Porsche’s Panamera | National Geographic

when the Panamera debuts in 2009 some
lifelong Porsche fans absolutely hate it
for them it is intrude accompanies
classic sportscar routes some people
just set for them it’s not portion
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the Panamera is a calculated risk to
expand Porsches customer base
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and the definition of what a Porsche can
be what I would like to do is just to
start with how they you could say the
the story of the car started for Porsche
we want to have a sports car and the
symbol for the sports car segment is to
the coupe that coupe is the Porsche 911
a car that’s been in production for more
than 40 years the 911 car you really
want to drive and then you are asked to
think about a new model that is not a
derivative that really goes into a new
segment the decision was taken to do a
call that is you could say not expected
the Panamera is very similar driving
characteristics to the 911 parts with
four seats so for seated sports car here
from the genetic code of a Porsche 911
the top-of-the-line Panamera blazes from
0 to 60 miles an hour and 3.6 seconds
Portia’s risk pays off
the Panamera is now the best-selling
Porsche in the United States but at the
time Porsche had never produced a
four-door sports car before so they
expanded a state-of-the-art factory and
lights in Germany to get it done