In another one of Top Gear’s awkward challenges this past weekend, James May and Richard Hammond pinned the 2010 Porsche Panamera against her majesty’s postal service. Hammond and May’s choice of Panamera? The cheapest of all the Porsche’s sedans – the Panamera S – powered by a 4.4L V8 making 394-hp. Top speed comes in [...]
Porsche and Nissan have been going at each other for a while now claiming to have beaten each other at Nurburgring Nordschleife lap times. In the latest development, the Nissan GT-R recently lapped Green Hell in 7:26.7. Nonetheless, that’s still a bit slower than the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1′s 7:26.4. General Motors is also the proud [...]
Jaguar’s new 2010 XJ will make its U.S. debut along side the Porsche Panamera at the 2009 Pebble Beach Conours d’Elegance, which runs until August 16. Sources told AutoWeek that most of the design features on the XJ are taken from the C-XF concept. Insiders said that the XJ face will feature Jaguar’s square grille and [...]
During the Porsche PDK dual-clutch 7-speed transmission event, we asked Porsche when we’ll get a chance to get behind the wheel of the 2010 Panamera. They told us that there isn’t even one Panamera in the U.S. and the media event will be held sometime in October. Now that’s a while away – so for [...]
Porsche announced that it has started production of the 2010 Porsche Panamera at its Leipzig plant. After undergoing a 22,000 square meter expansion over two years, Porsche is building the Panamera sedan and the Cayenne SUV on the same product line. During the past 8 months, plant tours were shut down due to construction. Porsche [...]
Porsche’s development chief Wolfgang Durheimer says that the sports car manufacturer sees a lot of potential with the Panamera platform. Already in the works is a convertible version of Porsche’s latest addition. The Panamera convertible will not only lose its roof, but will also lose two doors. It will come with a fabric canopy roof. Powertrain [...]
Our favorite automotive artist, Jon Sibal, has come up with a rendering of a tuning package for the 2010 Porsche Panamera inspired by TechArt, a German tuning firm that focuses on Porsche vehicles. The front bumper of this Panamera is inspired by the TechArt GT Street R line for the Porsche 911 turbo while the side [...]
The 2010 Porsche Panamera will go on sale in the U.S. later this summer so it’s only right for Porsche to launch a configurator, allowing those interested to customize their own four-door Porsche. The U.S. will get three different trim levels including the $89,8000 Panamera S, which will be available with 400-hp and rear-wheel-drive. If [...]
The night before its debut at the 2009 Shanghai Motor Show, the 2010 Porsche Panamera was sitting on the 94th floor of the Shanghai World Financial Center for a media event. So how did Porsche get the Panamera to the 94th floor? They took the elevator. The 5-meter long Porsche was packed upright into a [...]
So you’ve seen many press photos of the 2010 Porsche Panamera. Well, now the Panamera has made its first auto show premiere and we have all the live shots for you to drool (or get disgusted over – depending on how you feel about Porsche’s four-door). Sales of the 2010 Porsche Panamera will begin Oct [...]
