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2017 Porsche Panamera Looks Great in Blue

The second generation of the Porsche Panamera is expected to make waves later in 2016 at the Paris Motor Show as a 2017 model year, with the Turbo version to follow sometime later. This is our best look at the four-door luxury sedan yet, thanks to minimal camouflage hiding the goodies from plain view.
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Out and about in the real world, the 2017 Porsche Panamera shines a little brighter than the model it will be replacing, although the exterior design will polarize opinions. The longer hood, the lower and more rakish roofline, a more straightforward front fascia, a rounder rear end, and a more subtle rear diffuser set the new kid on the block apart from its forerunner.

When you admire it from the side, it is easy to observe that the 2017 Porsche Panamera is more coupe-ish than ever before, especially if you notice the wider stance. Although camouflaged, the lights appear to be a development of the four-point LED design seen on the 911 and the Macan.

Squint your eyes a little more and you’ll see that the Panamera will retain the active rear wing. As for the interior, the 2017 Panamera will bid farewell to physical buttons and welcome touch-sensitive buttons instead. That’s a breath of fresh air, one that Porsche reluctantly took its sweet time about.

Peel the skin away and under the beautiful bright blue body shell you’ll find the Volkswagen Group MSB platform and a choice of six- and eight-cylinder powerplants. A plug-in hybrid powertrain is also in the cards, but the most anticipated oily bit of them all is a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 enhanced by an electric-powered compressor for better off-the-line performance. The Lamborghini Urus luxury SUV is expected to be motivated by this mill as well. Look forward to more than 605 HP and 700 Nm (513 lb-ft) of torque.
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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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