19 August 2009 - 16:00
Flashing the Pan'
It was never going to take long. Gemballa – the German tuning firm responsible for that Premiership-spec gold Carrera GT has got its hands on the Porsche Panamera.
The result is called the Mistrale – it’s a cold French wind, so read what you will into that – and, er, we don’t know much about it.
We can tell you for certain that it’ll get big wheels – 22-inchers, we reckon – and a snouty new front clip with lots of holes. But you’ve already figured that out for yourself, because you have eyes.
It doesn't look worse though, does it?
What we don’t know is how much power the Mistrale would have. An educated guess puts it in the region of ‘lots’. Gemballa, remember, can squeeze 670bhp from the Carrera GT’s 5.7-litre V10 without batting a Teutonic eyelid, so tweaking up the 500bhp Panamera Turbo should prove no problem.
So how much quicker could James and Richard have made it from one end of the British Isles to the other in one of these? Time for a rematch against that pesky letter, we think…
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They took a car with questionable looks and made it unquestioningly hideous.
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hmm from my view you cant make a porsche look any worse no matter what model it is. Theyve not made it look any better though.
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Arrgghh! My eyes!!! I actually quite like the standard Panamera, but this...it's...horrid.
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Looks btter than stock but would I swap my BMW M5 E60 for it... I DON'T THINK SO
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How is it able to take a corner when its wheels appear to completely fill its arches, and bulge out of them in fact? Mmm, tyre fowling bodywork smell.
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i dunno what looks worse, this or the cayenne.
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this car is not beautiful i seen a maseratti quaterporte it made me amazed this does not
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Not worse than the attempts on cayennes in my opinion, but not rather appealing to me either. Are 22" wheels necessary?
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i like it. there i said it but it isnt any worse than the standard.
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Looks like a Lexus thats trying really hard to not look like a Lexus.
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Oh dear god, that is just nasty.
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It looks... squishy :-D
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What do you get when you style a car with an ax? Never mind the punchline, my eyes need to vomit.
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If you're going to photoshop a press image together, at least make sure the wheels are on straignt and the shadows work - the offside front one appears to be floating! I'm as unimpressed as I was with teh original, but having saod that the bigger wheels do seem to take some of the pudginess out of the rear end from this angle. I think it's suffering from New Ford Syndrome, where every single one of their current range has too high a waistline and seems massively underwheeled unless you go way above the standard size, at which point you begin to approach some sort of visual balance. Except the Ka, of course - that's cursed to look like a shopping trolley.
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There's ugly and then there's this.
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Actually i really can't see how this is so bad. Even the writer of the article said it wasnt worse than the stock car. It looks more aggressive, which is good
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I think it looks good! and im not a fan of Porsche. The original car is simply the ugliest thing on the road without a doubt id rather be seen in a suzuki cappuccino. This is what the original should have been, although saying that it looks shorter and smaller than the original dont you think? The original is just so standard looking its horrible, the front wing doesnt event match with the side skirts, the front is way to high.
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You questioned: "It doesn't look worse though, does it?" Well, my answer would be... no it couldn't possibly look worse... because it's impossible to get anything that looks worse than a Panamera!! :-)
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won't Gemballa learn, you cannot make a Porsche look 'nice'. They look horrible stock and worse pimped. If you wan't a fast 4-door car get a BMW.
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won't Gemballa learn, you cannot make a Porsche look 'nice'. They look horrible stock and worse pimped. If you wan't a fast 4-door car get a BMW.
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won't Gemballa learn, you cannot make a Porsche look 'nice'. They look horrible stock and worse pimped. If you wan't a fast 4-door car get a BMW.
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SHOULD BE CALLED: THE MISTAKE! IT IS HORRIBLE!
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Well it's an improvement over the stock model but still.... And those wheels/rims are just too big for the car.
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Someones been photoshopping lol
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EWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Looks like a bad photoshop work.
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Afaque commented on this article
19 August 2009
ewwww!!! all i can say...
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