The Panamera, the fast four seater from Zuffenhausen's sportscar manufacturer Porsche. The in 2009 released Panamera, codenamed 970, was a huge success: over 235.000 Panamera's delivered so far. The four seater Gran Turismo was named after the famous Carrera Panamericana, and is seen as the production version of the 989 conceptcar.
As with all Porsche models there was a huge range of versions available, from the 'standard' Panamera Diesel with a 3L turbocharged V6 pushing out 250 bhp all the way to the Turbo S with a 4.8L turbocharged V8 pushing out over 550 bhp!
In 2013 Porsche facelifted the Panamera, which was a bad idea if you ask me. Because they decided to change the rear too, which doesn't look very nice if I say so myself. Luckily, in 2016 they released the second generation of the Panamera (971), which is such a beautiful car! I hope Porsche will keep on making the Panamera in the future, cause I prefer it over the electric Taycan.
As with all Porsche models there was a huge range of versions available, from the 'standard' Panamera Diesel with a 3L turbocharged V6 pushing out 250 bhp all the way to the Turbo S with a 4.8L turbocharged V8 pushing out over 550 bhp!
In 2013 Porsche facelifted the Panamera, which was a bad idea if you ask me. Because they decided to change the rear too, which doesn't look very nice if I say so myself. Luckily, in 2016 they released the second generation of the Panamera (971), which is such a beautiful car! I hope Porsche will keep on making the Panamera in the future, cause I prefer it over the electric Taycan.
The 4S we're looking at today is from Minichamps in scale 1:43. This specific one is the dealer edition in Yachting Blue, it's one of the many many Panamera's made by Minichamps in 1:43. I'm sure there's one out there that fits your needs. The great thing is that a lot of these models have been for sale, so they can be picked up from as little as €10,-!
I got mine from www.wrhmodelcars.nl, a very well known eBay seller with a huge variety of models available. There's something for everyone! |
This model comes on a plastic display base with a plastic cover. That all comes inside of a standard cardboard Porsche dealer edition box.
The overall first impression is very good, the shape of the model is perfect and I absolutely love the stance. This Yachting Blue colour is such a great colour especially with the light beige interior. |
When taking this model out of it's box we can truly admire the beautiful paintjob! The grey and blue combo is stunning and it has a great shine to it too. The front of the model is replicated pretty well, though it could've been a little better. The lights and grills look very good, but the logo could've been a bit more crisp and detailed.
The side is my favourite part of this model, the stance and big wheels give this car an agressive look. When taking a closer look at those wheels there is a non crisp very small Porsche logo in the middle of it, not what to excpect from a Minichamps model. The brake setup behind it does look quite good. In terms of the chrome work around the windows, not too bad at all. I would've thought the chrome work has started to blister off but that didn't happen on this one (This happened on a lot of 1:43 models I have owned) . A little downside is that Minichamps used silver paint for the side indicators instead of a separate plastic piece.
Before moving over to the interior we must take a look at the rear of this 4S. It might not be the world's prettiest car butt, but that doesn't mean it looks bad. The rear is actually very nicely done by Minichamps. The lights look accurate and don't have any visible pegs. The Porsche and Panamera 4S script are crisp and easily readable tampo printed decals. I also really like the exhaust on this one, made in grey with a black inside.
A quick look at the bottom of this one!
The interior, a part that must be detailed on a sealed diecast model. This one is defenitely very well done indeed! Minichamps went for a beige and dark blue combination on this one and didn't miss out on any details here. Though the centre console could've gotten better paint, instead of putting tiny dots on all the single buttons they just put down a stripe of paint which makes it look like they didn't really bother putting much time into it. All the decals on the dashboard are there and I absolutely love the gage cluster, well done Minichamps!
That's it for this one! The first model reviewed in the new Imiro Design photostudio. It's been a good one, Minichamps have really pulled off a good job, yes they missed out on some details but it's nothing to be ashamed of. Now onto the rating, in the old style again, without the pros and cons.