Tango635

I like bubble butts...but not bangle butts. i think it looks better than the 1960 oldsmobile...sorry, really. I wish the styling was not so derrivative of a 996 in the front and cayman in the back. Other than that, I think it looks good enough to consider. The maserati is beautiful but the Pan more practical in the back seat anyway...depends on how big your kids or clients are.

Craig B

Design process: take clay model of Porsche 911. Hit with hammer. Streeeetch. Glue rear doors on.

ejdoherty911

+1 Epic fail. This was a missed opportunity on Porsche's part on par with being on the beach in Hawaii and failing to find the ocean.

LuftKuhler

Turbo4ever

this is a Porsche ? damit

vixapphire

It's probably as good as you can do if you're completely married to the classic 911 profile but need to shoehorn a couple more doors on.

Seems like Porsche isn't the only one lacking imagination in that regard:

http://www.autoblog.com/photos/aston...ide-6/1491537/

Bklyn964Turbo

+1 on that but I do like the Panamera

Sam CS 05

When I test drove the just released Cayenne S, I laughed at the idea, who would want a Porsche SUV, it is just ridiculous...OK don't mention it...damn avatar...

PS: any plastic surgeons available for cars?

OldGuy

I wonder if it was designed by committee.

Bluehinder

+1

gabbagabbahey

Come on now, Pacers rock... great greenhouse, albeit an oven in the summer, for the kids in the back seat to look around.. , unlike most modern sedans with their high beltlines, akin to being buried alive

TrackDays247.com

That back end is so inappropriate that I'll bet it is redesigned soon - a la BMW bangle crap.

Ron_H

I started my association with Porsche as a 356 owner after coming in contact with them as a friend of a Speedster racer. I can remember how enamored I was with them then, and how I was so shocked by the original 911. How could Porsche do such a thing? Then 6 months later I drove out of the Porsche dealer with one of the first 911s. I loved that car and drove it into the ground and it was so much better than a 356 I couldn't believe it. Everything worked better on it than my old 356 coupe. My next cars included a 356 Speedster, and a 911-E; I was still on the right track I thought. The 914s came out and I thought to myself: " Those are toy cars. How could Porsche do such a thing?". Guess what? My next car was a 914/6 which I still have today. A toy? Wrong. A Porsche? More than I could have imagined. Fun. Quick. Nimble. Maybe I'll be fortunate enough to keep it forever. Unfortunately, my six got hit and I suffered a knee injury that prompted my surgeon to advise me to give up stick shift transmissions and clutches. I needed an automatic at least long enough for my knee to repair itself. I called a Porsche dealer friend of mine who could have any car on the lot to drive and always drove 911 Turbos (or so I thought). I explained my situation and asked his suggestions and what he was currently driving. He told me he drove a 928. I laughed and said: "How could Porsche do such a thing as a 928? That isn't a real Porsche; the engine is in the wrong place, it is too big and heavy and the engine is too large to be efficient." He told me to go drive one and try to repeat my criticism. I did. I loved it the first time I drove one, and then bought one, and have since put over 100,000 miles on it in less than seven years. I will keep this one forever if possible for it seems like it will never break. Is the 928 a real Porsche? Drive one and decide. But take your checkbook with you if you do. I love my 928 better than any car or Porsche I have ever had, except maybe my 356 Speedsteer which is the essence of Porsche.

So I have learned to withhold my negative first reactions to new Porsche models. I don't like the Panamera. I share the same criticisms expressed in this thread so far. But until I actually spend a few hundred miles in one, I shall refrain from forming a definite opinion. And when the expected two door version (a new 928?) is released, I will be there to try it out, despite my belief that this Panamera is fugly. My 928 has taught me that Porsches are so well designed that it takes driving one a considerable distance to appreciate the detailed thought that went into creating one. The ergonomics, which are almost perfect on the 928. The seating position which allows hours of pain free high speed driving. The vision out of them. The enormous versatility of luggage capacity which is so improved over the older models. Every model gets better and better. After four hours at triple digit speeds is when it becomes possible to appreciate a Porsche. I suspect that this Panamera will be understood and the body shape will be understood as well. And people's opinion of it's shape will cease to be so important. But I am still wondering: "How could Porsche do such a thing as this Panamera?"

Only1Buck

Isn't the coupe version a 911?

Ron_H

With an engine in the front?