Inside The Only-In-China Stretch Porsche Panamera (Protective Eyewear Advised)

by Tycho de Feyter

Published: January 26th, 2012

inside the only in china stretch porsche panamera protective eyewear advised

Two weeks ago, Bertel stole from me we brought you the very first pictures of the China-only RUF XL, a Porsche Panamera stretched by 40 centimeters exclusively for the limousine-orientated Chinese car market. The story has since been all over the internet.

Today, I present you the first pictures of the interior. This Porsche sure looks like a comfortable place to smoke a cigar, play with your second and/or third wife and to tell the driver to take it easy, or to go like stink.

Clearly a high-quality conversion. RUF for sure ain’t no in-the-shed operation. Still, I am a bit disappointed by the lack of TV-screens. This needs to be improved.

A huge center console runs all the way to the back. It just misses the gimmicks. Wine-cooler? I don’t see any. Advanced controls for the stereo? Nope. Spittoon? Neither. Without these extras, it is only a stretched Panamera and not much more.

Bad-ass.

Dutchman Tycho de Feyter runs Carnewschina.com, a blog about cars in China, from Beijing, China. He also collects die-cast models of Chinese cars.

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ClutchCarGo on Jan 26, 2012

Never mind the lack of gadgets and gimmicks. Where's the partition to separate the driver from the driven? How can one conduct criminal economic activities or dally with some dolly when the driver is party to your business?

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SCE to AUX on Jan 26, 2012

I still dig it.

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