Porsche Panamera vs Mercedes S class May 19, 2009

Porsche Panamera
To immediately clear to outline the situation, the leadership of the company Porsche said that they always do only what the want for ourselves, not what is expected of them.

Someone can give, joining with them in the dispute, but it is worth remembering that a pair of aces in the sleeve they just found. In this case, enough of one – a model Porsche Cayenne. When he appeared as soon as it is not obzyvali, but he still was a powerful support for the company alone pulled in sales at a new level. Now the case for the development of other areas. Premiere for the Porsche brand new concept for the car show was held in Shanghai and was greeted with great enthusiasm, not only Chinese but also the entire international community.
To present the news of this magnitude needed to think of something out of something unique. Boss decided that a good idea to establish a parallel and any record of that event briefly zastolbilo a niche in the automobile business. As a result predpremerny display for the press, traditionally held the day before the main action at the motor show stand, has passed on 94 th floor of a beautiful skyscraper Shanghai World Financial Center. The shape of this structure clearly resembles opener for bottles, but in reality is a hell of a high and very mysterious, as in all the rooms there is shade. As a result, even the impression that they are in some of the “hard nuts” with Bruce Willis.
The only negative – the weather outside the windows. Even over land was a fog, which, mixing with smog, gradually became the clouds. Not talking about an altitude of 425 meters, at which the presentation. The impression that the windows were specially zakleeny film, so as not to frighten especially impressionable visitors. By the way, the question of how the car got to such a height, raised almost immediately. It turned out that the four-compartment raised on a freight elevator. Here is the first time they are not vlezlo. We had to build a special structure to raise the front axle, thus reversing the position of the car.
The first thing that one is in the form of a new Porsche, – confusion. A similar feeling was when, during a presentation model Cayenne. It should be recognized that live Panamera looks much better than in pictures. While loin car once again proved that exactly will be the subject of heated debate. This general style, of course, is wonderful. Very pleased to see that the main features of car brand Porsche survived, but we have totally new model, made from scratch. Uniform detail is not so much. The press conference was even noted that other Porsche models in this exact match, only ignition lock, block navigation and Porsche badge on the bonnet. The interior decoration is completely different from that seen earlier in the vehicle. But this car is important one – the quality has remained the same.
In developing this model, the company has invested around 1 billion euros, so it’s not surprising that this creature is so different from the rest of the company’s lineup. Panamera ctanovitsya leader and simply obliged to conform to the role assigned to it a high confidence. Now buyers have the opportunity to choose between two types of engines – V8 and V8 with a turbine capacity of 400 and 500 hp respectively. A little later on the market promise to bring more affordable version with a V6, but still a while to come and sell a hybrid. Quite a troubled reaction led to the emergence of features start / stop, which is the first time in the world combined with an automatic gearbox. Guide hurried to assure the assembled that such experiments are concerned only with this model and will not affect the traditional sports model. Although once they were told that the diesel engine and Porsche are incompatible, and now in the lineup Porsche SUV is a great diesel Cayenne.
Planned volume of world sales of 20 thousand cars per year. Specifically, in China, where sales will begin in January 2010, Porsche is planning to implement the 2000 cars. And if you talk about the percentage of sales around the world, the third to come to the United States, another third to Europe, and the remaining interest in the rest of the world. Looked in the manual and to attract new customers. According to preliminary projections, the proportion should be at 90 percent.
As for the price of this, of course, sign the car, it is quite uneven in the world automobile market. For example, in United States give you a total of 89 900 dollars and just be happy, because you get a new Porsche udactsya little gift. Do not go in vain because the United States in first place on sales of cars of this brand. But the Chinese, who were lucky enough to see the new creation of the first Porsche, will be able to purchase it for only 1.5 million yuan, and this is very serious money – 165 thousand euro. In doing so, China is still the third largest market for Porsche. A strange pricing – is not a mistake marketers, and tax on fuel consumption and so-called luxury tax, introduced recently in China. If you want to be rich in this country, Humble, for all the attributes you have to pay twice. But has its pluses – mingy you will be hard to call.

Mercedes S class
The history of the new S-class roots in the 20’s. Shortly after the June 26, 1926 joint-stock company Daimler-Benz World has impressive size 6-cylinder aVtomobil, which is an advanced machine design of Ferdinand Porsche. This cumbersome and unwieldy aVtomobil receiving factory index W05, actually became the forebear of current big Mercedes. Total in 1928 was released 377 of these machines.
Heirs of the first large steel aVtomobili Mercedes Mercedes Mannheim 350/370 (body W09 and W10) and Nurburg 460/500 (body W08). Closed pre-war cohort of the famous Mercedes Type 770, has been nicknamed “kayzervagen”: one of 117 issued aVtomobiley drove the German Kaiser Wilhelm II. This aVtomobil (body W07) produced in the years 1930-1938. 770 th had eight cylinder engine 7655 cc, 150-220 hp, maximum speed – 120 km / h.
In the postwar history of big Mercedes – three major milestones: Mercedes 300 Adenauer (body W186), named after the first Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of Germany, the famous big Mercedes 600 (body W100). Since the model 300SE (body W112) sample 1961, the company began to use the letter “S” designation in their large sedans. “300SE” differed good for the time of passive safety. He had a collapsible steering column upon impact, initially calculated shear zones front and rear bodywork. This model received a vertical oval headlights and the first in the family of S-Class engine V8.
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