Top Gear has best Porsche Panamera renders to date

[Receiver]

Originally Posted by thull

I do not understand what they are thinking from a design standpoint.

It looks like a Cayenne made into an estate, and I never was a fan of the Cayenne. The '911' style just doesn't translate well outside of the original format.

Maybe I have to see one in person but so far I am very very unimpressed.

That's what I was thinking re the Cayenne. It looks like an attempt to get that styling into a smaller version. This is a good example of why I will not likely own a Porsche built after 1998.

[GT3PTY]

hope it looks good in real life....

[lager99]

Originally Posted by LamboPete

Hmm....perhaps this will be my new "family mobile" in a few more years.

I concur.

[Jon A.]

I don't know I'll have to wait to see it in person...But I really want that "Government Approved Highspeed Test Vehicle" decal BADLY!!!! Thats awesome!

[jagsiva]

Is this a lengthened, flattened Cayenne???

[Jmoney]

Originally Posted by NICK986

this car does not look like a luxury sport sedan. its looks like a bloated audi a3. porsche should pull the plug while they still can. is this what we are going to expect from Porsche taking over VW?

you cant take the traditional porsche lines and make a sedan or suv.

+1000000

[Oggie (on L.I.)]

Originally Posted by thull

It looks like a Cayenne made into an estate, and I never was a fan of the Cayenne. The '911' style just doesn't translate well outside of the original format.

I agree, in part but I don't think the renderings at the beginning of this thread accurately reflect the actual shape of the car. Looking closely at actual spy photos with disguises on the car, the rear appears much more graceful compared to the choppy, almost wagon-like rear shown in the renderings (see spy photos below).

You're right that the 911 style didn't translate too well when they grafted a 911-like nose onto a tall boxy truck (a/k/a Cayenne), but it could be made to work quite well in the case of a low, sleek sedan. It all depends on how much interior space Porsche wants to compromise for ther Panamera to look sleek. But in the photos below, though hard to tell with the disguise, it looks as if they got it pretty much right.

[angman]

Hmmmm, to me it looks like a hybrid of a bloated A3 + dodge Magnum + Cayenne + 911. Whew, I think I don't like the renderings so far.

[MikePaul]

looks like the rear headroom is gonna SUCK, unless you're under 4' tall!

[smiler51]

It doesn't look like a Porsche at all. Let's hope the production version will be more aesthetically pleasing.

[pilone]

Put it in this way and it's awesome!
I hope it will be like that

[vietspec]

i like the other rendering better, where the front looks like a carrera gt

[Carrera345]

Looks terrible

[TTKEN]

Horrible

[stanm5]

Don't like it at all. As one of the other contributors said; if they can kill it, they should!