Porsche Panamera makes its way to the 94th floor by an elevator.

[speedminded]

I get the Cayenne argument...everyone was hopping on the SUV bandwagon then, and everyone's hopping on the 4-door-coupe gravy train now. I don't think the Cayenne is particularly good looking...I think it got worse with the redesign and I'd rather have a Touareg V10 TDI for $15,000 less, but it's a Porsche...conspicuous consumers...yea.

I don't mind that the Panamera is front-engined...hell I liked the 944, 968 and 928. I'm not sure that its accolades are good enough for potential buyers to overlook the atrocious styling of the thing. The proportions of this car are so badly off...it's like a 5-year-old tried to sketch a 911. It looks bloated. I mean that's really the only issue I have with the car...it's godawfully ugly.

Besides...how much does a Panamera cost? Between $90,000 and $120,000? That's Maserati money...and look at the distinction you get with one of those.

BMW has been making luxury sports car sedans for decades but not everyone wants an M5. Now BMW has gone back to building the 4 door M3 as well. Then you have the Maserati Quattroporte, MB C63 & CLS63, Cadillac CTS-V, Jaguar XF (R soon), etc...it has pushed a need for Porsche to get in the game as well.

[VooDooXII]

BMW has been making luxury sports car sedans for decades but not everyone wants an M5. Now BMW has gone back to building the 4 door M3 as well. Then you have the Maserati Quattroporte, MB C63 & CLS63, Cadillac CTS-V, Jaguar XF (R soon), etc...it has pushed a need for Porsche to get in the game as well.

I get that...but why does it have to be so catastrophically ugly?