| by Uncle Sha | 19th Sep 2009 |
Porsche Panamera
Porsche racing legend Hurley Haywood clocking a single hot lap with a Panamera 4S at the Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway during the Rolex Monterey Historics.
The Porsche Panamera is a four-door, four-seat luxury sedan, which was launched in 2009. It is front-engined with rear wheel drive, with a four-wheel drive version also available.
The Porsche Panamera production model was unveiled at the 13th Auto Shanghai International Automobile Show in Shanghai, China on April 2009.
Production began in April 2009, one month after its debut in the Shanghai Motor Show in China. Porsche will keep production rate at around 20,000 cars per year.
The Panamera’s name is derived, like the Porsche Carrera line, from the Carrera Panamericana race. Earlier prototypes of four-door sedans, such as the 1991 Porsche 989 prototype and the 4-door 911 based prototype, never went into production.
