Porsche Panamera 2010

Panamera is reportedly still on schedule for a 2009 calendar year debut as a 2010 model year vehicle, with its premiere rumored to be at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show. The automaker hopes to sell some 20,000 a year world wide when it hits the market. The Panamera is generally considered to be the long-awaited fruit of their 989 concept from the late 1980s; some argue that it also presents itself as a successor to the 2-doored 928, but there may be plans to develop a new 928 too[4]. It will be marketed as a direct competitor to automobiles such as the BMW Gran Turismo, the Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG and Maserati Quattroporte and (to a lesser degree) a less expensive alternative to vehicles such as the Bentley Continental GT, Ferrari 612 Scaglietti and Aston Martin Rapide. It is the first V8-engined sports car built by Porsche since 1995, when the 928 was discontinued and will be produced in the new plant at Leipzig alongside the Cayenne. The vehicle has been caught testing at the Nürburgring and the original sketches are a little more sleek than the taped up model spied testing.