2010 Porsche Panamera...god save the queen

[CJ_Boxster]

I personally dont like the idea of a 4 door sedan coming from porsche but what the hey, guess I'll give it a chance like i did the Cayenne.

Heres a berief talk-about from my AutoWeek:

The Panamera initially will be offered in a rear wheel drive form only. However, a four wheel drive option featuring a modified haldex-style multi-plate clutch from teh 911 turbo (rather than the older setup, which continues to be used on the 911 Carrera 4) is expected within the first 12 months of the production.

Under the hood sits a 4.8 liter version of Porshes four-valve-per-cyclindar, 90 degree, v8, as unveiled in the facelifted Cayenne earlier this year, The longitudinally mounted unit uses a new direct-injection system plis the lastest in exhuast-gas recirculation and cyclinder-deactivation technology to ensure competitive fuel mileage and emissions, while serving up the needed power and torque to challenge competitors.

Nothing is official yet, but minor adjustments should allow ouput to riseslightly above that of the recently introduced Cayenne, with a naturally aspirated Panamera S versions starting at 400 hp, while the top-of-the-line Panamera Turbo should hit 520 hp-the latter backed up by a prodigious 516 lb-ft of torque. With stadnard rear-wheel-drive versions of the new car said to weigh 4100 pounds, this should ensure 0-to-60-mph acceleration in about 4.5 seconds and,with new advanced aerodynamics, a top speed in excess of 180 mph.

Below are some pictures i snapped of the article with my phone (reason for bad quality)

[Porschekid]

Those are still artist renditions... closest thing you can find of the real thing are crappy spy shots right now.

[CJ_Boxster]

No those are the real deal, the pictures my phone take arent good.

[z12358]

I liike.
Z.

[CJ_Boxster]

I like the 2 door version. looks like a MBZ McLaren.

[Porschekid]

Those look like the same artists renditions they have had for months. One of them is even of what they think the 2-door 928 would look like with an updated look. They won't have a 2-door Panamera, atleast to start. From what spy shots have shown, the rear end should have a big spoiler that raises too. Porsche never unveils a new model in a magazine first. An autoshow and their webpage would have it first. Does it say anywhere in that artical that these are actual photos?

http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061002/FREE/61001003&SearchID=73277857484580

[Porschekid]

Word is it will be released in spring 2009 at the Geneva Motor Show.

[David N.]

It's almost a z3 shoe....almost...

-David

[djomlas]

man i hate when car companies forget what they really are...
freaking SUVs and 4 door saloons, wtf is next?

i know...a porsche minivan

[Perfectlap]

looks like a big Lexus...not impressed.

I like the concept of a foh doh Porsha very much in the same vein as Ferrari making the Maserati Quattroporte, which is one of the few four doors I like enough to want to drive some day. A feeling I have never had with a four door Merc, Bmw , Jag, or Plexus.
It would be wise for Por-sch-e to distance themselves from those and align themselves with the Maseratis and Astons and Bentleys on an image basis for a Grand Sedan. They are in a unique position to be able to do it (along with their $130k SUVS)..