Porsche Panamera

The Panamera is highly effective in mixing a sportscar with a luxury saloon. But what's with that look? It's kind of strange.

So it's a Porsche... It's a bad Porsche.

The first Panamera we saw was in Moscow. We were there for a test drive of the new Dacia in winter conditions and we saw on the streets the new Porsche Panamera. This happened an year ago.

So what's with that look?

This is a Porsche 911 stretched to maximum. It has four seats. Not a very comfortable car.

Is it luxurious? Let's not forget, luxury is something that Porsche can do. It may only have sports cars and an ignomious SUV in its back catalogue, but these days they're all finished to a standard that makes high-end limos look a bit shoddy in places.

The engine is a Porsche, so it gets 10/10 for technical design.

Two versions of Porsche's 4.8-litre V8 - normally aspirated with 400bhp and a turbo with 500bhp - and a 3.6-litre V6 diesel. The non-turbo V8 is so effortlessly and undramatically quick that you may as well just drive it straight to the cop shop and hand yourself in. The power in the Turbo is gigantic - at any revs. If any passenger is boring you, just press the accelerator and they'll quickly be silenced.

But bad, bad, bad for exterior design. Only a 4/10. Ugly car.