Porsche Panamera, am I missing something?

Honestly if it was anywhere near April, I would think that is a joke.

Ferdinand must be reaching some pretty high RPMs at this point...

The Panamera is the answer to the question that nobody berkeleying asked

quadraporte................it was asked and answered,

16.3 feet long?!?! Thats almost a Suburban

I guess I'm in the minority, too. I like it. Lamborghini has been building four-door sedans for decades and I don't see any real "dilution" to their name. Why should Porsche not compete in another market segment where they can excel? Personally, I'd rather see this CAR built instead of the SUV Cayenne which I feel is a far bigger perversion of the marque. We pick on the big three for not looking ahead and developing new products that might keep them afloat. Porsche seems to be doing everything right and I applaud the effort. BTW, both Porsche and Lamborghini either have in the past, or still do produce farm tractors.

ReverendDexter wrote: Yeah, this thing just looks disfigured to me. Porsche makes sports cars, and they have a *very* powerful brand when it comes that market. I didn't get the logic in diluting the brand with the Cayenne, and I don't get it with this. Seems to me that they're selling later brand strength for a few bucks now.

Porsche was an engineering firm first, designing and engineering cars (and other things) for other companies. Sports cars were only part of it's business (and in the late '80s, it was the engineeriing side that kept the company afloat when sports cars weren't selling).

Now things other than sports cars continue to pay for sports car and race car development.

As for the Cayenne, it didn't compete with the sports cars, and in fact complimented them. With many Porsche sports car owners also owning a luxury SUV, why shouldn't BOTH vehicles in the driveway be a Porsche?

Same for a sedan.

aussiesmg wrote: quadraporte................it was asked and answered,

You're quite right. In any segment of the market, only one manufacturer should be allowed to make a vehicle. We can eliminate dangerous capitalist competition that way, and like school uniforms keep individuality and its resultant jealousy out of the classroom, we can eliminate it from our roadways, too.

Chris_V wrote: As for the Cayenne, it didn't compete with the sports cars, and in fact complimented them. With many Porsche sports car owners also owning a luxury SUV, why shouldn't BOTH vehicles in the driveway be a Porsche?

Great point. A good friend in Kansas City drives a Cayenne every day and then uses it to tow his 997 track car to track days. He loves both automobiles for their intended purpose.

And, going by my earlier post, Porsche made approximately $56,000 from his combined purchases!

I liked my version better ;)

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I like it, but I'm holding out for the Station Wagon version with the fold down back seat that hauls three large dogs.

Hey wait, I've got it!!!! A four door Corvette!!! It's the answer to all questions...

Oh wait, that would be a four door Miata, (anyone feeling sick yet?)

If I had more time I would Photoshop up a version of each so that those who like this Porsche can see what others are seeing.

Porsche did a 4 door versipon of the 911 in the '60s, so they've been thinking about it for a long time.

There have been 4 door Corvettes over the years:

But, GM makes a 4 door sedan, including a couple with Corvette engines. Mazda already makes a performance oriented 4 door sedan, as well. So a 4 door Corvette or Miata would be redundant. Porsche however, would like to enter into a fairly small market with a type of car they dont' currently make. I dont' see a problem with that.

Not to say i think the Panamera is an attractive car, but I can see the business case for it for this particular company.

4 door 911's

late 80's/early 90's version

late 60's/early 70's version?

aircooled wrote: ... Oh wait, that would be a four door Miata, (anyone feeling sick yet?) ...

CarKid1989 wrote: the 914 is badass

I agree.