All-new Porsche Panamera will go into production in 2009
Porsche Panamera will strut its 'unique' stuff from 2009
Author: Chris Barker
Published: 28 May 2008
Porsche has taken a leaf out of the Maserati Quattroporte and Aston Martin Rapide books, and is now set to deliver its all-new Porsche Panamera four-door coupe in 2009. Bet you can't wait.
Similar to Marmite, Charlotte Church and mobile ringtones, the all-new Porsche Panamera may just be another thing to add to the list that divides both opinion and rationale. However the Porsche Panamera just won't go away.
Humans inherently hate things they don't understand - Scientology and Tom Cruise for example. So it's our job to explain. As is crucial to the Porsche-buying demographic, girth, performance and tales about both are key to ensnaring, and the Panamera doesn't disappoint in any department.
Coming with three, rear-wheel-driven and all-wheel engine choices – a wink-worthy 300bhp 3.6-litre V6, a satisfying 405bhp 4.8-litre V8 and a whopping 520bhp 4.8-litre Turbo – the four-door Gran Turismo is in excess of five metres in length, two metres across and tips the scales at 1,800kg.
The entry level 3.6-litre V6 will cost the beholder €80,000 for the pleasure; thrust €125,000 to Prosche and you'll receive the top-line Turbo AWD variant. Sales are likely to begin after the Geneva get-together, yet only the V8 models will be available at launch. 2010 is the date to circle on your future calender if you fancy the V6, and 2011 if you're holding out for a hybrid variant. Yes, a hybrid.
Pencilled-in to make its world debut at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show, the Panamera will commence its production line life the following month according to sources close to the German manufacturer, while Porsche is starting to bolt the Panamera together in April 2009.
And the performance saloon market won't ever look the same again. Porsche's artsy words not ours, but it's got a point.
Having created a big-boned Cayenne-shaped luxury SUV to – it's fair to say – a mixed reception, the automotive God in Stuttgart has again seemingly taken leave of its senses, and posed this Gran Turismo question that will garner all manner of responses. Some of which we might me able to legally print.
People in mock-Tudor houses shouldn't throw stones, you just know the Porsche Panamera is going to complete Cheshire life
Porsche has increased its stake in Volkswagen by a further 4.89 per cent to take its share of voting rights to 35.14 per cent and giving Porsche a lasting majority at the VW annual general meeting.
Porsche has launched a website for the new Panamera four-door four-seater saloon, which is due on sale in 2009.
The new Porsche Cayenne S Transsyberia - a road-going version of the racing Cayenne - will be available to buy as a production model following a debut at the Paris Motor Show next month.
Top Ten Supercars of Last Decade has already seen Bugatti Veyron, Lamborghini Reventon, TVR Sagaris, Ferrari 360 Modena and others come and go. So don’t – whatever you do – not click on Porsche 996 GT3 chapter and verse. You'll regret it.
New 2009 Porsche Cayman S Sport coupe grabs blurry slice of 911 GT3 RS action for nearly half the price at fraction under £50K. September 13 sees the 700 limited edition 300bhp model go on UK sale.
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