Porsche Panamera: Is that a Spy Shot?

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Porsche Panamera: Is that a Spy Shot?

Yes, your eyes are correct - that is a BMW M5. But what you can't see is the engine underneath. According to AutoSpies, Porsche are testing their upcoming Panamera. Because the Panamera is in the early stages of development, Porsche are using the body of the M5. This will also help keep the design under wraps until it is ready for their market launch in 2008.
We're not too sure if that actually is a Porsche underneath, so please make your own mind up about it. However if the article is correct, the Panamera will be one of very few 4 door coupes that we will want!

So far only prototype mules of the so-called fourth Porsche model range have been sighted. They come hidden under the body of BMW’s M5, the company’s own Cayenne, or an Audi.

Last week, at Nürburgring – engineers were doing high speed testing with truly smoking tires – one of the Panamera mules under an M5 body gave a first impression of the Panamera’s future top performance. It will be a front-engined four seater, has rear- and all wheel drive and power comes from V8’s and V10’s delivering between 340 and 600 HP. The car is supposed to cost 70,000 to 100,000 Euros.