Porsche Panamera

Yes, I'm talking down a Porsche. But I hoped that seeing a Panamera in person would change my opinion of how ungainly it looks. And although it looks better, sadly it's still ungainly in my eyes.

My beefs mainly centre around it's hindquarters although I do think it looks a bit too chunky up front for a Porsche). Starting with the side view, I really don't like how the roofline ends. I understand and respect the fact they want real people to fit inside, but you think it could have been achieve a bit more elegantly. Which could have been acheived changing the awkward appearance of the rear door windows - their bottom edge curves up in the rear portion, which exaggerates it's huge ass and the odd roofline. Plus the extra pillars in the rear windows muddy up the lines - I suppose the windows wouldn't go down much without them, but they don't look nice.


And then all the way out back you get about 5 feet of bumper with extremely high set tail lights. And the finicky detailing between them, with the random chrome strip and all the text. Had the taillights been set with their top edges in line with the chrome bar, I'd look so much better.

I also think it's look better with just "PORSCHE" or "Panamera S/Turbo" script on the rear. With both there it looks like a novel. I say bring back the old school full width tails with the "PORSCHE" text branded within, and then have the model name above.