Quote Of The Day: Say Anything Edition
The best stories are those where you can barely wait to find out more. There are new heroes, new ideas and new sources of suspense… actually, all typically Porsche
So goes the opening to this video, introducing the new base-model V6 Panameras. Though some might argue that Volkswagen-sourced V6 engines are not in fact “typically Porsche” (an argument that carried more weight before the Cayenne came to town), a 300 horsepower engine in a 3,814 lb, four-door Porsche does technically qualify as a “source of suspense.” And attempting to charge $75k for a base Panamera V6 certainly requires a perspective that might be charitably described as “heroic.” On the other hand, it’s hard to get too down on this poor thing. You can’t blame a lazy dog for a veterinarian’s (or in this case, a CAFE standard’s) work. Besides, it’s still not as embarrassingly neutered as the Cayenne V6.
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This 3.6 is the Volkswagen VR6 from the Passat/Toureg/Cayenne/Q7 right? This Panamera 6 lump is a super version of my GTI VR6...nice. Hatchback, folding rear seats etc.
Please. My A6 with the 2.7 biturbo weighs the same as one of these and I'm satisfied with it. It would be more fun chipped with stronger turbo parts - 330hp - but its a family car. My mother-in-law says it drives just like her Buick - and it does.
Guys, The narrator is either illiterate, got handed bad copy and just read it, or it was a joke that just slipped through. Not 100W, the system is 1000W - with a 300W dedicated sub amp. The optional system is 14 speakers, IIRC.
I just wait for the day these goddamn things are canned... And people look like fools for driving a 4dr 6cycl obese POS Porsche sedan. Then again.. theyd look even worse for having a Venza / X6 / Crosstour in the same garage.