Scoop Video: 2009 Porsche Panamera

Porsche’s forthcoming Panamera sedan has been caught on tape this time performing test-runs somewhere in Europe. They say TV makes you look fatter, but we don’t think TV is to blame for Stuttgart’s 5door sedan chubby looks… Check out our previous report on the Panamera here. Via: Youtube

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Scoop: 2009 Porsche Panamera

Porsche has been developing its first 4door sedan for quiet a long time now but we still haven’t seen the pre-production concept that the German firm has promised us so until then we’ll have to be content with any spy shots we’re seeing around the net. These ones come from Swedish AMS and they show the Panamera in full action somewhere in Gothenburg.

The front-engined, rear-wheel drive Panamera, which is scheduled to be unveiled at the 2009 Geneva show, will take on the likes of Mercedes CLS, Maserati Quattroporte and the future Aston Martin Rapide. The engine range will come straight from the Cayenne which means that the basic edition to be fitted with VW Group’s 3.6 FSI V6 revised to 290Hp while the top-spec versions will receive Porsche’s 4.8 V8 in naturally aspirated and twin-turbocharged guises developing 385 and 500Hp respectively. Via: AMS

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2009 Porsche Panamera on Car’s February cover – True or false?

Aside from the 2008 BMW M3, Car Magazines’ February issue also features a picture of Porsche’s 4door Panamera. To make things even more spicy, the chaps over at Car posted an alluring teaser article and a larger picture of the Panamera:

Exclusive! Porsche Panamera: Here it is - the much talked about four-door, rear-driven, V8-powered GT which will be the fourth model in Porsche's highly exclusive model range in 2009. We've got the pictures, the details and the whole story.

Even though the image of the Panamera that’s hosted on Car’s site is a tad tiny for someone to validate its authenticity, I had a hunch that we’ve seen it before. A quick search on Carscoop’s archive revealed the following pic which is a rendering of the 2009 Porsche Panamera that we found on Autobild's site. Too bad. Via: Car

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2009 Porsche Panamera - Scoop

Autobild is giving us its view on how the 2009 Panamera will look like through a couple of "chops" that are based on Porsche’s official sketch and various spy pics of the pre-production test car. With the exception of the humongous tail-lights, it looks quite nice if you ask me, but don't sketches -or chops always do...

Design aside, from what Porsche tells us, its new four-door Sports Coupé will enter the market in 2009 and it will be powered by various engines. Although they don’t give any specific information about the engine range it will surely include normally aspirated and turbo V8 engines. The power unit will be fitted at the front and will drive the rear wheels. Dr. Wendelin Wiedeking, the President and CEO of Porsche AG stated that Porsche will be developing and building the Panamera through the Company's own resources and expected sales are at least 20,000 units a year. Photos Via: Autobild

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