The Porsche Panamera, not only the most ridiculed Porsche of all time, but perhaps the most ridiculed sports sedan in history.

It’s a turbocharged world as we know it. News out of Stuttgart seem to point in a 600 horsepower twin-turbocharged direction for the new 4.0 liter 8 cylinder engine that is rumored to be installed in the new generation Porsche Panamera sport sedan.

Porsche is rumored to be going with all turbo engines in the near future, so the naturally aspirated Panamera might be going with it, but still expect the new car to outperform the previous generation.

Porsche had a good 2014. A very good 2014. For the year, the delivered a total of 189,850 new cars, SUVs, and 918 Spyders. This represents a 17% increase over 2013, and means that VAG’s highest profit margin marque is still making the company money.

It’s a good year for Porsche. Revenue and profit are up for 2014. The company has delivered 135,642 vehicles so far this year. Life is good. To celebrate, Porsche is introducing a Panamera exclusive series that will make its debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November.

According to Motoring, when asked about the Panamera’s styling, Porsche CEO Matthias Mueller said that they “missed the mark, and that changes to the upcoming redesign will hopefully fix that.”

I am not what you would call a Panamera fanatic. I’m not even what you would call a Panamera liker. It’s one of those cars that is just completely polarizing in the enthusiast community. It doesn’t matter how fast it is. It doesn’t matter how amazingly quiet or well built, it just isn’t a good […] More »