SPY PHOTOS: 2009 Porsche Panamera
 

http://www.worldcarfans.com/spyphoto...rsche-panamera

Porsche boss Wendelin Wiedeking recently announced it in an interview with the German motoring magazine Auto, Motor & Sport, and here is the proof: Porsche’s new four-door coupé – dubbed Panamera, which has begun its testing marathon at the challenging Nürburgring this week, and we have the first pictures that shows the real car in full action.

Scheduled for an official presentation at the 2009 Geneva show, the fourth range from Porsche is developed to be a strong competitor to the Mercedes CLS and the future Aston Martin Rapide and Volkswagen four-door coupé.

Though the Panamera takes over design elements from the 911 range, there will be significant differences too. While the first has always kept its rear-mounted boxer engine, the newcomer will do with a choice of three front-mounted motors, though set back to the centre of the car as much as possible.

The entry-level unit will be Volkswagen’s 3.5-litre six-cylinder unit developing 300 bhp, while Porsche’s own drivetrain will be a direct-injection eight-cylinder petrol engine, available in naturally-aspirated guise (350 bhp) and with twin-turbo (560 bhp). That should be enough to beat out the competition for a while: Mercedes’ CLS 63 AMG comes up with “only” 514 bhp. However, should Stuttgart make the CLS even stronger, Zuffenhausen would strike back with the Porsche GT’s 700-bhp ten-cylinder unit ...

The target for the Panamera is to be a true sportscar while at the same time it shall be a family-car for every-day use with four full seats, easy access to the rear and a luggage compartment of around 450 litres.

When it hits the road in 2009, Porsche hopes to be able to sell 20 000 units annually – and to jump over the barrier of 100 000 sold cars per year.

looks like they took about 20 different idea's and crammed them into 1! haha

lol yah. that pic you posted looks like a porche and maxima put togher to make a car lol

The 350 bhp motor is supposedly from the Cayenne. So I've read at rennlist.com

its funny how many car enthusiasts here are not familiar with the concept of 'spy shots' and 'car disguises'

I dont know why they even tried to cover this one up though, you know exactly how its gonna look (like a goddamn Porsche!), just increase the length of a 911 and add 2 more doors.

Yah that looks like shit! Maybe they can cover the uglyness with the color black!

Probably because that's pretty much what they've done.

Notice how none of the pices line up, it's obvious that the exterior is just a hobbled together test mule, similar to how Mazda made an NC test mule that had an RX-8 front on a NB body.

it's ugly

How can they compare it to this:


http://images.leftlanenews.com/conte...de-concept.jpg

Curious as to what the sensor on the rear of the roof was/is for.
And god I hope this car is wearing some heavy body protection 'cause it looks a Porsche fuqed a Maxima and this is their bastard child.

Looks like a couple porches inbreed and this is the disfigured result. God that thing is ugly :(

Looks more like shit to me.

Awww the Panamera concept I saw a year or two ago looked much better. That looks like a 911 that went on a diet of nothing but American food.

Maybe with stuff like this from Aston Martin
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/4...ide3bigax7.jpg

I fail to see how they can compare the two brands, styling wise anyway.

Are you people retarded? Every time someone posts spy shots of a car that a car company is trying to cover up and make look like shit people go on about how it looks like shit... Freaking brilliant!