis.
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Burning Brakes
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Looks arn't everything granted...but if I'm going to spend the kind of money required to purchase one of these things, I at least have to be OK with the looks...I really can't think of an uglier car in that price range...EVERYTHING else about the car I like. Interior looks great, performance is awesome...
Drifting
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From: NJ
I saw my first one up close last week in Frankfurt airport - Lufthansa have bought a fleet to ferry their top tier frequent flyers between the plane and the terminal (I caught the bus) - and it really really looks nice.
I then saw another white one sitting in the mall this weekend stickered up at $119K. Nice, but honestly, not THAT nice.
(also saw two 997TTs sitting on top of wooden pallets, ready to be loaded up and shipped out......wasn't fast enough with my camera either time!)
I then saw another white one sitting in the mall this weekend stickered up at $119K. Nice, but honestly, not THAT nice.
(also saw two 997TTs sitting on top of wooden pallets, ready to be loaded up and shipped out......wasn't fast enough with my camera either time!)
Three Wheelin'
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From: Mission Viejo, CA
The rear looks a bit odd because it has a very functional hatchback and huge room in the backseat.
In person, it has a lot of presence, and the interior is awesome, very unique and impressive.
The standard rwd version has some really fun handling, too....
In person, it has a lot of presence, and the interior is awesome, very unique and impressive.
The standard rwd version has some really fun handling, too....
Three Wheelin'
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From: An Okie just north of Muskogee
I saw my first one, in the flesh, today. It was the 4S model and it really caught my attention as it drove by. It parked a little ways away and I drove over and gave it the visual once over. I will definitely consider buying one once they depreciate down over the next few years. For the record, I don't like the rear styling either but it looked better in person than it does in pictures.
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It will grow on you. Like all things Porsche, they are frequently trend-setters. I recall when they put the damn crash bumpers on them for 1974 and thought that they ruined the cars! But then, things move on!
Pro
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I didn't like it until I saw it in person. Even then it took a little while, but it grew on me the more I saw it. If I had $150 large to throw at a sedan, and a family to cart around, I would be tempted.
I LOVE the coupe! That's 10 times sexier than the sedan! No, wait, actually it's 28.6 times sexier than the sedan.
I LOVE the coupe! That's 10 times sexier than the sedan! No, wait, actually it's 28.6 times sexier than the sedan.