Tracing the past and present lives of Porsche Paramela, the design concept originated from life, but it is higher than life
Porsche Paramela is a large luxury car under the Porsche brand, its sports car-like exterior design will be the calm atmosphere of the luxury car and the performance of the personality of the car perfectly integrated, compared with the same level of Mercedes-Benz S-Class, BMW 7 Series and other models, Porsche Paramela has a unique product charm, won the favor of many young consumers. However, although Porsche Paramera is positioned at the high end, the design concept of the model comes from life.
In 1968, a businessman wanted to give a Porsche 911s (901) as a Christmas gift to his favorite wife, but his wife did not want to suppress his dog, so the businessman found a car modification factory, cut the Porsche 911s from the middle, and then lengthened the cut body by 50 centimeters, and installed two rear doors and rear seats. Thanks to the exquisite workmanship and reasonable body line proportions, at that time, this modified version of the 911 sedan received widespread attention, and this car was also the prototype of the Porsche Paramela.
As the car's reputation spread farther and farther, Porsche also paid attention to the modified car, and at the same time developed a strong interest in the modified car, specially sent engineers to the local area for investigation, after understanding, Stuttgart people believe that such a simple length destroyed the overall balance of the body structure, and such a design is not in line with Porsche's pursuit of perfect design concept.
Over time, in 1977, the gt sports car was very popular in the car market at that time, porsche saw the market, also launched a large displacement V8 gt sports car, the model name is Porsche 928, and later based on the 928 as the prototype, designed a 4-door model, but also adopted a two-door styling design. However, the Porsche 928 four-door model was only released as a concept car at that time, Porsche has no plans to mass-produce it, compared to the previously mentioned Porsche 911 modified version, this Porsche 928 four-door model should be the most orthodox Paramela prototype.
As time went on, by the end of the 1980s, the four-door performance sedan represented by the BMW M5 shined in the automotive market, and the Porsche four-door performance sedan was also on the agenda. Retaining the handling of the rear-drive car and the comfortable riding space, the front-facing rear-drive layout became the first choice for design. In 1988, the Porsche 989 designed by Ulrich Bez was officially launched, although it was only a concept car and did not really hit the market, but it was very close to the design characteristics of The Palmera.
After another 30 years, the time came to 2009, the first Porsche mass production version of the Paramela off the production line, as a set of appearance and control in one of the four-door coupe model, Porsche Paramela once released caused a huge sensation in the car market, and then Porsche Paramela's market sales continued to rise. Since then, Porsche Palmera has established the market position of large luxury cars and has won the favor of consumers with accurate product positioning.
At the same time, Porsche as a supercar brand with the largest number of models, its released products are all classics, from the Porsche boxster released in 1993, to the Porsche Cayenne released in 2002, and then to the Porsche taycan released in 2019, the birth of each new model means a new life, while retaining the classic family design, Porsche abandons the conservative design thinking and applies the ultimate product design concept to different models. Create a "super runner family" that does not fall.
epilogue
Today, the Porsche Paramera has become a popular model in the large luxury car market, the exterior design has become more refined and sporty, the body size exceeded 5 meters, the wheelbase reached 3.1 meters, after the size of the lengthened, Porsche Paramela has a very wide rear seat space. At the same time, porsche palmera as a performance four-door coupe model, the power is also more extraordinary, once again to prove to the market the precision of Porsche product positioning and brand influence.