....Extensive footage of the upcoming Porsche Panamera almost completely undisguised. IMO a four door Porsche 'sports car' isn't nearly as bad an idea as the Cayenne SVU was, but this is just terrible. I cannot think of an existing sport sedan offering from any of the major players that doesn't look significantly better than this.

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Yeah, I don't like that at all. I'd much rather get a Maserati, or the new Aston Martin Rapide. Of course, I can't afford any of them, so maybe Porsche doesn't care what I think.

 

wow that's ummm ugly
I'll Take the Rapide instead thank you

 

Porsche needs to stick with 2 seat sports cars.

 

Gimme a Cayman any day over that.

 

Ah, the "Hunchback of Zuffenhausen."

A finely engineered and performing car, I'm sure, but the styling is clumsy at best. It looks fine until the B-pillar and then it appears that numbers-driven marketing executives took charge from the stylists, demanding interior measurements to match competitor's interior measurements, headroom specifically, regardless of its impact on the overall design artistry. Thus, the awkward, bulging rear roof line that looks like it was oozed up late in the development process. The graceless rear glazing treatment only emphasizes the disjointedness of the whole affair rather than a sleeker window line echoing the graceful 911 or Cayman.

The Maserati (full) four-seaters suffer a little of this rear bloatation, while the upcoming Aston Martin Rapide is a stunning example of how to do a sleek four door sport sedan right.

 

That doesnt look very good at all.

 

I usually end up liking the weird *** cars, but this one needs some major changes to the roofline before I can like it.

 

+1

 

yikes, looks like Porsche visited the Nissan design studio for ideas on the roof line and rear quarter treatment.