Panamera First Drive
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Took my GT3 on a drive to the dealer this morning to see if they had any new goodies in stock. While there I got to test drive a new Panamera S. The car looks better in person and the thing is really fast and tight. The sport mode/PDK is amazing and the V8, 400 hp, will flat get up and go. The car feels heavy on roll out but amazingly nimble under way. I think it weighs 4900 lbs. Nice tight turning radius, got some G load testing done in an empty parking lot, nothing abusive, the car is built like a brick, yet really responsive. Beautiful interior, luxurious, but sporty, and great seats. Very nice! Can't help but wonder when they will make it a coupe.
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I saw the S at my dealer Friday. I wasnt impressed. To me it looks just like the pics bloated. A 911 or a GT3 is a minimalist car. The panamera is the exact opposite.
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was at my dealer and he had one of each.
i LOVE the thing. unfortunately the Turbo is in that strange blue, a "release" color and optioned car. it was not an impressive color.
i'm trying to hold out for a year or two but it will be tough... a garage with a GT3 and a Pano T would be the t!ts.
i LOVE the thing. unfortunately the Turbo is in that strange blue, a "release" color and optioned car. it was not an impressive color.
i'm trying to hold out for a year or two but it will be tough... a garage with a GT3 and a Pano T would be the t!ts.
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You have to get the RS Spyder multispokes and the Air Suspension for it to look right. I agree...engine was great and the interior quality was first rate. Almost Bentley-like...almost...
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^ yachting blue is the color with the white and blue interior. Very much a Bentley and Land Rover combo. Every dealer in the Country got the same two cars. A black S and the Blue turbo. As Jay Leno said: It is not as ugly in person. I guess if you do not have an I drive you end up with 50 buttons and switches. A Gulf Stream has fewer. It is fast and comfortable but not for me.
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I'll be checking out at the dealer tomorrow when I take the GT3 in (mainly to get my small RMS leak documented while still under warranty).
Hopefully will take a test drive.
Hopefully will take a test drive.
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"a garage with a GT3 and a Pano T would be the t!ts"
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i think it looks more cayenne than 997... missed the event over @ l.a. downtown porsche (think yesterday). i go test drive one. curious is all. i'm sure it's one stable *****'...
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i think it looks more cayenne than 997... missed the event over @ l.a. downtown porsche (think yesterday). i go test drive one. curious is all. i'm sure it's one stable *****'...
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I can't wait to test drive the Panamera. Before the Panamera I really had been looking at the Maserati quadroporte or the CLS 63 AMG as a four door sedan but maybe Panamera, we shall see. One of the local dealers here in Miami has a test drive event this week, I'm going to check it out.
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The Turbo is awesome, much better than I expected since I had already driven the 4S and S.
It ain't a kid hauler but it is a "horse for a course"...if that course fits the bill...and it will for many.
A little ancedote:- The shifts are so fast that the it stays back on the suspension under acceleration and shifts... this is a "go to jail" car.
If it is "madness" I want to be in the asylum.