Porsche to develop a Sedan

Porsche to develop a Sedan

Might be a repost of sorts but here it is...

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Porsche will build a four-door car starting in 2009, the company announced Wednesday.

To be called the Panamera, the car will have four doors and four seats but will have a swooping, coupe-like profile. It will have a front-mounted engine driving the rear wheels. Pricing for the car, which is still under development, has not been announced.

The company expects to sell at least 20,000 Panameras per year, according to the announcement, which would make it the company's most popular model by far. Porsche is currently on track to sell about 9,600 Boxster sports cars this year, about 14,000 Cayenne SUVs and about 8,000 911 sports cars.

The Panamera has been rumored for several months and alleged "spy photos" of the car have been published on the Internet and in some publications.

The car, which will be created on an entirely new fundemental architecture, will be built solely by Porsche and will not involve a joint venture with any other company. The Porsche Cayenne SUV was created in cooperation with Volkswagen which sells its own version as the Volkswagen Touareg.

"The Panamera is a perfect fit for Porsche," said Dr. Wendelin Wiedeking, president and CEO of Porsche in a prepared statement.

"It has all the typical DNA characteristics of a genuine sports car," he said. "In terms of performance, design, and driving dynamics, it meets Porsche's high standards in every respect. Through this sports coupe we are making our customers a highly attractive offer in the top performance segment."

I think it's a good idea, but I don't like the design

its not too bad. i think the back could use a little bit of a touchup

theres a news/rumor section

and it looks ok, i kinda like it...

Not too bad. Sleek. Looks like one of there boxters or 911s just stretched out to include 2 more doors. It's about time they made a sedan. They already came out with the suv and sales from that aren't doing too bad.

become a member and you get to the the computer generated photos but the ones with color. How you become a member i need to ask my mom she has had it since we had ours. I do like the idea that they are making a 4-dr but the sketch design doesn't cut it, the complete photos actually make it look good.

the one i saw before was red pearl and had a different design, AOL just showed the sketch here you all got the actual photo. it looks nicer in red. the engine though mounted in the rear is nice but the AWD is very akward in how it works.

well, its still in 2009 right? so those pics are prolly just an idea... i think that is not their final design... although it looks good... needs a little fixin on the rear though...

I thought they already had a Sedan. The porsche Cayman. It was ugly as hell and looked like a bloated, stretched out cross between a 911 and a Boxter.

i think it needs a lip kit.....either way, id buy it...

it looks like it does have some sort of lip

Looks pretty good. Kinda like it. I like the taillight alot, I love those LED taillights, and this will be the first Porsche with LED taillight too. What are the measurment on this car?? It looks as big as an S-class. RWD?? How many HP??

Engine is front mount.

Laz Z Kay, i dont have any more details on it

They Cayman is the coupe version of the Boxster, and from the last pictures I saw, I find it looks pretty good... and more power than the Boxster S...

im suprised everyone likes it. I think it looks horrendous for a Porsche.

Way to bring back the Porsche 928

Not MR/RR