At one time the idea of a four-door Porsche sedan was heresy to the purists now the Panamera is the company's best-selling car go figure those sports car lovers should be happy that Porsche sells a lot of Panamas and Cayenne SUVs they make Porsche a lot of money allowing it to afford to build sports cars and we mean a lot of money our Panama stickered at $105,000 one of the most expensive cars that we've tested that money buys you a car that is certainly eye-catching almost imposing but this big hatchback can't really be called pretty even though it has four doors the Panamera hasn't divorced itself from Porsche's core values.
This big sedan can really hustle down a curvy road it feels a lot smaller to drive than it really is steering is direct linear and communicates well with the driver cornering grip is tenacious ious and body control is superb same goes for the brakes with excellent performance and short stops. Bargain Panama shoppers can get a 3.6 L V6 but most buyers are going to step right up to one of the V8s our Panamera S comes with a 400 horsepower 4.8 L V8 acceleration is powerful and the engine note is sweet but if you need more power you can always step up to one of the turbocharge V8s.
There's a stop start system here that shuts off the engine when stop to save fuel while it starts fairly quickly there is a slight shutter on ignition the seven-speed transmission is an automated manual and it's one of the best of its kind shifts are very quick and smooth fuel economy is par for the course for a big fast luxury sedan like this but the Panamera does have some compromises for its performance first off the ride has decent compliance but don't expect it to ride like other big luxury sedans.
Same goes for noise the 20-in ultra high performance tires transmit some road hiss and rumble visibility is a sore spot you peer out over the long low hood side windows are short the pillars are thick and the rear window is small and a bit of the back window is even blocked when the motorized spoiler rises up compromises continue inside the car. This is a rather large car but there isn't much interior space the wide and tall center console pens in each seating position it is a very nicely finished cabin with lots of high quality materials throughout.
The cup holders seem like a bit of an afterthought though there are butt all over the place it takes a lot of study to pick the one you want at least the touchscreen graphics are big and easy to read even if the system's logic isn't all that intuitive the front seats are great if you fit within their well sculpted but narrow side bolsters if you don't then they feel hard and confining.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enat one time the idea of a four-door Porche sedan was heresy to the purists now the paname is the company's best-selling car go figure those sports car lovers should be happy that Porsche sells a lot of panamas and cayenne SUVs they make Porsche a lot of money allowing it to afford to build sports cars and we mean a lot of money our paname stickered at $105,000 one of the most expensive cars that we've tested that money buys you a car that is certainly eye-catching almost imposing but this big hatchback can't really be called pretty even though it has four doors the Panamera hasn't divorced itself from Porsche's core values this big sedan can really hustle down a curvy Road it feels a lot smaller to drive than it really is steering is direct linear and communicates well with the driver cornering grip is tenacious ious and body control is superb same goes for the brakes with excellent performance and Short Stops bargain paname shoppers can get a 3.6 L V6 but most buyers are going to step right up to one of the V8s our Panamera S comes with a 400 horsepower 4.8 L V8 acceleration is powerful and the engine note is sweet but if you need more power you can always step up to one of the turbocharge V8s there's a stop start system here that shuts off the engine when stop to save fuel while it starts fairly quickly there is a slight shutter on ignition the seven-speed transmission is an automated manual and it's one of the best of its kind shifts are very quick and smooth fuel economy is par for the course for a big fast luxury sedan like this but the Panamera does have some compromises for its performance first off the ride has decent compliance but don't expect it to ride like other big luxury sedans same goes for noise the 20-in ultra high performance tires transmit some Road hiss and Rumble visibility is a sore spot you peer out over the long low hood side windows are short the pillars are thick and the rear window is small and a bit of the back window is even blocked when the motorized spoiler Rises up compromises continue inside the car this is a rather large car but there isn't much interior space the wide and tall center console pens in each seating position it is a very nicely finished cabin with lots of high quality materials throughout the cup holders seem like a bit of an afterthought though there are butt all over the place it takes a lot of study to pick the one you want at least the touchscreen Graphics are big and easy to read even if the system's logic isn't all that intuitive the front seats are great if you fit within their well sculpted but narrow side bolsters if you don't then they feel hard and confining so even though the Panamera breaks from Porsche tradition many of the Brand's familiar quality still shine through but if luxury Trump sport on your shopping list you may want to consider a different rideat one time the idea of a four-door Porche sedan was heresy to the purists now the paname is the company's best-selling car go figure those sports car lovers should be happy that Porsche sells a lot of panamas and cayenne SUVs they make Porsche a lot of money allowing it to afford to build sports cars and we mean a lot of money our paname stickered at $105,000 one of the most expensive cars that we've tested that money buys you a car that is certainly eye-catching almost imposing but this big hatchback can't really be called pretty even though it has four doors the Panamera hasn't divorced itself from Porsche's core values this big sedan can really hustle down a curvy Road it feels a lot smaller to drive than it really is steering is direct linear and communicates well with the driver cornering grip is tenacious ious and body control is superb same goes for the brakes with excellent performance and Short Stops bargain paname shoppers can get a 3.6 L V6 but most buyers are going to step right up to one of the V8s our Panamera S comes with a 400 horsepower 4.8 L V8 acceleration is powerful and the engine note is sweet but if you need more power you can always step up to one of the turbocharge V8s there's a stop start system here that shuts off the engine when stop to save fuel while it starts fairly quickly there is a slight shutter on ignition the seven-speed transmission is an automated manual and it's one of the best of its kind shifts are very quick and smooth fuel economy is par for the course for a big fast luxury sedan like this but the Panamera does have some compromises for its performance first off the ride has decent compliance but don't expect it to ride like other big luxury sedans same goes for noise the 20-in ultra high performance tires transmit some Road hiss and Rumble visibility is a sore spot you peer out over the long low hood side windows are short the pillars are thick and the rear window is small and a bit of the back window is even blocked when the motorized spoiler Rises up compromises continue inside the car this is a rather large car but there isn't much interior space the wide and tall center console pens in each seating position it is a very nicely finished cabin with lots of high quality materials throughout the cup holders seem like a bit of an afterthought though there are butt all over the place it takes a lot of study to pick the one you want at least the touchscreen Graphics are big and easy to read even if the system's logic isn't all that intuitive the front seats are great if you fit within their well sculpted but narrow side bolsters if you don't then they feel hard and confining so even though the Panamera breaks from Porsche tradition many of the Brand's familiar quality still shine through but if luxury Trump sport on your shopping list you may want to consider a different ride\n"