Porsche Panamera Turbo faster than Cadillac CTS-V on Nurburgring
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God its an awful looking car. It has no appeal what so ever.
July 13, 2009 2:13 pm
I personally believe that the styling of the Panamera will one day grow on me...
like a festering cyst on the back of my neck that needs to be lanced with a rusty icepick.
August 7, 2009 6:57 pm
I hope that Porsche, a builder of sports cars since the late 40s, doesn't expend too much energy in celebrating this um...miraculous achievement, in building a car that goes around a racetrack faster than a far less expensive competitor. It was not until the introduction of the 2004 (2003?) CTS-V that Cadillac finally decided to build a car for the true performance enthusiast, i.e., a car that could actually go around corners. For Cadillac, a manufacturer whose primary customers even to this day are those who want to travel to the golf course in no particular hurry while being cosseted in an over-stuffed ocean liner, being beaten by a Porsche on a racetrack is something I'm sure they won't cry over.
Hold on...what's that? Did somebody say that Cadillac actually defeated Porsche (911s, not Panameras!) in a road racing championship series?
Copy and paste this:
http://www.gm.ca/gm/english/motion/cadillac/features/article/1234543600992
Well I guess Cadillac just got tired of the [American made] Corvette hogging all of the Porsche-beating and LeMans-winning glory.
August 7, 2009 8:00 pm
People say that this car will grow on you. I'm gonna have to go with Jeremy Clarkson and say it won't. It looks too ugly to grow on me.
July 13, 2009 2:14 pm
It looks very fat to me. Especially at the rear end. It needs 20" wheels to make it look normal.
July 13, 2009 2:44 pm
I still prefer the Caddy CTS-V than this, or a XFR, or a XJ, or a Alpina B7, or a S63
July 13, 2009 2:52 pm
I saw this on top gear yesterday, everybody says it drives very sport and good. I wish it was just a true sedan. And a turbo version with 2wd would be nice also
July 13, 2009 2:59 pm
i dont think its ugly it reminds me of the 928 in a way but the caddy is still a better value and is faster to 60
July 13, 2009 3:00 pm
just shows what a terrific piece of engineering that is. the CTS-V is lighter and got 50 BHPs more and still is no match for the pana.
July 13, 2009 3:05 pm
The caddy looks way better. I would not double my budget for a 3 second difference on an 8 minute track. I would go for the caddy and buy myself a Z06 while I'm at it.
July 13, 2009 3:21 pm
"Over the past year or so Porsche has been embroiled in a battle with Nissan regarding the latter's claim that its GT-R is the fastest production car around the Green Hell"
What about the ZR-1, didn't it beat both those cars?
July 13, 2009 4:41 pm
"the Aston Martin Rapide and the upcoming Audi A7, are not expected to be any cheaper than the 564hp (415kW) Caddy."
Are you seriously comparing a CTS with an Aston Martin?
July 13, 2009 5:04 pm
Seriously, you have to be some kind of yuppie shmuck to buy this car, Porsche is taking you for some kind of fool and riding on its name. Put another name like Daewoo on this car and it would get panned and join the ranks of the Pontiac Aztek. I almost break out in laughter everytime I see photos of this thing.
July 13, 2009 5:13 pm
Being only 3 seconds Faster around the ring than a CTS-V isn't an accomplishment its an embarrasment. In otherwords its like saying my porsche may be slower than the cadillac if it has the same driver in it. 3 seconds out of almost eight minuts is well within the statistical margin of error. First the gt-r now this. Porsche really fell off from its 959 days... Also the back of this car looks like it belongs on a subaru leagcy outback not on a porsche!!!
July 13, 2009 5:26 pm
Come on. The Panamera is by its size one class above of the CTS-V. The CTS competes to the 5-series, E-class and A6. But here we are talking about cars you can compare with S-class. Take place on the rear-seat of the Panamera and then on the CTS-V. It?s another world, sorry.
July 13, 2009 6:36 pm
People don't realise how big the Panamera is compared to the CTS in this comparison... Though it does look hideous!
July 13, 2009 8:04 pm
I thought the Panamera on Top Gear on Sunday looked quite good. I have to say video images are making it look better than static images. I'll reserve final judgement until I see one in the metal.
July 13, 2009 8:37 pm
Cadillac is ok .. but in my opinion, never you will have the same satisfaction in saying that you own a Cadillac instead of a Porsche. And, finally that's all .. because also a Yaris does well the need for transport, but the more you have money, more you will spend them on cars (as a passionate). Also the TT RS has aprox. the same performances of the SL500 .. but you can't tell to an SL fan that he could buy the TT because it's cheaper. This is also with the Caddy vs Porsche. I'm with the Porsche (GT3) in this VS :).
July 13, 2009 9:06 pm









