When I first saw pics of the Porsche Panamera, I immediately thought it had a strong resemblance to the crossfire. For several months, I have wanted to get some profile pics of both cars together. Yesterday I finally did and I thought the results were pretty interesting.


They don't look THAT much different, do they?
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However, when taken from a different angle, the Panamera absolutely dwarfs the crossfire. It almost makes the crossfire look like a scale model of itself!
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Though the real reason for the photo shoot was that I spent Friday afternoon detailing the car for the summer and wanted to take some new pics. This was among my favorites:
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Nice shine!

They certainly do look alike. But The Porsche is too long. Looks like a four door XF!

 

My thoughts exactly!

 

It would be interesting to see a photoshopped version of the Porsch with the back doors (roll down window) section removed....and of course the rear door handles too.

 

More pictures. Somewhat similar, mostly color in my opinion.

 

The Panamera is such a spectacular car I can almost forgive some of the bad angles it has.

 

I'm not seeing any similarities at all, except the color and the generic jelly-bean shape seen on a multitude of cars. The CF has front wheels pushed out to the corners, the rear side glass turns down rather than up.
I'd have to believe the Porsche would be a much smoother ride with that longer wheelbase.

 

No doubt Porsche likes the Crossfire rear design. I came up behind a Panamera on the freeway today and had to get right on it before I saw it was not what I thought.

 

Porsche is a hell of a car - but all these pictures showed me was a beautiful Crossfire next to an (sorry but...) ugly Porsche.

Yea, that's right, I don't like the Panamera. Just bein honest.

The black Crossfire coupe is a stunningly attractive car.

 

Many nights ago I had a dream I was driving my crossfire but the interior had the seat setup of a 3-row wagon. It retained the sport look of the crossfire but made the car more usable IMO. So when I got up that day I spent the morning conceptualizing a family Crossfire. It really did end up looking like a Panamara. Mind you this was well before the Panamera came out, so many nights must have been many months ago.

When the Panamera came out I loved the car immediately and I did notice the rear resemblnace to our cars. And even though Porsches are already great all-around cars, the Panamera only made it easier for men to con their wives into getting a Porsche. And that interior is opulent, very yacht-like as it was intended. I really like the navy blue/oyster interior combo.

I've always had weird taste in Porsches anyways and always preffered models like the 928, 968, Cayenne, and Cayman. The beloved 911's are great looking but not for me.

But on the topic of Crossfires, it would have been great to see the model have done well enough to create a side brand with a 4-door option to compliment the Limiteds, SRT, and even the Gotham City-esque base.

 

Gentlemen,
I find a strong resemblence between the Boxter Spyder and our Crossfires. Check out the top up, top down video on Utube. All this aggrevation for only 60+grand!

 

Agreed. When I looked at the comparison pic, the most noticeable thing was how much better the Crossfire looked. Now, I'm sure the Porsche ride is great but that black Crossfire wins handsdown in looks.

 

By the reasoning on this thread...every fastback car looks like our car. Now...if you want to go that route, maybe the rear of our car looks like the old Saab 92. Or any number of cars built before ours such as the Delahaye or the Atlantique which were built back in the 30s. There's no sense comparing apples and strawberries. Unfortunately our cars are worth all of about $9,000 and even a wrecked Porsche of any year will bring more than that.

 

Webpage is gone. oh well. Chrysler made a 4-Door Crossfire Concept close looking to the Panamera but back in 2004.

 

Panamera is too big both in size and sticker price. Almost as ridiculous as the Porsche SUV, whatever they call that thing.

 

It's true though---the design of the crossfire is very interesting because it nicely integrates the look of many different cars in one design. If you read anything any of the early articles on the crossfire, you'd be surprised what others think the car resembles. But the 92? C'mon man, now you're just being ridiculous as the proportions aren't even remotely similar to the crossfire.

What makes the crossfire look like many older cars is its proportions. Anything with a long hood and sloping rear does have a resemblance to the crossfire. The 92 doesn't have these proportions. An MGB GT would be a better choice, though not quite as elegant, IMO.

 

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When 2 doors just isn't enough.

 

The back end of the Panamera looks like a dog taking a dump.

 

I got a bit of chuckle after reading this. Rather ironic coming from a crossfire owner! (same thing has been said about our cars!)

 

One of the tasks that I perform on this forum is to help insure that no stupid thing ever goes unsaid. It kind of disappointed me that no had used this obvious reference before. Irony along with sarcasm are the cornerstones of good forum communication.