Comments on: The New “GT” by BMW & Porsche

By: Party Man

Party Man — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:26:01 +0000

I find Panamera cooler than BMW’s. Good work from the Porsche Design Team.

By: Johnny Canada

Johnny Canada — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:33:45 +0000

Oh for Pete’s sake, a Progressive Activity Sedan?

The website is called “Automobiles De Luxe”, not “Automobiles De Crap”.

E39 M5 FTW!

By: Richard wolf

Richard wolf — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:11:50 +0000

Well written and thought out, Hardy. You brought an insiders depth to the post that made me interested in two cars I ordinarily wouldn’t pay any attention to. Good on ya.
Richard

By: Gunnar

Gunnar — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:48:58 +0000

Yes, GM having Saab share the same body with an Opel Vectra was a real mistake – even if the 9-3 sedan was decent and better built than the 9-3 hatchback before it.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:48:46 +0000

Carlo, I never understood why Saab went away from the 3-5 door configuration with the 9-3 and then sitting in my slot in the Hertz lot one day was a Malibu Maxx, a 5 door hatch that shared the basic platform with the 9-3.

By: Carlo

Carlo — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:04:16 +0000

Fantastic………… so SAAB have been right all along with their innovative design of the 900 and 9-3 launched 25 years ago.

By: Gunnar

Gunnar — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:43:59 +0000

That said (i.e., amphibian aesthetic considerations aside) I bet the Panamera goes like stink. Which, if it were true in testing, would be something to laud.

By: eggsngrits

eggsngrits — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:27:11 +0000

Jim is on the money. The Panamerica is a car that has ungainly proportions — I’m not a fan. The X6 is indeed dreadful. Even the Pavlovian Car & Driver staff had to go to great lengths to find something it’s good at and ignore all of the bad to come up with a positive article.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:45:30 +0000

Hatchback sedans are only a visual shock to Americans and Germans who have long fixated on 3 boxes as the proper layout for a car. As G points out many manufacturers have used hatches across the product line.

The PanAmerica isn’t attractive, not because of the roof line but because the shape is bulbous. My biggest criticism of the 5GT is that without the badges and grill, you’d guess it was a Saab, the car isn’t BMW enough. But it is a huge improvement over the dreadful X6.

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By: gunnar

gunnar — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:39:39 +0000

Hardy, I’ve feeling that what we’re seeing is the future of all sedans. And if you think about it, design-wise Citroen, Renault and Saab were there first a long time ago.