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Sorry if this is OT....but...
I was just watching a show on the Panamara and I have to say as bad as I want to like it, I just can't. It is too ugly. I really like Porsche. I am also not a purist. I like the water cooling (hence my 996) and I have had a few air cooled cars and liked them too. I wanted to like the new sedan but it has to be the ugliest car in its category and quite possibly the ugliest car currently in production (over $30K).
Does anyone like it?
Or just take a ride in the back seat. Who really buys a large powerful sedan purely for the asthetic? This thing is a cushy rocketship.
If I were in the market it would be any easy choice over its 750/550/A8 competitors.
if that's the coupe version shown above...it looks a lot like a Hyundai genesis.
No matter how nice the back seat in the Panamera is, the person paying for it is driving it, and if they have enough $ to have someone driving them then they should be in something else anyway. I think it was an easy way to get another platform off the Cayenne/T-reg chassis.
Looks arn't everything granted...but if I'm going to spend the kind of money required to purchase one of these things, I at least have to be OK with the looks...I really can't think of an uglier car in that price range...EVERYTHING else about the car I like. Interior looks great, performance is awesome...
I saw my first one up close last week in Frankfurt airport - Lufthansa have bought a fleet to ferry their top tier frequent flyers between the plane and the terminal (I caught the bus) - and it really really looks nice.
I then saw another white one sitting in the mall this weekend stickered up at $119K. Nice, but honestly, not THAT nice.
(also saw two 997TTs sitting on top of wooden pallets, ready to be loaded up and shipped out......wasn't fast enough with my camera either time!)
The rear looks a bit odd because it has a very functional hatchback and huge room in the backseat.
In person, it has a lot of presence, and the interior is awesome, very unique and impressive.
The standard rwd version has some really fun handling, too....
I saw my first one, in the flesh, today. It was the 4S model and it really caught my attention as it drove by. It parked a little ways away and I drove over and gave it the visual once over. I will definitely consider buying one once they depreciate down over the next few years. For the record, I don't like the rear styling either but it looked better in person than it does in pictures.
It will grow on you. Like all things Porsche, they are frequently trend-setters. I recall when they put the damn crash bumpers on them for 1974 and thought that they ruined the cars! But then, things move on!
I didn't like it until I saw it in person. Even then it took a little while, but it grew on me the more I saw it. If I had $150 large to throw at a sedan, and a family to cart around, I would be tempted.
I LOVE the coupe! That's 10 times sexier than the sedan! No, wait, actually it's 28.6 times sexier than the sedan.
Sales volume will dictate the survivability of this car. Personally, this car is not visually pleasing from a posterior perspective. I am also a Porsche purist; however, I would have a very difficult time justifying the purchase of this not so good looking sibling.
Went to the local Porsche dealer today to ask about some parts. As I pulled in, one of them was blocking the lane....Now I am a car guy and at first I thought it was one of those, what, Dodge Crossfires(?), but too big. Oops. I have no opinion on it as to liking it or not.....We'll see after an open house Sat for the PCA on it. Should be fun (and it's snowing here, now)
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