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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 04:30 AM
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There are two of them, black and silver in the porsche showroom on Berkeley Square. Just watched them drive up and reverse in for a photoshoot of some sort. Tons of people outside taking pics of them. they have created quite a stir.

You can see the executive car in it - very bentleyesque rear qtr panel. mixed with the sporty aspects - nice venting on the side and quite an aggressive front end and bling brakes.

I like it already. Agreed didnt look right in the pics but in the flesh it is very appealing.


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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 07:45 AM
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SPECSAVERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 07:49 AM
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Well.. it wasnt just me. perhaps all of us needed glasses in the office.
different in the flesh - trust me though I never liked the cayman and have grown to like the cayenne.. perhaps Im just a sicko
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 08:01 AM
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I can forgive anything after seeing an X6 for the first time.

They really raised the bar with that one.
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by moff,Sep 10 2009, 04:45 PM
SPECSAVERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ah, the irony.....!!
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 10:50 AM
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I saw two in Alderley Edge last week, both times I thought they looked terrible, overstretched and terrible.
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Old Sep 10, 2009 | 12:14 PM
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Sometime ago, someone tried it with a Corvette - without any success. Some designs aren't meant to have four doors...

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Old Sep 11, 2009 | 01:11 AM
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Originally Posted by ge2,Sep 10 2009, 04:01 PM
I can forgive anything after seeing an X6 for the first time.

They really raised the bar with that one.
Oops taking one for a test drive in the morning. Im not doing too well with RS4s and now X6's.
Was in OPC this week to get sports exhaust fitted on the car and there were a couple of Panameras in the show room, they are a very ugly car but the interior is just stunning. Love to go cruising across Europe in one.
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Old Sep 11, 2009 | 01:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Mole,Sep 11 2009, 01:11 AM
Oops taking one for a test drive in the morning. Im not doing too well with RS4s and now X6's.
Was in OPC this week to get sports exhaust fitted on the car and there were a couple of Panameras in the show room, they are a very ugly car but the interior is just stunning. Love to go cruising across Europe in one.
The new Alpina B7 or a Maser Quattroporte.. they arent ugly? The Porsche is horrific, interior apart, but people will buy it because its a Porsche and because it drives well
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Old Sep 11, 2009 | 01:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Polemicist,Sep 10 2009, 12:14 PM
Sometime ago, someone tried it with a Corvette - without any success. Some designs aren't meant to have four doors...

That actually looks better than the Panamera!!

The Aston Rapide was in Evo recently on final testing in the middle east and that does look They seem to have managed to get right what Porsche couldnt and its looks like a sleek 4 door saloon/coupe Back seats arent as big as the Porsche though..
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