(This is Canadian pricing) I just learned that a base Panamera will be about $120K...so you are looking at $130K with a few options & over $150K for a Turbo. This came out today. Obviously you will not be priced the same in the US but just to compare, you can get a fully loaded Lexus LS460 for about $86K cdn. I'm not saying this is apples to apples but I do think you are in a premium, luxury sedan market now...Porsche is gonna have a hard time with this one me thinks.

 

yeah seems a bit steep... wonder how many they are producing...

 

more people are going to buy it due to the fact that it's a Porsche, not for what the car offers.

 

Gonna have to disagree with you on that one. Because of how it looks, I think more people will shell out the extra money for the performance, not for the badge. It is going to be a very hard sell though. Don't think it will be near as profitable as the Cayenne line.

 

I like the look of the front , so I am going to buy a Z06

 

No you won't!

GM's Bowling Green future uncertain
By Scott Sloan and Jim Jordan - ssloan@herald-leader.comjjordan1

With General Motors' announcement Tuesday that it would shutter five more North American plants than once planned, Kentucky residents are wondering whether Bowling Green's Corvette plant might be the next victim of the crippled economy.

GM told the federal government on Tuesday that it would need billions more in aid to remain viable and promised more cost cuts, including 47,000 more jobs worldwide.

When workers return to its Bowling Green plant next week after an extended shutdown that began before the holidays, they'll already be seeing more cuts.

AP - General Motors' Bowling Green plant will continue to produce Corvettes but is shuttering production of its Cadillac XLR line. Also, the plant is no longer expected to begin manufacturing next-generation models of the Saturn Sky and Pontiac Solstice. GM is de-emphasizing those brands.

The plant previously learned that it would stop production of the Cadillac XLR, which means 40 jobs, said Eldon Renaud, president of the United Auto Workers Local 2164 in Bowling Green.

In addition to those 40 jobs, there will be a significant layoff of about 130 workers as well as 30 or so a month later as GM reduces production at the plant. Those layoffs will reduce the work force to fewer than 500, down from more than 1,000 a few years ago, Renaud said.

The plant has slowed production of the Corvette in recent months.

"The fact that we're still building the flagship for Chevrolet gives me some reason to believe they'll continue to build our product," he said. "But as the numbers continue to decrease and we're on one shift of production, you might worry about whether or not they move it to a plant to make another more efficient."

There was once a much greater hope. An agreement reached between GM and the UAW in late 2007 called for the plant to build the next generations of the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky roadsters by 2012.

The prevailing thought was it could create as many as 2,000 jobs at the Bowling Green plant.

But in its plan discussed Tuesday, GM confirmed that it would de-emphasize both the Pontiac and Saturn brands. The company said that Saturn would be phased out and that Pontiac will have a much smaller role, if any.

With no future generations of those vehicles likely, Bowling Green wouldn't get the production, Renaud said.

"It would have been a good fit for us to be building all the sports cars for General Motors, but it's probably not going to happen," he said.

Renaud said he hopes the plant's location, near Interstate 65, might be a plus that keeps it open in the future.

"We're built on a great set of highways," he said.

 

if 120K is for the V6 then they will have a very hard time selling them.

for comparison, my CTT starts at a lower price than this and has 500 hp and carry 5 people.

 

I think that's a bit high on the price. The price for a decked out Turbo I saw built wasn't a whole lot more than that.

 

OK HERE ARE PRICING FACTS:



The rear-wheel drive Panamera S has a 400-horsepower, 4.8-liter V8 engine that can propel the it from 0 to 60 mph in 5.2 seconds on its way to a top test track speed of 175 mph. The manufacturer suggested retail price (MSRP) is $89,800 ($115,100 CAD). The all-wheel drive Panamera 4S receives the same 4.8-liter powerplant. It sprints from 0 to 60 mph in 4.8 seconds, achieves a top test track speed of 175 mph, and has an MSRP of $93,800 ($120,300 CAD).

At the top of the Panamera lineup is the Panamera Turbo with its 500-horsepower, twin-turbocharged 4.8-liter V8. Also featuring the new PDK transmission, the all-wheel drive Panamera Turbo sets a breathtaking 0-to-60 time of 4 seconds flat and a top test-track speed of 188 mph. The Panamera Turbo has an MSRP of $132,600 ($155,000 CAD), and all three Panamera models will go on sale in the United States this October.

 

I don't know...I hate the back...132K...hmmm...definitely a performance machine with the TT though...