palenimbus:
Can anyone explain to me why the Panamera is so underpowered? 500hp for a car coming out in 2009? That means its weaker than the M5, the AMGs and the RS6 -- all of which are fairly old (except the RS6), I was expecting the top of the line model to have at least 600hp, especially considering the weight.

A 4-seat sedan with 600 hp?

Nah, that is so last-year.

The new trand is for cars to have the luggage trunk full of lithium ion batteries charged by a TDI engine/generator and a loooooooong flexible cable between the car and a wall socket in your garage back home.

Of course, we'd also want solar panels on the roof just in case the price of diesel fuel goes back up over €1.40 / liter  and/ or some idiot drives a city tram over the loooooong flexible cable.

Life was so much simpler back in the days when a BMW 2000 was thought of as a fast, sporty family sedan. Smiley

To put it in German: One should leave the church in the village, if you know what I mean. Smiley


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fritz