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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer
    The Panamera could do a million mph and I'd still would want a Quattroporte. And it's going to be updated shortly with a new engine and a new gearbox.

    and it has a shape that does not need any improvements....
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    where does this car gets its so called 4.8l V8, i suppose its still an audi unit enlarged. i would also prefer a qauttroporte.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer
    And it's going to be updated shortly with a new engine and a new gearbox.
    Getting a proper 6spd auto would make it much better, but I saw the 5th Gear review of the Sport GT which has the upgraded Cambiocorsa 'box and Tiff said it was much better, he'd actually recommend it to people now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 2ndclasscitizen
    Getting a proper 6spd auto would make it much better, but I saw the 5th Gear review of the Sport GT which has the upgraded Cambiocorsa 'box and Tiff said it was much better, he'd actually recommend it to people now.
    In fact what's going to get is a proper torque conveter automatic gearbox that will be placed directly behind the engine (that means no transaxle for the auto). The flappy paddle transaxle will remain available, though. And the new engine will be the 4.7-litre V8 that has recently been unveiled with the Alfa Romeo 8C.
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    Quote Originally Posted by henk4
    and it has a shape that does not need any improvements....
    True... somebody close to me has one and every time I see it I can't look away. It's just a fine piece of machinery...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer
    And it's going to be updated shortly with a new engine and a new gearbox.
    Gearbox upgrade already done!

    http://www.topgear.com/content/news/stories/1409/
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    Quote Originally Posted by jediali
    where does this car gets its so called 4.8l V8, i suppose its still an audi unit enlarged
    You mean the Porsche Unit? Yes, it's from the VW group
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    Quote Originally Posted by digitalcraft
    it has a fat ass.
    I like it like that.
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    I used to know a girl who reminded me of a Porsche. I never really knew why, but come to think, she did have a touch of "junk in the trunk," as the kids say these days.

    I still hold out hope the Panamera will be a coupe, and this is all some sick joke Porsche is playing. Everybody who wanted a Porsche without the hassle of having a Porsche already bought a Cayenne. In some ways, at least in America, high-end SUV's are the new sedan (and green is the new black.) A well thought out coupe could compete with the Vette' over here, or even one of the higher-end Muskrats. What's the sedan competing with again? The M5 or Quattroporte or AMG übersedans? None of them sell worth a **** in America, but SL 55 AMGs, M3s, and Z06s do alright here.

    I don't know. Maybe Porsche's target market is the dozen or so millionaires in Brussels who could afford such an expensive sedan and are actually turned off by SUVs.
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