Students of marketing understand that a truly successful product is one which fills a gap in the marketplace. Something which answers a question asked by thousands. When 356 production ended and was replaced in the market by the 911/912 pair, nearly everyone wanted to know when Porsche would again produce an open air version of their new sports coupe. Looking to meet this demand, dealer …
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While out at the LA Auto Show at the end of November, MotorTrend was given the unique opportunity to drive the new Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo around Beverly Hills. Their review is worth a look for the detailed pics alone. Shortly after this drive Porsche broke out the video cameras and filmed the video below.
Other than the introductory stuff we saw when the Panmera Sport Turismo was …
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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 …
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We saw this video the day the Panamera Sport Turismo was first introduced. Unfortunately, at that time, it was only available in German. That changed late last week when Porsche re-released this version with a voice over of the talking points. While not as eloquent as hearing Porsche's Director of Style himself, you will learn some of the thought that went into the design and possibly a glimpse …
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Porsche's calling it a concept, but given the fact that Panamera Sport Turismo shares its ancestry with their current production 4-door sedan and incorporates technology from the upcoming 918 Spyder, I think there's a better than average chance we'll see some version of the Panamera Sport Turismo on showroom floors in the next few years.
In the video above, Michael Mauer (Director Porsche …
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Watch and listen as we hear Porsche's CEO Dr. Matthias Muller; the man responsible for the Panamera product line. Dr. Gernot Doellner; and the Director of Porsche Style himself, Mr. Michale Mauer as they talk about Porsche's newest concept, the Panamera Sport Turismo. Unlike the original Panamera, preliminary reviews from around the web seem quite good for this "shooting brake", e-Hybrid version. …
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You're probably asking yourself why would anyone need to "re-imagine" one of the purest Porsches ever built? At least that's what I thought when I first saw the headline. Then, I saw the renderings and pictures and after a few minutes of staring I decided I liked it. What is it you ask? It's a tribute to the Porsche 550 in an updated, modernized form of a carbon-bodied, two-seater P550 from …
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I've always been a fan of the Porsche 904. Built in 1963, and making its racing debut in 1964, Porsche built a little over 100 of these flat four, street-legal racers in order to meet the FIA Group 3 (Grand Touring) homologation rules. Today, if you want a 904 you have two choices. You can either hire a broker and hope to find a new one (assuming you have the seven figures needed to purchase …
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Given the success of the Cayenne, and Porsches much publicized call to increase sales, I suppose it's not completely out of the realm of possibility. In fact, with the merger of VW and Porsche, there's even a possible platform to be shared in the form of the VW Amarok. Even more surprising, there is some precedent in the form of private conversions like this Porsche 914 Pickup and this Porsche …
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What started as a simple, and perhaps offhand, remark during an interview with Bloomberg about Porsche's return to Detroit - “We’ll have something spectacular to show there." - by Porsche spokesman Hans-Gerd Bode, quickly blossomed into a hype driven guessing game by the automotive media.
Since early December speculations have run the gammet from a smaller SUV (aka the "Cajun") to the …
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