Porsche Panamera

This contains information about a scheduled or anticipated future automobile. It may contain preliminary or speculative information, and may not reflect the final version of the vehicle. File:2009 Porsche Panamera.jpg Porsche Panamera Porsche aka Type aka here, not up there Production 2009 (expected) Class Full-size Luxury Sedan Body Style 4-door, N/A-seat Sedan Length length - type here Width Width - type here Height Height - type here Wheelbase wheelbase - type here Weight Weight - you get the point Transmission transmission + drive Engine engine Power N/A hp @ N/A rpm N/A lb-ft of torque @ N/A rpm Similar Maserati Quattroporte BMW 7 Series Mercedes-Benz S-Class Audi A8 Bentley Flying Spur Lexus LS 600hL Jaguar XJ Aston Martin Rapide Volkswagen Phaeton Designer Designer (lead designer if it was a team effort) The Porsche Panamera is a four-door, four-seat coupe, currently still in concept stages, set to be launched in 2009. It will be front engined and rear wheel drive and powered by a modified version of the 4.5 L V8 found in the Cayenne, equipped with the FSI system invented by Volkswagen (Porsche and Volkswagen collaborated on the Cayenne/Touareg sport utility vehicle). Base spec models will be engineered with a 3.6 litre V6 found in the upcoming 2008 facelifted Cayenne, and there is even a hybrid version in the pipeline. Rumours suggest that the V10 engine from Porsche's limited-run Carrera GT supercar may be offered as well, although this is still extremely unlikely given the expense of manufacturing the engine and that Porsche does not currently have a facility capable of producing a suitable number of the V10 per year. A rumour is also around that the V12 diesel from the Audi Q7 could make it into the Panamera The final assembly of the vehicles will take place in Leipzig. Engines will be assembled in Stuttgart, and the car's painted body will come from the Volkswagen facility in Hanover. The Panamera is generally considered to be the long-awaited fruit of their 989 concept from the late 1980s; some argue that it also presents itself as a suitable successor to the 2-doored 928, although some amount of debate surrounds this. It will be marketed as a direct competitor to automobiles such as the Mercedes-Benz CLS 55 AMG and Maserati Quattroporte and (to a lesser degree) a less expensive alternative to vehicles such the Bentley Continental GT, Ferrari 612 Scaglietti and Aston Martin Rapide. It is the first V8-engined sports car built by Porsche since 1995, when the 928 was discontinued and will be produced in the new plant at Leipzig alongside the Cayenne. The vehicle has been caught testing at the Nurburgring and the original sketches are a little more sleek than the taped up model spied testing The Panamera's name is derived, like the Porsche Carrera line, from the Carrera Panamericana race. 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