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Old 09-26-12, 11:36 AM
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Default Porsche Panamera wagon concept is real, looks better than five-door

Porsche Panamera wagon concept is real, looks better than five-door



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With the 2012 Paris Motor Show kicking off tomorrow, Porsche has already dropped what could be the biggest bombshell of the show with this Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo Concept. Aside from giving the polarizing Panamera five-door hatchback much sexier lines, this long-rumored cargo-friendly concept obviously has the Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Brake dead in its sights.

Judging by these leaked pictures, the Panamera Sport Turismo Concept is somewhat of a hodgepodge of current Porsche models, looking like a chopped Cayenne with headlights similar to those of the new Boxster and taillamps derived from the 911. While the rump of the current Panamera is, by far, the car's most controversial design element, the Sport Turismo Concept puts that all to sleep finishing off this car with an exclamation point. This concept car probably also foretells a refreshed face that could be on the way for the three-year-old Panamera as well as an updated cabin that might actually do away with the overabundance of buttons in favor of some high-tech gadgetry.

We can't help but daydream about a production Panamera Sport Turismo in Turbo form, but the Concept is propelled by a plug-in hybrid powertrain wearing the "e-Hybrid" designation. Details are scarce about this system, but it looks like it will add a trunk-mounted battery pack and a single drive motor to the rear axle of the rear-wheel-drive V6 Panamera.

We will definitely have more information and images for you in the next couple days, so stay tuned to learn (and see) more of this new exciting Porsche concept.

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/09/26/p...r-than-five-d/
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Old 09-26-12, 11:51 AM
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hawter than hawt!

bmw x6? buh-bye.
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Looks way better than the sedan. Awesome!!
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ugly and non-porsche like back.. Porsche Wagon? lol.
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i can't wait to see picture of it
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Terrible, no need for a wagon when this car is a hatchback in standard form, makes no sense to me. I'd take the hatch always over this....
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Originally Posted by rocks
Terrible, no need for a wagon when this car is a hatchback in standard form, makes no sense to me. I'd take the hatch always over this....
germans love wagons, hence the wagon... i personally hate them.
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That actually looks pretty good!! Lets see it Porsche!!
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Wow that is sexy!
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Old 09-26-12, 04:30 PM
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In that pic, nailed proportions!
 
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http://jalopnik.com/5946723/porsche-...exy-live-shots

I'm in love....
 
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Love it! This makes a heck a lot more sense than the awkwardly-humped Panamera "sedan".
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^^ comments at jalopnik link are hilarious
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MUCH better than the sedan
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Really is what the Panamera should have been to begin with. Not hating it, but as with the sedan, not loving it either. They DID do a better job with nailing the proportions on this concept tho. Kinda funny, as much as I hate the sedan, it has come to grow on me.
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