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Porsche’s first attempt at offering a four-door 911 that most people have been dreaming about for quite some time now wasn’t a success. It wasn’t a success but not in the way you’re thinking right now, but compared to what it was supposed to be.
The Panamera wasn’t a true four-door 911 and that became rather obvious as soon as you just looked at it. Even though the Germans tried to keep most of the design cues alive, that rear end just didn’t fit the personality of the car as a whole.
In the end, we had a brilliant sedan that looked weird instead of exuding the character it should have. Well, it seems like the second edition might fix that. Our latest set of spyshots tell us the story of a reinvented Porsche using the same old tricks.
The Zuffenhausen brand is known for its slight improvements from one generation to the other, and the new Panamera won’t be an exception. The rear end is heavily camouflaged in the pics below, but we can still tell that it has grown in size and will be more of a standalone model than until now.
That might be a necessity considering what lies ahead. The company has already confirmed that a proper four-door 911 is in the works and that it takes care of the customers who wanted to enjoy their Porsche and its incredible performance with more than one friend alongside them. With that out of the way, the Panamera can now evolve on its own.
It will be bigger and it will use a turbocharged engine no matter what the badge on the trunk says. Up until now, you could only get a turbo Panamera if you went for the most expensive models in the range, but starting with the new generation, all of them will be using forced induction.
There will also be hybrids on the table as the VW Group’s MSB architecture (Modular Standard Platform or Modularer Standardantrieb-Baukasten) allows it not only on the Porsche but on other cars as well.
Speaking of which, we should also make a note of the fact that the weight factor might go down by some 200 lbs (90 kg) on average, which, in turn, should help with the CO2 emission factor and fuel consumption.
In the end, we had a brilliant sedan that looked weird instead of exuding the character it should have. Well, it seems like the second edition might fix that. Our latest set of spyshots tell us the story of a reinvented Porsche using the same old tricks.
The Zuffenhausen brand is known for its slight improvements from one generation to the other, and the new Panamera won’t be an exception. The rear end is heavily camouflaged in the pics below, but we can still tell that it has grown in size and will be more of a standalone model than until now.
That might be a necessity considering what lies ahead. The company has already confirmed that a proper four-door 911 is in the works and that it takes care of the customers who wanted to enjoy their Porsche and its incredible performance with more than one friend alongside them. With that out of the way, the Panamera can now evolve on its own.
It will be bigger and it will use a turbocharged engine no matter what the badge on the trunk says. Up until now, you could only get a turbo Panamera if you went for the most expensive models in the range, but starting with the new generation, all of them will be using forced induction.
There will also be hybrids on the table as the VW Group’s MSB architecture (Modular Standard Platform or Modularer Standardantrieb-Baukasten) allows it not only on the Porsche but on other cars as well.
Speaking of which, we should also make a note of the fact that the weight factor might go down by some 200 lbs (90 kg) on average, which, in turn, should help with the CO2 emission factor and fuel consumption.
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