2010 Porsche Panamera Reviews
2010 Porsche Panamera Reviews
reviewed 7 months ago
Born Leader, Male, FloridaJorge Ortega's 2010 Porsche Panamera Sedan review
There are some things that automakers do that simply don't make sense to me. Take Ferrari laptops for instance (Yes, I'm serious). The Panamera is another example of an automaker exploring a realm where it simply doesn't belong. Porsche obviously didn't learn anything from the Cayenne, which looks like a 911 reversed into a concrete wall. My love for the Stuttgart automaker knows no bounds and the 911 can keep its same design for 100 more years and I would still love it. However, there is something that the Cayenne or now, the Austin Maxi...sorry...the Panamera, simply don't have. They are not 911s. They are cars which are incapable of growing on you. Can you really say that the Panamera is a nice car? Nicer than the Maserati Quatroporte? Which is the car Porsche is aiming to compete with? I'm beginning to think Porsche designers just look at existing cars and try to see how could they make it look like a 911 and then just move that resulting abomination into production. Please Porsche, you are the world's only affordable supercar maker, don't ruin it.
Improvement Suggestions
Drop the model completely. Cut your losses Porsche. Big disappointment.
Josh P's 2010 Porsche Panamera Sedan review
Outside of the box, yet true to the Porsche legacy. An all wheel drive wagon that can do 0-60mph in 3.9 seconds? Only Porsche could pull off such a feat. This is may be my new favorite car. Classy, functional, fast, sexy and rare.
The exterior stays inline with the classic Porsche profile, but the interior takes a step up from the traditionally bland cockpit. My hat goes off to Porsche on this one...well done.
Improvement Suggestions
I only know what I've seen and read, and Porsche seems to be keeping any significant criticism to a minimum.
reviewed 3 months ago
Good Karma, Male, CaliforniaOMGOMGOMGOMG
I went to a car show in Calabasas a few weeks ago and met a guy who owned a Panamera Turbo. It was his sixth Porsche and we started talking because I'm thinking about buying a used Boxster next year. Twenty minutes later he's like "do you want to go for a ride" and I was like "HELL YA!"
Obviously, this is a fast car. It's got a twin-turbo V8 and all-wheel drive and it planted me into the back of the seat when he punched it getting on the 101. I think he hit 120 before the end of the ramp which is insane because it felt like we were only doing 60.
The inside is also totally sick. He had the beige leather and it felt really soft to the touch. There's a cool tunnel that comes up between the driver and the passenger too. It's a little bit snug inside but it's still super nice. I'd take one of these things over an S class any day.
Improvement Suggestions
All the car magazines said that the car looks fine in person but I still think that the back looks weird. The trunk is pretty big but it still looks weird and I think that a regular trunk would have been better than the hatchback thing.
Seth Samuels's 2010 Porsche Panamera Sedan review
When I first heard that Porsche was planning on making a sedan, my feelings were bittersweet. On the one hand, Porsche's recipe for success is certainly time tested, and the only thing missing from there line was a classy sedan. However, that may have been for a reason, and I think that reason is because the recipe that works so well is for that of the Boxter and 911, not the Cayenne or anything else. Quite frankly, the Cayenne was probably just to make a few extra bucks, and now the Panamera takes the classic 911 style, stretches it, and to me puts a smear on the black stallion that once pranced with grace.
Improvement Suggestions
I think it could be improved by either not making it, or taking a hint from Aston Martin, who also wasn't known for producing sedans until they came out with their rendition of this latest trend in the form of the luscious Rapide, which effectively stays within Aston's design realm by adapting their classic style to two extra doors.
