Volkswagen is considering using the Porsche Panamera platform to underpin other models in its group, according to reports from the US.
It is claimed that Porsche is willing to share the Panamera platform with other brands to recoup the large development costs involved, despite previously claiming it would not be sharing it.
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The reports didn’t say which other brand in the VW Group would get the four-seat, rear drive and all-wheel drive platform, although Audi, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Bentley and VW itself would all be candidates.
Hybrid and GTS versions of the Panamera are planned by Porsche within the next three years.
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Re: VW to get Panamera platform
I think that's the most likely outcome, by all accounts it seems to be a capable machine. I'd expect to see an Audi A8 limo (or something similar) as well.
Hopefully this will allow Porsche to quietly retire the Panamera before too long...
Re: VW to get Panamera platform
Re: VW to get Panamera platform
Let VW use the platform for Bentley, Lamborghini or Audi and quietly do away with the Porsche 4 door. I was in the showroom the other day and the thing's a monster!! The 911 has never looked so pretty as it does juxtaposed with this behemoth...
As a 2 door GT on a shortened wheelbase (and with a slimmer waist if possible).... that might just prove a worthy Porker. I think we'd all like to see a 21st century 928 - well, I would.