SPIED: All-New Pics Of The Next-Gen Porsche Panamera EXPOSE Its INTERIOR — Start Saving NOW!

Ever since the launch of the current-generation Mercedes-Benz S-Class, it seems like every other luxury automaker is doing its best to catch up. With good reason! The S' interior is a special place to be though it may not be the most appealing from a design perspective.

And when I just took delivery of the all-new BMW 7-Series, my head nearly exploded. No BMW — aside from a 760Li Individual — had been even remotely close to how good the all-new 7 is.

Here's the thing though. Porsche may be well on its way to dusting the entire crop of large luxury sedans with its next-gen Panamera. In these very first images that reveal a bit of the interior space, it's clearly going to be one helluva cockpit.

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Check out three key elements:

1) The instrument panel. TFT displays will flank a conventional tachometer. We're betting they will be customizable.

2) Look at the MASSIVE screen sitting atop the center stack. That's easily the biggest we've seen in a Porsche product to date. Well done, boys and girls, in Stuttgart!

3) The center console looks much neater than the rather button-centric Panamera that currently exists. Note that the shiny surface appears to be touch sensitive, which may be annoying in the throws of a passionate drive but this appears to be the direction Porsche is going.

And then there's the outside. While the camouflage is very deceiving, if you look close you will see the vehicle's design is more streamlined and tidier than the rather bulbous Panamera we've come to know. It's a bit crisper in a nice evolution.

Considering how good the current-gen product drives, it will be very interesting to see how it fairs out when the all-new Panamera launches. Geneva, anyone? Frankfurt? Place your bets!

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TheSteve - 1/28/2016 7:51:47 PM

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I've loved the Panamera, inside and out, but from the looks of this, it appears Porsche is abandoning their analogue style interiors for screens, menus, and the like. (Sign) One of the bastions of solid user interface design is giving in to the trend du jour, and damn usability :-(

MDarringer - 1/28/2016 10:14:32 PM

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This one looks as ungainly as the last one. This--like the 7 Series that's being given the cheerleader on cocaine rah rahs--will not in any way threaten the S Class despite the pirouettes pom poms. The Panamera is a giant, hatchbacked oddity whereas the S Class is a proper sedan that is commodious and far better looking.

TomM - 1/29/2016 7:30:41 AM

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Actually - it looks worse than the last one. The S-Class still reigns supreme in its class - no other simply has the panache' it has. Porsche should abandon this market - and go back to making poorly handling rear engine sports cars - which seem to sell well. If it wants to make a splash in the Premium sedan category - it would first need to produce a car with a "grill" up front - and no Hatch look in back. But VW has enough players in the premium sedan category - that this is just a waste of money they could be spending fixing their diesel problems.

Agent00R - 1/29/2016 9:11:37 AM

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You guys got this all wrong.

It's going to look much better and the interior is going to reign.

MDarringer - 1/29/2016 7:27:47 PM

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rah rah sis boom bah!

runninglogan1 - 1/29/2016 1:49:05 AM

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Good looking design but I'm not a fan of the flush touch capacitive buttons. They've been a failure at Cadillac and Lincoln. Not sure why Porsche went this route.

jeffgall - 1/29/2016 6:12:56 AM

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Finger prints everywhere!!!

Agent00R - 1/29/2016 9:12:20 AM

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I say hold off on completely disliking it until seeing what Porsche has done to it for make it their own...

MDarringer - 1/29/2016 7:28:28 PM

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Agent00R, you're really bird-dogging this. LOL

bw5011 - 1/29/2016 8:42:25 AM

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I like it.

mini22 - 1/29/2016 10:57:56 AM

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I think the interior looks better than the current and yes it looks more upscale. However while the exterior is more streamlined I still do not see the Panamera as anymore than a 4 DR 911. If anything it looks more like a 911 now than it did before. From that perspective it simply does not come off as a BMW, Audi, Mercedes, Jaguar competitor. For one those vehicles have notchback sedan designs. Second they have distinctive grills that better define their brand. Porsche has never had distinctive front grill as it has always played the "sportscar" card. An Aston Martin Rapide has a more distinctive front grill then this Panamera. Finally with the sloping rear hatch and roughly the same length I would assume rear head room would now be compromised. distinctive front end then the Panamera does. If Porsche really wanted to compete with the established luxury car makers it would have a more conservative notchback design and a different grill.

cidflekken - 1/29/2016 6:21:44 PM

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Porsche is not trying to out-luxury the S-Class interior. They are two very different types of cares taking two very different approaches. That being said, I like the direction Porsche is going with this new interior, though it now might appear a little 'colder' in its ambience.
With this update, the new 7 Series interior continues to look more and more like a bad joke from a brand new flagship car competing at this price point.

ATrain - 1/30/2016 9:21:56 AM

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Over the past 48 hours, I've had the opportunity to ride in a long wheelbase S Class, a long wheelbase 7 series and my own '15 Panam GTS (which got rear-ended on the way back from Logan last night... but that's a different story)

Anyway, here are my thoughts based on this and my purchase decision in Sep when I looked at all these cars, including the coupe version of the S Class.

Akin to what cidflekken is stating, Porsche and Mercedes may be going after the same tax bracket but certainly not the same dollars. Those are very different cars. One is silky smooth but isn't design to incite you to corner hard, even in AMG guise.

The other feels rough riding in comparison but it begs you to drive in a sporty manner. The sounds are more present, the road feedback is more present, all of which makes the experience more sporty but less classy.

I ended up deciding on the car based on the intended driving style, not the looks. (Obviously)

Interior-wise, same deal. The S is superb and understated, the Panam is actually very nice but sporty, especially with the upgraded interior and seats. One says "home, James", the other says "get out of my way, James, I'm goin' home..."

Will the new Panam exterior be better? Be hard not to. :)

The interior on the other hand will be hard to beat. There are a lot of buttons but they're easy to deal with. Those touch surfaces will need to let functionality go if they want to be intuitive.

My $0.02.

P.S. The 7 series was surprisingly nice but clearly closer to the S Class intentions without matching it.

Holydude - 2/3/2016 10:50:05 AM

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A station wagon will always be a station wagon.