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The Chinese car market is famous for preferring chauffeur-driven SUVs and limos to hard-riding sports cars. Thus, it's not surprising Ruf's first Chinese market-only vehicle won't be a tuned 911, but a Porsche Panamera stretched by nearly 16 inches. More »
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Qatar's recent National Day parade was like that in many other countries: it featured military and police vehicles. Unlike those other countries, Qatar has cash to burn and a sultan's taste for the good life. The vehicles of choice? Porsche Cayennes and Panameras. More »
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For Porsche, the Los Angeles show wasn't only about the 2012 Porsche 911. They also showed the long-awaited Panamera GTS. Like the design or hate it, this is the one we've been waiting for — the one with the more powerful naturally-aspirated V8 and sport-tuned suspension. More »
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Remember that time you'd just barely survived a US Airways flight into Atlanta, fought your way through a crowded hellscape of angry travelers, and then had to drag your bags to your car only to see some pampered Delta customer get into a brand new Porsche? You weren't hallucinating. More »
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If you believed the real problem with the Porsche Panamera is it just needed a bit more power — and not that it's a four-door Porsche — then today's your lucky day. Here's the 550 HP Porsche Panamera Turbo S. More »
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Sequels, no matter their critical appeal, deliver big paydays whether they hail from Hollywood or Stuttgart, which is why finding that Sylvester Stallone owned a Porsche Panamera 4S seems like the most logical paring of star and car in years. More »
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Lord knows the Porsche Panamera doesn't get raves for its exterior design. Leave it to German tuner ASMA to produce a Panamera that makes the unadorned original a model of restraint and elegance. More »
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Hip-Hop star Kanye West's black Porsche Panamera Turbo was destroyed in Hawaii this weekend. The car was in the care of West's cousin while Kanye was off the Island and reported stolen after the crash. Hmm... [KLTV] More »
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One: Sports-car company builds four-door sedan. Two: Four-door sedan is loved by some, hated by others. Three: Someone turns four-door sedan into touring-car racer. Four: We actually dig it. More »
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Russian tuner TopCar has unveiled its Porsche Panamera Stingray, a matte-black beast tuned up to 750HP with enough add-on body bits to diminish the unbecoming derriere. Why is it tuners can manage this, but Porsche could not? More »
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The young pups over at Automobile have put together an interesting... looking... comparison, pitting the BMW 5-Series GT against the Porsche Panamera S. Who'll win? Nobody knows, but Sir Mix-A-Lot looks to come out on top either way. [Automobile] More »
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Porsche has recalled every Panamera ever built to repair faulty seatbelt tensioners. Though seatbelts can be replaced, we're told there is still no fix yet for the car's horrific case of misshapen ass disease. (Hat tip to Chuck!) [Autocar] More »
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Pirates Closer Octavio Dotel gave up four runs to the Brewers in the ninth inning yesterday. Not a great performance, but they were already down 16-to-0. For comfort, Dotel can cry into the leather seats of his custom Porsche Panamera. More »
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Equipped with spacious rear seats and a fuel-efficient 4.8-liter, twin-turbo, 500 HP V8 engine, the Porsche Panamera Turbo should make the perfect taxi, right? At least that's what AutoBild thought. More »
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We're trying to figure out how TechArt's "Black Edition" matte black vinyl wrap, 22" wheels, and aero kit cosmetic upgrade for the Porsche Panamera makes the car look so much better. It's like a matte black cocktail dress. More »
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German tuner TechArt's announced a "retrofit" for the nonsensical pseudo-paddles on Porsche's PDK seven-speed dual-clutch transmission. This consists mostly of spending $650 for little plastic pedal attachments the car should have been sold with, but it's worth it. More »
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Insure.com has assembled a new list of the 20 most expensive cars to insure in America. Like speed? Say goodbye to your hard-earned skrilla. More »
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The only way we can be sure we'll kill the Fab Design Porsche Panamera and all its tacky carbon fiber add-ons is if we nuke it from space. It allegedly has 700 HP, so we'd better be quick. More »
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The Porsche Panamera has 5,076 fans on Facebook. The Volvo 960 above has 152 fans. The owner of the latter has started a group to answer the question: Can this Volvo 960 get more fans than the Porsche Panamera? More »
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The Hunchback of Stuttgart is getting its own 29 MPG, 300 HP, direct-injection V6. Hey, if high-output V6 engines are good enough for the Camaro and Mustang, they must be good enough for the Porsche Panamera, right? Wrong. More »
