Porsche Panamera Gran Turismo

The Porsche Panamera Gran Turismo (colloquially Porsche Panamera) is a four-door, four-seat supersedan set to be launched in March 2009 at the Geneva Motor Show. It will be front engined and rear wheel drive and powered by a modified version of the 4.5 L V8 found in the Cayenne, equipped with the FSI system invented by Volkswagen (Porsche and Volkswagen collaborated on the Cayenne/Touareg sport utility vehicle). Base spec models will be engineered with a 3.6 litre V6 found in the upcoming 2008 facelifted Cayenne, and there is even a hybrid version in the pipeline. Rumours suggest that the V10 engine from Porsche's limited-run Carrera GT supercar may be offered as well, although this is still extremely unlikely given the expense of manufacturing the engine and that Porsche does not currently have a facility capable of producing a suitable number of the V10 per year. A rumour is also around that the V12 diesel from the Audi Q7 could make it into the Panamera

The final assembly of the vehicles will take place in Leipzig. Engines will be assembled in Stuttgart, and the car's painted body will come from the Volkswagen facility in Hanover.

The Panamera is generally considered to be the long-awaited fruit of their 989 concept from the late 1980s; some argue that it also presents itself as a suitable successor to the 2-doored 928, although some amount of debate surrounds this. It will be marketed as a direct competitor to automobiles such as the Mercedes-Benz CLS 55 AMG and Maserati Quattroporte and (to a lesser degree) a less expensive alternative to vehicles such the Bentley Continental GT, Ferrari 612 Scaglietti and Aston Martin Rapide. It is the first V8-engined sports car built by Porsche since 1995, when the 928 was discontinued and will be produced in the new plant at Leipzig alongside the Cayenne. The vehicle has been caught testing at the Nurburgring and the original sketches are a little more sleek than the taped up model spied testing

The Panamera's name is derived, like the Porsche Carrera line, from the Carrera Panamericana race. Earlier prototypes of four-door sedans such as the 1991 Porsche 989 prototype or the even earlier 4 door 911 based prototype, never went into production.

See Wikicars' comprehensive Porsche Panamera Gran Turismo Review.

Recent Changes

 * On April 20, 2009, Porsche finally officially debuted its controversial Panamera sedan at the 2009 Shanghai Motor Show.

Styles and Major Options
Porsche Personalization Program

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 * full leather treatment
 * special wood
 * aluminum or carbon decorative trims
 * unique instrument faces in different colors
 * embossed Porsche logo on the front and rear headrests.
 * refrigerator (10.5 liters) (comes w/ two special glasses bearing the Porsche logo)
 * complete set of cases and bags tailored to the luggage compartment
 * 12 V cooling bag
 * rear-end bicycle rack made of aluminum and finished in matt black.

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Performance
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Reliability
RECALL ALERT: Porsche Recalls Every Single Panamera...on the Planet

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Main Competitors
Since the arrival of the Maserati Quattroporte,other sportscar makers which generally producing 2 door sportscar,are inspired  to make a 4 door sportscar.British automotive tv show,Top Gear says that these cars are classified as "4 door supercars".The Panamera was said to be a 4 door Porsche 911.These are the officially claimed competitors of the Panamera :


 * Aston Martin Rapide
 * [[Maserati Quattroporte

The Porsche Panamera is officially classified as a "grand tourer" and a "4 door coupe",these are the competitors in that category :


 * Audi A7
 * BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo
 * Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class

Hybrid Models
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Unique Attributes
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Interior
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