Porsche Panamera Spied in San Francisco

Porsche Panamera spy photos

Latest round of spy photos catches the Porsche Panamera nearly undisguised in San Francisco.

By Christopher Jackson
October 20, 2008 10:01 PM
Filed Under: American, Porsche, Spy Photos

With the official site now live and the introduction drawing close, Porsche seems to have let the security surrounding the Panamera four-door sedan relax a bit. Flickr user Hysterical Bertha caught a nearly undisguised Panamera prowling the streets of San Francisco recently. Apart from some black tape and a bit of chrome tape to change the greenhouse lines, the vehicle in the photos appears to be a production-ready Panamera. The lines are by now familiar to Porschephiles and all of the enthusiasts waiting eagerly, nervously or cynically for the car to debut in Geneva in March 2009.

Current speculation calls for powerplants to be shared with the Cayenne, giving the rear-drive Panamera a choice of 385- or 500-horsepower 4.8 liter V8 engines under the hood.

Source: Jalopnik

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Comments

RobERob

October 20, 2008 10:25 PM

I really like the front but the rear looks rather odd/bulbous. I know Porsche is trying to stay true to form here, but the design execution of the back end is going to take some time to get used to. The tail lights look rather large too. I do like it though.

vadizzel

October 20, 2008 10:32 PM

This looks like unfinished product The rear passenger window just does not look right there is plenty finishing touches that needs to be put in. Altjough I dont see the purpose for this car.

Kepe

October 20, 2008 10:46 PM

It's still wearing some camouflage, so of course it doesn't look good.

pzigly

October 20, 2008 10:46 PM

ITS SOOOOOO UGLY!!!! It doesn't match or look natural at all. It just looks like a stretched porsche.

motorjedi

October 20, 2008 11:07 PM

Looks like a Ford Mondeo station wagon. No, sorry, that looks better than this. I know it still has camouflage, but you can see past it now. The body shape on the whole isn't covered with moulding. It's the ugliest excuse for a four-door I've ever seen. Cars costing three times less look sooo much better. The sad thing is Porsche will never learn the meaning of 'ugly', because no one will ever teach them. Because stupid saps with lots of money will keep buying them, even if they all look exactly the same. Case in point: Cayenne!

schefar

October 20, 2008 11:09 PM

I don't know actually I wish to see something more elegant from Porsche this looks like a Fly...

marobwar

October 20, 2008 11:14 PM

Impossibly ugly

muellr

October 20, 2008 11:30 PM

asscheese

munch997

October 20, 2008 11:37 PM

why dont they just put it on sale? its been around long enough, and lets face it, it doesnt get better looking everytime you se it

MadMaTTer

October 20, 2008 11:41 PM

i still dont get it. nor will i ever.

dbehmoaras

October 20, 2008 11:42 PM

"I think it looks like a badunkadunk." "What's a badunkadunk?" "It's junk in the trunk." seriously looks like it was depressed so it compensated by eating lots of cake to feel better and now at has a "tremendo culo," a butt so big that the fat nutty professor would say, "damn that's a big butt!"

afterace2

October 20, 2008 11:47 PM

the world will end before this car will be unveiled!

Penner

October 21, 2008 12:00 AM

A massively covered rear, a good-looking front - and you people seriously dare to judge about it?

carcrazy1234

October 21, 2008 12:02 AM

what a sh*t car hahah.. wow...

gmfan09

October 21, 2008 12:10 AM

Why is this on the American Section?

plasma_cluster

October 21, 2008 12:32 AM

porsche will sell tons and will reel in the cash. the germans keep swallowing companies that are willing to sell themselves to survive like Lamborghini, Rolls- Royce, Bentley, Mini, etc. Shows whos the boss in these parts. Its a porsche pal.

911fnatic

October 21, 2008 12:35 AM

Heard from a very reliable source that this car in the flesh is a LOT prettier than the spy photos have everyone imagine. Apparently it's gorgeous.

radmeister

October 21, 2008 12:55 AM

I must admit that back has grown on me, i'd like to see the finished product with some fitting 20" wheels. Should be a great hit.

