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Ever since the Typ 970 Porsche Panamera was introduced in 2009, the German carmaker’s full-size luxury sports sedan has been a commercial hit. Many may be tuned off by the gran turismo-like 4-door fastback body shell, but sales volumes hint that the Panamera is still a hot four-wheeled must-have.
With the 2017 Porsche Panamera still a long way from turning into production-ready reality, what’s Porsche doing in order to keep the nameplate as fresh as possible? The obvious thing to do: special editions after special editions. What we’re dealing with today is dubbed the Panamera Edition and it’s available with all-wheel drive as well (Panamera 4 Edition).
So how can we sum this thing up? An afterthought, frankly. Under the hood, both the rear-wheel and all-wheel drive variants of the Edition are animated by a 3.6-liter naturally aspirated V6 motor with 310 HP at its disposal. 0 to 60 mph (96 km/h)? 6 seconds for the rear-wheel drive model without the aid of the Sport Chrono package, 5.8 seconds for the all-wheel drive Panamera 4 Edition.
Exclusively on paper, there’s no real difference in performance between the Edition models and the standard Panamera and Panamera 4. In terms of pricing, the Edition brothers hold sticker prices of $80,000 and $84,300, respectively (without the $995 destination charge). When compared to the $78,100 and $82,800 price tags of the standard 2015 Porsche Panamera and its AWD brother, it all comes clear.
Dear Porsche Cars North America, $2,000 worth of standard equipment doesn’t make your new “special version” stand out from the crowd. Sincerely, everybody. Instead of special edition mumbo jumbo, the Stuttgart-based automaker should concentrate on far more interesting things... like the 2017 Panamera.
So how can we sum this thing up? An afterthought, frankly. Under the hood, both the rear-wheel and all-wheel drive variants of the Edition are animated by a 3.6-liter naturally aspirated V6 motor with 310 HP at its disposal. 0 to 60 mph (96 km/h)? 6 seconds for the rear-wheel drive model without the aid of the Sport Chrono package, 5.8 seconds for the all-wheel drive Panamera 4 Edition.
Exclusively on paper, there’s no real difference in performance between the Edition models and the standard Panamera and Panamera 4. In terms of pricing, the Edition brothers hold sticker prices of $80,000 and $84,300, respectively (without the $995 destination charge). When compared to the $78,100 and $82,800 price tags of the standard 2015 Porsche Panamera and its AWD brother, it all comes clear.
Dear Porsche Cars North America, $2,000 worth of standard equipment doesn’t make your new “special version” stand out from the crowd. Sincerely, everybody. Instead of special edition mumbo jumbo, the Stuttgart-based automaker should concentrate on far more interesting things... like the 2017 Panamera.
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