First Panamera personal impressions
Yesterday I did have a chance to inspect the Panamera in detail. It was a 4S Version.
What can I say? I didn´t drive the car, that chance I will get the next days.
The interior is very nice. Everything you touch with your hands feels high quality. It is much better then in Quattroporte. Audi, BMW and MB are far away. It is more Bentley feeling then any other car.
When sitting in front you get an intimate feeling. The seats (normal – not sport seats) hold you tight. It is not like in Carrera sport seats but very close to the BMW comfort seats. The console in the middle is nice. You get the impression of being a pilot, nice work Porsche.
At the rear you have a lot of space. I am 184 cm and I have still got a lot of head space. The same intimate feeling from the front you get at the rear seats. The seats and comfort is very like BMW X6 with the four individual seats. Porsche seats are a bit sportier. You can travel at high comfort with four persons.
Are some negative things? Yes!
For parking the car is bad. You don’t see the front of the car and neither the rear. You need all this parking assistance tools or your wife.
The trunk space is to flat, the optional luggage is a must, if you would like to travel with four persons and luggage.
Some parts of the shelf’s didn’t work correct. Either they couldn’t open easy or couldn’t close easy. Maybe pre-production problems.
The interior colour was yachtingblue-créme and Porsche didn’t solve the blue jeans problem on crème leather. On the borders of the seats there where a lot of blue spots.
What else can I say about the car? The owner says, if you try to compare the handling of it with 911 and Cayenne. The Panamera is so near 911 and so far from Cayenne. I will get my own impression and I will let you know if he is right or not.
For sure I would change my 997 turbo for the Panamera turbo.
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