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

[EJ25RUN]

Autoblog.


The day before the public unveiling of the Porsche Panamera at the Shanghai Motor Show, journalists were invited to the 94th floor of the Shanghai World Financial Center in China to catch a glimpse of Stuttgart's first four-door sedan. Providing further proof that both the Germans and Chinese are a persistent bunch, a team of workers proceeded to strap the Panamera onto a special pallet, tipped it on its tail and wedged the dark silver metallic sedan into the freight elevator to make the 1,394-foot trek up the world's third-largest building. The pictures tell the tale better than we can, so check them out in the gallery below, along with more live shots of the Panamera straight from Shanghai.

[dz988]

daaammmmn!
thats crazy

[NewGen33]

Awesome, but what was the reason for them doing this...

[EJ25RUN]

Awesome, but what was the reason for them doing this...

opps forgot to post that...check it now

[WTF?]

weird

[NewGen33]

Oh ok the way they described it seems like it was a political thing sort of.

[roxie911]

ugh...four door sedan. Dear god

[VooDooXII]

I've really got to hand it to Porsche for doing something even more pointless with the Panamera besides building it in the first place.

Hah, that's crazy what they did there...but I honestly can't stand any bit of the Panamera, except for the interior maybe.

[2rotor]

I've really got to hand it to Porsche for doing something even more pointless with the Panamera besides building it in the first place.

Hah, that's crazy what they did there...but I honestly can't stand any bit of the Panamera, except for the interior maybe.

YEEESSSSS!!!!!!!!
how about the fruitangy porsche touareg, erp, i mean cayenne? F that S.

i bet thats the slowest a porsche has ever gone a 1/4 mile too

[roxie911]

...but I honestly can't stand any bit of the Panamera, except for the interior maybe.

Yeah, this was the first time I'd heard about it too. I HATE IT! It's not even a rear engine porsche Did they not learn from the 928?!? I don't think it'll sell well anyway. No one is gonna pay $80,000 for a porsche sedan when they can just buy a BMW. In my opinion, they're just kicking their own asses at this point.

[EJ25RUN]

It's not even a rear engine porsche Did they not learn from the 928?!?.

Been in talks for about 3 years now.

Autoblog...

Rumormill: Porsche reconsidering Panamera-based 928 successor?
by Noah Joseph on Apr 20th 2009 at 9:27PM


Despite previous reports to the contrary, new reports suggest that Porsche is indeed planning a front-engine coupe to fill the void left in its line-up by the old 928. The original front-engined V8 GT was built by Porsche in various iterations between 1978 and 1995 before it was dropped. Since news of the four-door Panamera's development began circulating, so did rumors of a two-door variant to pick up the 928's mantle, but now that the Panamera has made its official public debut in Shanghai, new accounts suggest that Stuttgart is working on it already.

In this case, according to UK magazine Auto Express, any potential 928 successor would run in parallel, not as a replacement to the 911 (natch). Expect a fastback profile and the mechanicals to carry over largely from the Panamera, while reportedly reduced demand for lower-end Porsches like the Boxster and Caymen would dictate that the new GT would be positioned significantly higher, taking aim at the likes of the Bentley Continental GT and Aston Martin DB9. Is there any truth to the reports? Only time will tell.

[speedminded]

YEEESSSSS!!!!!!!!
how about the fruitangy porsche touareg, erp, i mean cayenne? F that S.

i bet thats the slowest a porsche has ever gone a 1/4 mile too

Find me ONE Porsche known for it's 1/4 mile time...

Yeah, this was the first time I'd heard about it too. I HATE IT! It's not even a rear engine porsche Did they not learn from the 928?!? I don't think it'll sell well anyway. No one is gonna pay $80,000 for a porsche sedan when they can just buy a BMW. In my opinion, they're just kicking their own asses at this point.

Did you forget about the 4 other front engine Porsche's including the Cayenne, one of their best selling vehicles...why didn't all of them buy an X5 instead?

What BMW sedan does 0-60 in 4.0 seconds?

[EJ25RUN]

Find me ONE Porsche known for it's 1/4 mile time...

[roxie911]

Did you forget about the 4 other front engine Porsche's including the Cayenne, one of their best selling vehicles...why didn't all of them buy an X5 instead?

Because the X5 and the Cayenne are roughly around the same price (if you're just talking a Cayenne or Cayenne S).

As far as looks go, I don't think it's that bad. I think it looks good with the porsche lineup, but it doesn't really scream porsche when I see it by itself, but that's just my opinion....

[.blank cd]

cant you mess up a motor by turning it upright like this?

[DB4LYFE ™]

thats crazy ish

~DB4LYFE

[slostang]

cant you mess up a motor by turning it upright like this?

im sure it was drained of all fluids before the tip.

[Crazy Asian]

reminds me of this. Holy crap I never knew you can do this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXyXOiQGpVA

[Cool Cat Racing]

Everyone hated the Cayenne but its one of their highest selling models. Look at all the other SUV's out there for the money. Hell the Turbo S is faster than an R34 GTR. I think it will sell pretty well. Look at how well performance sedans have been selling. There's lots of people that need a sedan but still want performance and the name, that's why the Cayenne sells so well.

[81911SC]

Half the people in here have no idea what the hell they're talking about. LOL
Cool shit.

[VooDooXII]

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.

[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?

[singhondeck]

no i KNOW anything is possible in this modern world

[Revmaynard]

Couldn't of done it without those takata green straps! LOL