Whereas Porsche’s sports cars are blessed with looks that leave the mouths of passersby agape, the Panamera sports sedan is a car with styling that leaves many divided. While nearly everyone agrees that the Panamera is fun to drive, quick and luxurious, the German sedan’s controversial looks place individuals into one of two camps – those who love it and those who hate it.

Fortunately, Porsche has done something about this and turned the Panamera into a car everyone is bound to love. With a mere touchup to the car’s front and rear ends, the German sports sedan now offers the knee-buckling good looks Porsche is notorious for.

Despite the Panamera’s newfound looks for 2014, the real story here is the introduction of the new plug-in Panamera S E-Hybrid, and the extended wheelbase Panamera S and Turbo models.

With the guillotine ready to strike Fisker any day now, Porsche is making its move on the plug-in hybrid luxury sedan market. Armed with a twin-turbo 3.0-liter V6 engine and a 95 horsepower electric motor, the Panamera S E-Hybrid promises owners with 416 horsepower to play with and an anticipated all-electric range of 20 miles that can be recharged after approximately two and a half hours when connected to a 240V socket.

Proving that being green can be fun, the Panamera S E-Hybrid’s electric motor not only allows drivers to participate in emissions-free driving, it also works as a bona fide performance enhancer. Conceptually similar to the KERS system used in Formula 1 cars, Porsche has armed the Panamera S E-Hybrid with an electric boost function that driver’s can access by tripping a kick-down switch in the throttle pedal.

While the Panamera remains first and foremost a driver’s car, Porsche is making the experience of being a passenger in a Panamera that much more exciting by offering the car with an extended wheelbase. Available exclusively to Panamera S and Panamera Turbo models, the extended wheelbase Panamera adds approximately 150 millimeters to the car’s wheelbase in order to provide more comfortable accommodations to rear seat passengers.

Panamera S buyers will also be excited to learn that the burly 4.8-liter V8 has been dropped in favor of a more fuel-efficient 3.0-liter twin turbo V6 engine that offers 20 more horsepower and 15 extra lb-ft of torque compared to the old V8 engine.

Sporting exterior revisions that transform its looks, the 2014 Panamera continues to exist as the quintessential driver’s sedan. Should you be the type of person more inclined to save the planet or stretch your legs out, Porsche now offers a Panamera for your needs as well. The 2014 Porsche Panamera will be formally unveiled at the Shanghai Auto Show in mid-April. To learn more about the Porsche Panamera stop by South Centre Porsche today.

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FOR SALE: 1972 ROLLS ROYCE SILVER SHADOW, Burgundy, with Tan Interior. Needs work, priced low to move. Please call Walt at 540.636.6110 with questions.

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Famous owners of LP Limos: Elvis Presley, Jackie Gleason, Prince Ranier III, Spencer Tracy, Ronald Reagan, Hugh Hefner, The Rolling Stones, The Supremes, The Shah of Iran, Sophia Loren, The White House, and most notably, Pope Paul VI, and many more. The “Popemobile” is now housed in Jay Leno’s collection. You, too, can now own this fine automobile.

This particular LP Limo is unrestored and is in very good condition having spent the majority of its years in the low humidity of the Denver, Colorado area, used primarily as a radio station promotional vehicle. The interior is in excellent condition as is the body and paint, reflecting the care and attention that a thoughtful owner would give to such a noteworthy car. The LP Limo starts and runs smoothly, powered by a quiet 468 cu.in. V8 delivering 240 H.P. through a C6 3 speed automatic. This is a big car, but it is responsive and easy to drive due to the engineering and structural modifications the Lehmann Peterson team designed into each of their custom Continental coaches.

A list of some of the many standard “options” includes: Powered Divider Window, Front and Rear Telephones/Intercom, Bar, Tape Deck, AM/FM Radios, Spotlight, Plexiglass Hood Deflector , “Soft” Hard Top, Wood Grained Steering Wheel and Interior, plus much more.

Moyer Motorcars is offering this very rare 1968 Lehmann Peterson Continental Executive Limousine for a very reasonable price.  This is a real value. Please call Walt at 540.636.6110 for further details or to schedule a test drive

For Sale: 1978 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow. Needs work, excellent restoration candidate at a low, low price for this very popular model. Please call Walt directly at 540.636.6110 with any questions or for more details, or for parts and service for your Rolls Royce or Bentley. Thank you.

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If you are a fan of the BMW 3 Series, you know this is a big step for the German automakers. However, unless you are a Chinese resident and possibly ready to try your luck at their car registration lottery, you aren’t going to have the opportunity to pick up one of these bad boys.

BMW already has a long wheelbase 5 Series that is unique only to the Chinese market, but the Chinese residents looking for a more economical version will soon be able to pick up the classic BMW 3 Series. The cars is likely to debut at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show.

My next question, but a non-rhetorical one, is why are Chinese consumers so obsessed with Long Wheel Based saloons? It’s a question that has bugged me for a while, and I can only assume that there is a ‘the bigger the car – the richer you are’ mentality amongst the wealthier Chinese citizens.

Nonetheless there is clearly a huge demand for these types of vehicles. Both Audi and BMW already have recently released Long Wheel Base editions of their executive saloon cars to grab a share of the growing Chinese market in mind. You may recall the previous post last week about BMW ‘s launch of the 5 Series Li.

So here is the Mercedes E- Class (E300L) or as you would say in Chinese Méi sài dé sī (梅赛德斯). It’s essentially a stretched version of their that is available in the European and American markets. It follows in the footsteps of the Mercedes S600 which has the greatest sales in China than any other country.

The technical details of the vehicle are neither here nor there but the advert itself is something I’m quite a fan of as it’s crafted with a beautiful Chinese twist. Just in case you fancy buying one, i’m afraid like many of the other new Long Wheel Base edition cars, it’s only available in China.

Credit to: Jung Von Matt

Nevertheless, BMW have just released a new advertisement promoting a special version of the BMW 5 Series Li for specifically for the Chinese Market. The main difference between this 5 series and those you will find in Europe and the USA is that it has an extra long wheelbase.

The ‘Li’ was launched on August 5th 2010 and prices range from 489,600RMB to 791,600RMB (£45,500 – £73,700). The tagline for the new model is 路有多远，只有心知道 (Lù yǒu duō yuǎn, zhǐyǒu xīn zhīdào) which in essence translates to ‘How long the road, only the heart knows‘. Here’s the ad:

Three print ads (as shown) below promoting the new model were also produced as part of ‘The Joy of BMW‘ campaign.

Credit to: Leo Burnett (China)

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Ngoài XJ, phiên bản 4 cửa cũng sẽ được sản xuất. Bên cạnh đó là những dòng Luxury, Premium Luxury và Portfolio. Đặc biệt là siêu xe Supersport với động cơ V8 tăng áp turbin.

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