Report: Long-wheelbase Porsche Panamera coming in 2012

Porsche is getting ready for their Extenzify Panamera sedan? According to Autoweek, the German automaker is currently developing a long version for the Panamera North American and Chinese market, the demand for increased leg room to fill in the rear.

The report notes that Porsche plans to increase the current return conductor 115-inch wheelbase by two inches, bringing the long version Panamera out - carry the one ... - 120 cm. This means larger rear doors and rear entrance is a large mounted, so that entry and exit easier task.

It is always the talk of further Panamera variations that have been a possible inclusion for the brakes and four-person convertible included. Anything but the standard and long wheelbase sedans have put on hold until the Panamera is a second generation by 2015.

Report: Porsche's got plenty in the pipeline... starting with a Cayman Targa

It is no secret that Porsche has a great sales ambitions. However, as on travel plans is another matter entirely. On the back of this diversified products such as the Cayenne and Cayenne, it is clear that the product line extension is an integral part of its growth plans, and recently appointed Porsche CEO Matthias Müller has given some hints, what's in store down the product pipeline .

In the first place could be a Targa version of the Cayman that prior to the gap between the existing Cayman coupe and its open-top counterpart, the Boxster, with a removable (or sliding) could bridge roof panels. But hardly the extent of it.

In an interview with Automotive News, Mueller pointed to plans for a sub-four-cylinder Boxster sports cars on the Boxster platform, but with the possible use of Volkswagen Golf components to keep costs down, establish.

In addition, Porsche has big plans for the Panamera, including possible derivatives (such as a coupe or convertible, as rumored) and spin-offs for other divisions Volkswagen, including Audi, Bentley and Lamborghini. One thing is certain, the Porsche is not about sitting back, around and to not just another product line.

TAS 2011: 370Z to Porsche Panamera Convertible conversion

If you wanted to create a drop-top Porsche Panamera, where would you start? Maybe with a sedan Panamera or otherwise stable from the Porsche? Or at least something that comes from Germany?

A customizer at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show held his ideal Teutonic convertible would begin life as a Nissan 370Z Roadster. It takes more than a body kit and upgraded lighting of Japan to go to Germany, but we give the owner of this car an A for effort. Execution? Well ... not so much.

Also, we can only go to stay patient and wait quietly for the real thing come out of Zuffenhausen. Oh, wait ...