The more I read these replies, the more I think about how hard people are to please. I get that opinions are subjective and relative, but the general theme I'm picking up from a lot of responses is "hmph, nothing is right."
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Current Panamera too ugly. Rear hump must go. Side profile of the new one too fastback-like? Generic.
It has to look like a Porsche. Why the pronounced curves? Fix the curves. Great, now it just looks like a facelift.
Current car too heavy. Must lose weight. Only around 90 kilos down for the new one? Still a pig.
Current engines great. Too thirsty though and need more speed. Turbo engines on the new ones? Less emotion.
Porsche too far back on technology. Antiquated/tiny screen and too many buttons. 918-esque touch panels on the new one? Ergonomic nightmare.
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Michael Mauer himself said that the new Panamera will look distinctive enough to be recognized as a successor model, but it will still obviously be a Panamera. We all know that this is Porsche and any changes made are, more often than not, incremental and evolutionary so why the surprise here? Besides, if Porsche gave it all away now, what's the point of a facelift?
Easy, fellas. We'll all see the finished article soon enough and if it still isn't to your liking, best hold onto your current chariots.
rulesdontapply
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2008 Porsche Boxster S PDE2
2012 Porsche Cayenne S [gone but never forgotten]