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If you're one of the million gamers laying virtual tracks in Forza Motorsports 3, the Hot Holiday DLC pack offers ten cars with a combined 5,649 HP. Below, discover why you'll want these bruisers in your virtual garage. More »
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A Dubai tuner has worked out how to enjoy the Porsche Panamera's performance without getting made fun of for its hideous looks. This shades-of-brown camo should blend nicely into a desert background while visually breaking up the heavy design. [CrankandPiston] More »
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It's been just over a year since the Porsche Panamera's official images debuted here. Surprisingly, it's taken this long for the real inspiration of the weirdo shape to be uncovered, say 'ello to to the Bristol 405. [TTAC] More »
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The Top Car Porsche Panamera Stingray is a tooner version of everybody's favorite four door Porsche. As a body kit only customization, at least they're not boogering with Porsche's carefully engineered mechanical bits. They'll rely on 9ff for that later. More »
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Though he has few complaints about the way the Porsche Panamera preforms, Clarkson uses his Sunday Times review to verbally assail the car's looks, calling it unbearably ugly — and he should know. [Times Online] More »
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The 2010 Porsche Panamera is now cool. How do we know? Though only on sale for about three weeks, an owner has already partially wrecked one — and just in time for Crash Week! [WreckedExotics] More »
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Porsche's fancy new President and CEO Michael Macht, speaking at the Frankfurt Motor Show, stated the performance brand is developing hybrid and electric powertrains for sports cars. However, current batteries aren't "sufficient to meet Porsche's strict requirements." Press release below. More »
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Looks like the most model prolific automaker could be saying no more model proliferation. According to a report, VW wants to ax the Porsche Panamera, Cayenne and any other "off-message models" when it takes over the company. [AutoObserver] More »
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Remember when we caught those Panameras being loaded onto a plane? Here they are at the Monterey Historics. The Panamera's still the perfect car if you're into leather, though any mention of driving experience is notably absent. More »
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Approximately 31 Porsche Panamera sedans hitch a ride on a cargo jet en route to the U.S. for demonstration purposes. We'll take one in brown. More »
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Prior to the Shanghai Auto Show, Porsche wanted to showboat a little. Their idea? Lift a Porsche Panamera to the 94th floor of the Shanghai World Financial Center. In an elevator. More »
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In a "first," other than the Cayenne, Porsche just revealed the four-door Porsche Panamera in Shanghai. It's supposedly able to go from zero to 60 in under five seconds. Also, it has a big butt. More »
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Porsche is readying the Porsche Panamera for a world debut at the 2009 Shanghai Auto Show. In preparation, they've set out to prove it can walk on water, Jesus-style, better than the competition. More »
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When the four-door Porsche Panamera hits the U.S. in October, it'll be equipped with both an automatic engine start/stop feature mated with an automatically-shifting double-clutch transmission. Ooh! Technology! But wait, there's more. More »
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In a second round of direct mail content, the 2010 Porsche Panamera has been unveiled in the greatest detail yet — interior, exterior, all three trim levels, we even see the 4.8 liter V8 underhood. More »
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The Porsche Panamera, is finally showing us the part that counts: its luxurious 4-seat interior. Oh, there's something about a 500 HP Porsche Panamera Turbo too. More »
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If you signed yourself up for updates on the development of the Porsche Panamera at the automaker's minisite, you may have already received a packet of super secret advertising containing expensive ultra-glossy "first official images" of the new Panamera. It also contains what we assume is an unintentional backhand at the press corps.

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Since the Germans invented Schadenfreude, it seems only appropriate that the new Porsche Panamera is so awful that we just can’t quit looking at it. With that in mind, we bring you the Porsche Panamera Mega Gallery: 41 pictures of LongBruce, the four-seat Porsche. More »
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The first official photos of the Porsche Panamera GT have caused quite a stir, though some would argue that stirring feeling is limited to the stomach area. With a growing four-door sports car market, Porsche clearly made an effort to differentiate the Panamera from production models like the Jaguar XF and concepts like the Lamborghini Estoque. From most angles there's no mistaking the production model from a Porsche, with the design picking up many of the brand's most important cues. Is that a good thing, especially after the lukewarm reception of the Cayenne by design divas? Are you in love, indifferent or incensed at Porsche for stretching the brand yet again? More »
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