The Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo isn't the first concept four door wagon to come out of Porsche (don't forget about the 1991 four door 928 concept shown below). However, to date, no Porsche has been built as a production version station wagon.
However, there have been plenty of cargo type modification done on other Porsches. The release of the Panamera Sport Turismo had us combing through our archives to look at some of the Porsche wagons and trucks we covered over the years.
Porsche 944 Station Wagon by dp Motorsport
The dp44 or dp Cargo is a customized station wagon based on a Porsche 944 platform utilizing a modified roof from a VW Passat. For more details check out Porsche 944 Station Wagon by dp Motorsport.
Porsche 928 GTS Pickup Truck
Okay, it's not a "station wagon" but it's still a really out of control modification. The creator of this dual axle Porsche swears that it performs at the same standard as the original due to the engine mods made. We don't doubt it's as powerful, but what about handling? To see more or view the video yourself, check out our post on the Porsche 928 GTS pickup truck.
Porsche 914 Cargo Hauler
Dennis and Dave Aase had this 1972 Porsche 914 converted into a pick-up by Dick Troutman and used it as a shop truck and transport for their automotive dismantling business in southern California. Purchased a few years ago by Cam Ingram at Road Scholars with the intent of using it as a shop vehicle it now calls North Carolina home. For more information, history and pictures see this post on this perfectly executed Porsche 914 Pick-up conversion.
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One other footnote on the concept of a Porsche pickup truck. While I was living in Norway in the early 1980′s, it was common for people to import exotic foreign cars for business purposes, which made them exempt from the exhorbitant import duty. A common example was a Mercedes for use as a taxi cab. After a few years in service, the car could then be used as an ordinary vehicle.
This tax exemption also applied to pickup trucks, mostlly used in agriculture. By definition a vehicle only required a cargo space of a given size permanently separated from the cab. Remarkably, the Porsche 924, with the installation of a “permanent” plexiglass wall installed behind the seats, met this definition. This was so popular, that workshops appeared at the border with Sweden and in Denmark to create these Porsche pickups as the unconverted vehicles arrived to be imported into Norway.
Naturally, the Norwegian parliament caught on to this pretty quickly and amended the law to prohibit the import duty exemption for the Porsche 924 pickup. As I recall, the new legistlation was put into effect so quickly, that a goodly number of 924′s got caught at the border.