German Car Zone

"Walter Rörhl has set the fastest ring time for a four door car in the Panamera.", We'll publish the numbers later but I can tell you that they're far better than most sports car."

-Weight distribution is 48/52.
-Lowest center of gravity in the four door category.
-Sitting position only 30mm higher than in a 911.

This car is bananas, it looks so wrong but manage to accomplish the impossible. Can't wait to test drive it, the car is from outer space and I fully approve of the copper colour and the brilliantly designed interior. Expect it to win millions of awards. It still puzzle me that it accelerates faster than a Lamborghini Gallardo. So unreal.

Sounds like it still manages to give a good ride too.

I don't doubt that this car will be a major hit for Porsche. Porsche has become minor, full-service brand.

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A bit hit indeed. Besides the exterior design there is nothing else to complain about. The two cars what will be hit hardest is the M5 and Quattroporte. Despite the premium price tag, the Panamera is actually cheaper than the Quattroporte and give you more for your money.

Porsche are saying that it's significantly faster around the ring than most sports cars. And by sports cars they must mean the 997S, AMV8 and the R8 since everything else below that is roadsters like the Boxster and high performance GTs like the M3. So the lap time must be in the low 7.50 region. It's safe to say that the M5 might have been dethroned as the best performance saloon in the world. That is if BMW's M-Studio isn't working overtime as the pressure is on them right now.

Corvette C6 Z06 ------------------------------------------ 7.49 min
Lamborghini Murciélago -------------------------------- 7.50 min
BMW M3 CSL -------------------------------------------- 7.50 min
Porsche 997S (facelift) ------------------------------------ 7.50 min (semi-R-tires)
Ford GT -------------------------------------------------- 7.52 min
Mercedes SLR ------------------------------------------- 7.52 min
Porsche 997 Turbo ---------------------------- 7.54 min (semi-R-tires)
Porsche 911 GT3 (2003) ------------------------------- 7.54 min
Mercedes CLK-DTM ------------------------------------- 7.54 min (R-tires)
Ferrari F430 ------------------------------------------- 7.55 min
Porsche 996 Turbo (420hp) ---------------------------- 7.56 min
Ferrari 360 CS ------------------------------------------- 7.56 min
BMW M6 AC Schnitz. Tensi. (552hp) --------------------------- 7.57 min (R-tires)
Lotec-Porsche 993 BiTurbo (1998) --------------------- 7.57 min
Porsche 911 GT3 (old) ---------------------------------- 8.03 min
Aston Martin DBS --------------------------------- 8.02 min
Aston Martin V8 Vantage --------------------------------- 8.03 min (R-tires)
Lamborghini Diablo GT --------------------------------- 8.04 min
Audi R8 -------------------------------------------------- 8.04 min (R compound tires)
Mercedes CLK63 B.S ------------------------------------ 8.05 min (R compound tires)
BMW M3 E92 --------------- ----------------------------- 8.05 min (R compound tires)
Porsche Carrera S (997) -------------------------------- 8.05 min
Ferrari 575M --------------------------------------------- 8.05 min
Ferrari 550M --------------------------------------------- 8.07 min
BMW M6 -------------------------------------------------- 8.09 min
Ferrari 360M --------------------------------------------- 8.09 min
Honda NSX-R -------------------------------------------- 8.09 min
Audi RS4 ------------------------------------------------- 8.09 min (R compound tires)

God damn it looks phat in that colour..

Brown is the new white

^ I like that gold/browne very much. Looks technologic somhow...

Nissan like it too

It looks good on the streets:

seriously this car might not as bad in real life as we thought ...
im prepeared to be surprised

^^ I actually like it... a lot.
I'msure it's gonna be very impressive IRL given the very unusual, wide and long and low proportions!