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A philosophical teaser to kick off your Monday: is the Panamera a real Porsche?
Well, it's a bit awkward-looking and goes like stink, so we'd say... yeah, that'll be a Porsche alright. A big-arsed Porsche, no question, but certainly more in keeping with the family DNA than the Cayenne.
But the guys at Zuffenhausen, it would seem, are a bit touchy about the is-the-Panamera-a-real-Porsche question. So they've gathered together 50 of their finest cars in history - and it is a fine history indeed - in a glamorous-yet-ever-so-slightly-desperate attempt to prove that the Panamera is, indeed, one of the family.
And here's what happened.
Impressive stuff, but didn't you think it looked just a tiny bit... computer generated?
Us too. So Porsche has also released a quick video showing the ‘making of' its family tree ad. Which, if we're being honest, we like even more than the advert itself.
Look! Lovely old Le Mans racers inching off the back of trucks! Spluttering flat-sixes! Lots of delivery men! What more could you want?
Which prompts a far more interesting question: which one of those 50 (OK, 47 or thereabouts) lovelies would you take home?
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What do you think?
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jiggyb2 commented on this article
at 02:00 pm on 19 October 2009
hmmm...looks like more than 50 to me...It still doesn't look computer generated though.
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jiggyb2 commented on this article
at 02:00 pm on 19 October 2009
hmmm...looks like more than 50 to me...It still doesn't look computer generated though.
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Musashi commented on this article
at 02:04 pm on 19 October 2009
Porsche 959 everytime! It was my '80's dream car, and still is.
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ddddd1 commented on this article
at 03:40 pm on 19 October 2009
Definitely computer "enhanced" in bits - and not only does the Panamera look way out of place, but I love the absence of a Cayenne in that video. Ironically the Panamera has more in common with the cayenne then any of the cars in this video, imho
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 03:52 pm on 19 October 2009
Hmmm, I think whatever I chose would have "GT" in it somewhere, be it the GT1, GT3 RS, Carrera GT, or whatever. Just because they tend to be the most Porsche-ish cars. Rather unlike the Panamera. But aren't they trying hard to make "long front-engined 911 with 4-doors" seem romantic and amazing? Some great sounds in there too.
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