NuJazz

October 21, 2008 1:30 AM

This car sucks!!!.... i'm a porsche fan and no matter what you say this car is simply ugly

evo82

October 21, 2008 1:46 AM

what a mess! seriously. even if there are some covered parts you can tell the overall shape looks f**ked up. This is was happens if you try to make a 4 door 911. Everybody is so used to the 911 shape that you simply can't do it right. it is almost looking comical.

Airbag

October 21, 2008 2:37 AM

Cayenne plus Cayman equals.

chris25

October 21, 2008 2:46 AM

I wonder what will happen when this car is done, how the porsche tuners like RUF, Rinspeed etc will tune this car. Can it get more uglier than this or something else.

m555david

October 21, 2008 3:12 AM

the roofline is just so hideous. camouflage or no camouflage, you can clearly see how roofline ends in the back cutting any notion of flow in this design. Given that lately Porsche has done an awesome job with their design, i think this may be their ugly duck of the family. not a Big deal, everybody has them. I mean this car supposed to be slotted somewhere between still gorgeous CLS and even more gorgeous Aston Martin. and when you look at the choices available, somehow word "Porsche" escapes me.

atlpardi

October 21, 2008 3:40 AM

The Panamera is way out of its league it terms of design, if it wants to compete with the Aston Martin and the CLS. I am guessing they are going for the Aston Martin performance for a price slightly more than a CLS, maybe???

mortz

October 21, 2008 3:57 AM

Now i know why they keep the general design concept for all there cars, because they cant design anything that looks remotely different and that looks good, it might take a while to get used too, just hope we don't see it next to the cayman s, well thats my opinion

peterjames7

October 21, 2008 7:06 AM

this is one FUGLY car, the rear just doesnt work for some reason it reminds me of a peugeot i dont know why, one of there crazy conepts from the past few years dont know why....

TTSE

October 21, 2008 7:51 AM

Both the side and rear look terrible! The front is too ordinary. This car will definitely be a burden for Porsche during the global financial crisis. Good luck!

LMS

October 21, 2008 11:16 AM

Please! Reconsider the design!

AG4

October 21, 2008 12:00 PM

I remember a lot of people said the Cayenne was ugly... then it became one of Porsche's best selling models. I'll wait for the official photos with zero camo before I judge the styling of the car.

Now i'd like to see the rumored "new" 928 2+2 GT car that could be based on the Panamera's platform.

evo82

October 21, 2008 10:30 PM

yeah i still think the cayenne is ugly as hell

Pentium

October 21, 2008 10:39 PM

evo82, maybe it's not the most good looking SUV on earth...but sure it's the most interesting to drive :)

evo82

October 22, 2008 12:10 AM

ever driven a Q7 ?

911fnatic

October 21, 2008 1:48 PM

Repeating what I said earlier, its something to consider: "Heard from a very reliable source that this car in the flesh is a LOT prettier than the spy photos have everyone imagine. Apparently it's gorgeous."

xarlyn

October 21, 2008 1:53 PM

The rear... sometimes i like it and sometimes i hate it... but the true is very different to the other options you have in the market...

lucifa

October 21, 2008 1:57 PM

the front looks fine - the official revealed photos show that they managed to pull off the stretched 911 look really well. that back end though... it just doesn't look natural. it looks like a wagon trying to be a coupe - if it had an elongated rear end it'd probably look fine but this just doesn't work for me...

mmr66

October 21, 2008 3:34 PM

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benz_man

October 21, 2008 7:33 PM

After studying the rear closely and separating the real vehicle lines from the camo, this car is gonna look stunning. I'm excited about the final reveal. Should make a lot of people feel foolish for their uninformed responses though.

Pentium

October 21, 2008 10:41 PM

it's not the final look, but I like it :D

Aesthetics

October 22, 2008 11:36 AM

completely unimpressive, ugly even, but it is a mule. seems that whenever porsche puts 2 more doors it destroys everything

lucifa

October 22, 2008 12:11 PM

just wondering, when was this thing first spied? it'd be at least two years ago, surely?

peterjames7

October 23, 2008 8:12 AM

i didn't like this car, but i just seen a pic on autoexpress and i hate to admit it but if it looks like this it might be alright http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/229926/porsche_saloon_reveals_all_or_does_it.html

just when i look at these pics though the rear looks squarer which works but we'll just have to see when the bring it out we wont we.

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