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orsche has announced that its board of management has given the green signal to build the new four-door, super sports car Panamera.
Porsche chief Wendelin Wiedeking said here that 20,000 units of the car could be produced annually in the east German city of Leipzig from 2009.
The Panamera, named after the legendary long distance Carrera Panamericana race, would include elements of the Cayenne and Carrera GT and not, as initially planned, be produced in cooperation with another auto partner, media reports said.
A 4.5 litre V8 engine with 450 HP would power the basic model but the top of the range V10 would have as much as 600 HP, reports said.
The Panamera would be priced between about $185,000 in Europe, according to reports.