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Message: Right on, Laz and Guenter !
Changed By: Roger987
Change Date: May 05, 2016 12:29PM
Right on, Laz and Guenter !
Change Date: May 05, 2016 12:29PM
Right on, Laz and Guenter !
I've driven the current Panamera, and it's superb. It truly does 'shrink' around you, and performs like a four door sports car. Cargo/luggage space is compromised, though, by its sloping rear (which, incidentally, some find unattractive.
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This new design is, in my view, the cat's meow, is far better looking than a SUV, will carry more stuff than a Macan, and probably offer more practical cargo area than a Cayenne (I much prefer long cargo areas to tall and shallow).
Gman is absolutely right, the ONLY reason for negative reaction is station wagons aren't 'cool' or 'macho' in North America. Europeans have understood, for decades, that a wagon offers the handling of a sedan, with greatly enhanced utility.
Laz is right - there have been, and are, a number of wagons which offer not only utility, but more pleasing lines, than their sedan counterparts. The Volvo P1800 was, and is, a stunner.
Audi's wagons - the A4 and the A6 (the latter is not available here in NA because the 'motoring' public prefers the less efficient, and poor-handling Q5) are very handsome. Similarly, the gorgeous BMW 5 series wagon no longer crosses the Atlantic because BMW's X5 is the hot ticket.
The writer of the article reveals his slavish adherence to automotive 'fashion' when he said "I’ve learned to accept the SUVs and the big sedan, but a Porsche hatchback wagon will be harder to swallow." He's fine with Porsche making an SUV, but has trouble with a wagon, which will be more efficient, handle better, be quieter, more comfortable, and offer more utility. His lament is entirely without merit; he's doing nothing more than pandering to the masses who regard the wagon as horribly passé.
).
This new design is, in my view, the cat's meow, is far better looking than a SUV, will carry more stuff than a Macan, and probably offer more practical cargo area than a Cayenne (I much prefer long cargo areas to tall and shallow).
Gman is absolutely right, the ONLY reason for negative reaction is station wagons aren't 'cool' or 'macho' in North America. Europeans have understood, for decades, that a wagon offers the handling of a sedan, with greatly enhanced utility.
Laz is right - there have been, and are, a number of wagons which offer not only utility, but more pleasing lines, than their sedan counterparts. The Volvo P1800 was, and is, a stunner.
Audi's wagons - the A4 and the A6 (the latter is not available here in NA because the 'motoring' public prefers the less efficient, and poor-handling Q5) are very handsome. Similarly, the gorgeous BMW 5 series wagon no longer crosses the Atlantic because BMW's X5 is the hot ticket.
The writer of the article reveals his slavish adherence to automotive 'fashion' when he said "I’ve learned to accept the SUVs and the big sedan, but a Porsche hatchback wagon will be harder to swallow." He's fine with Porsche making an SUV, but has trouble with a wagon, which will be more efficient, handle better, be quieter, more comfortable, and offer more utility. His lament is entirely without merit; he's doing nothing more than pandering to the masses who regard the wagon as horribly passé.
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Author: Roger987Date: May 05, 2016 12:16PM
Right on, Laz and Guenter !
I've driven the current Panamera, and it's superb. It truly does 'shrink' around you, and performs like a four door sports car. Cargo/luggage space is compromised, though, by its sloping rear (which, incidentally, some find unattractive.
This new design is, in my view, the cat's meow, is far better looking than a SUV, will carry more stuff than a Macan, and probably offer more practical cargo area than a Cayenne (I much prefer long cargo areas to tall and shallow).
Gman is absolutely right, the ONLY reason for negative reaction is station wagons aren't 'cool' or 'macho' in North America. Europeans have understood, for decades, that a wagon offers the handling of a sedan, with greatly enhanced utility.
Laz is right - there have been, and are, a number of wagons which offer not only utility, but more pleasing lines, than their sedan counterparts. The Volvo P1800 was, and is, a stunner.
Audi's wagons - the A4 and the A6 (the latter is not available here in NA because the 'motoring' public prefers the less efficient, and poor-handling Q5) are very handsome. Similarly, the gorgeous BMW 5 series wagon no longer crosses the Atlantic because BMW's X5 is the hot ticket.
The writer of the article reveals his slavish adherence to automotive 'fashion' when he said "I’ve learned to accept the SUVs and the big sedan, but a Porsche hatchback wagon will be harder to swallow." He's fine with Porsche making an SUV, but has trouble with a wagon, which will be more efficient, handle better, be quieter, more comfortable, and offer more utility. His lament is entirely without merit; he's doing nothing more than pandering to the masses who regard the wagon as horribly passé.
This new design is, in my view, the cat's meow, is far better looking than a SUV, will carry more stuff than a Macan, and probably offer more practical cargo area than a Cayenne (I much prefer long cargo areas to tall and shallow).
Gman is absolutely right, the ONLY reason for negative reaction is station wagons aren't 'cool' or 'macho' in North America. Europeans have understood, for decades, that a wagon offers the handling of a sedan, with greatly enhanced utility.
Laz is right - there have been, and are, a number of wagons which offer not only utility, but more pleasing lines, than their sedan counterparts. The Volvo P1800 was, and is, a stunner.
Audi's wagons - the A4 and the A6 (the latter is not available here in NA because the 'motoring' public prefers the less efficient, and poor-handling Q5) are very handsome. Similarly, the gorgeous BMW 5 series wagon no longer crosses the Atlantic because BMW's X5 is the hot ticket.
The writer of the article reveals his slavish adherence to automotive 'fashion' when he said "I’ve learned to accept the SUVs and the big sedan, but a Porsche hatchback wagon will be harder to swallow." He's fine with Porsche making an SUV, but has trouble with a wagon, which will be more efficient, handle better, be quieter, more comfortable, and offer more utility. His lament is entirely without merit; he's doing nothing more than pandering to the masses who regard the wagon as horribly passé.