Comments on: Unusual comparison: BMW 7 Series vs. Porsche Panamera vs. Maserati Quattroporte

By: Terrance Cox

Terrance Cox — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:27:15 +0000

I drove the Panamera and WOW! its ability to be Luxury and sport and a cruiser was absolutely stunning. Its ability to cradle all 4 people in luxury was sublime and make all 4 people feel part of the drive . I have not yet driven a 7 series will On Monday, My problem with the article is I was expecting more of a comparison of all 3 I do not want the up keep prices of the Maserati. The comments read these are not the same buyer I would disagree completely because I am shopping all three. Right now for a daily driver Porsche turbo! is wining

By: Giom

Giom — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 18:37:21 +0000

Hey Joey! Nice write-up, I agree with you on almost all points, except, there is no such thing as ‘just another BMW’. All BMWs are great – some less so than others, think, out going X3, Z3, compact… but great cars none the less.

What makes BMW even more outstanding for most of us here, is the fact that it is a leader in the automotive world. Even iDrive was the first of its kind, now everyone’s got a version of it. Countless other innovations started at BMW and are now common place on most cars.

In the end, not everything in life revolves around esthetics and flaunting ones wealth to the world. The 7 Series buyer is everything you mentioned, but add to that, a guy that doesn’t need to proove himself to (or impress) ppl around him that he doesn’t even know or care about.

By: Joey

Joey — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:18:02 +0000

All three cars are distinct in their own ways. The Panamera is a nice blend of sportiness, luxury, and style. I actually like the exterior of the Panamera. You see it driving down the road, and your head turns. I have had many photos taken of my Panamera and many people commenting on how much they love the car. It is also a great sports car. If I were to choose between a 911 and a panamera, id take the panamera since it has a lot more room, and it is a lot more luxurious.

The Maserati, oh, where should I start. Sure all maseratis, whether it be the granturismo or quattroporte have that great head turning style that the panamera has, however, I am not to happy about the overall ride experience. It is actually quite boring and very uncomfortable. Compared to the pananera, the porsche wins for the interior. It has way more technology gadgets and has much better suspension controls. Also, the porsche wins with the speed.

The BMW 7 Series is an overall great car. But… with all that greatness, there must be a sacrifice. BMW’s do not have that head turning style that porsche and maserati have acompished. It is just another BWM. Also, Im not a fan of idrive.

So here is who I think should buy these cars.

Maserati Quattroporte- If you are someone who would like a Mercedes S class or Jaguar XJ, but want a more unique ride, choose the MQP. Pros-Great head turning style, beautiful interior. Cons- Lack of technology gadgets, bad suspension, slower speed compared to porsche and bmw, horrible reliability.

BMW 7 Series- Buy this car if you want a nice luxurious and fast ride, but don’t want attention. Pros-Great exterior and interior, great overall drive quality, great comfort, great suspension, great price. Cons- iDrive, just another bmw.

Porsche Panamera S- Now imagine if you could get a car that has the same luxury and head turning style as a maserati, but for 30k less. Also, this car is faster than the maserati, and has a lot more features including a better suspension system. Pros- great head turning style, luxurious interior, a drivers car, great overall drive experience, great quality, great reliability. Cons- some people don’t like the back of the car, however, this makes the car unique from all other cars. Kanye West has one, Lohan has one, and Simon Cowell has one.

By: Giom

Giom — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:00:59 +0000

I hear your passion brother. But what the Germans do is called; progress. Obviously they can still make the old 750IL the whay they used to make it. But even you have to agree that that would have send BMW down the same path the entire UK auto industry went.

No! Give me progress over passionate nostalgia any day.

By: Mr. Gorilla

Mr. Gorilla — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:02:20 +0000

I own a Maserati Spyder convertible. I have owned BMW’s and test drove the 911. No comparison. The German cars are works of engineering. But the Maserati is a work of passion. You can feel it when you drive, your girlfriends and/or wife will feel it. It looks much sexier and drives more aggressively. Who would ever drive the Panamera? I checked it out, its UGLY. The salesman could not convince me to test drive the damn thing, I would be embarrassed at a stoplight. BMW 7 Series? Looks like a big Hyundai. Maserati is simple, elegant, classy and fast. And the Ferrari engine is solid. You can’t even see the engine in the BMW, its covered by a big plastic plate. ugh. Where is the good old fashioned 750IL V12? Now that was a passionate BMW.

By: BMW Reviews

BMW Reviews — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:04:38 +0000

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By: LMAO

LMAO — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:30:47 +0000

U killed me

By: ExileOnTheMainstream

ExileOnTheMainstream — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:55:51 +0000

Let you know if I need anything? A job doing car reviews would be nice :-D

By: Horatiu B.

Horatiu B. — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:49:48 +0000

Thank you, I appreciate it, glad to see we provide value. And yes, tough crowd, sometimes it’s okay since they keep me, us, straight, and yes, we do make some mistakes sometimes, but we’re not afraid to admit that. Glad to see the design is appealing :) Lots of thought went into that.

Thank you again and let me know if you need anything.

By: ExileOnTheMainstream

ExileOnTheMainstream — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:10:49 +0000

Thanks for the kind words Jordan

By: Jordan

Jordan — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:54:22 +0000

I fully agree. A lot of hard work goes into this site and Horatiu does a great job.

It’s also nice to see a BMW client advisor taking the time to keep up to date with the industry and current BMW news and events. The world needs more client advisors like yourself!

By: ExileOnTheMainstream

ExileOnTheMainstream — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:47:39 +0000

Horatiu, I can tell you have a tough crowd on your hands. I personally visit the site everday and I think you guys do a great job and have a well put together/easy to navigate site, and most of all it is extremely informative and keeps me up to date. As a BMW client advisor I like to keep up with BMW news and this is the place I come to most! I appreciate all the hard work you (and others) put in to keep this site up to date and informative. Don’t let the debbie downers get to you. Keep up the good work Horatiu I appreciate it!!

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BTW, I’m a big fan or Porsche, but the Panamera goes against everything that that company stands for. I like them for their extreme performance cars, not for their luxo cruiser/coupe/sedan thingy’s. 750i FTW!!

By: viper

viper — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:07:09 +0000

panamera’s body with 750 engine in, and maserati interior , the total package

By: Artmic

Artmic — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:52:53 +0000

I’d take the Panamera

By: Porsche Panamera, BMW Serie 7 y Maserati Quattroporte: a prueba

Porsche Panamera, BMW Serie 7 y Maserati Quattroporte: a prueba — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:01:25 +0000

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By: Horatiu B.

Horatiu B. — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:00:25 +0000

Point taken, we’ll make it more clear in the future.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:56:56 +0000

Sorry if I didn’t make it clear enough, but my last post was more looking at BMW blog in general. If I may give one example here, there is the press release of the X5 LCI, http://www.bmwblog.com/2010/02/06/premiere-2010-bmw-x5-facelift-lci, there is no introductory sentence, nothing, that would indicate that this is a press release. I am not into legal stuff, but it is probably fine to reproduce press releases, after all they are published by the manufacturer for this purpose. But as a reader I would rather know this at the beginning than at the very end, where there is a link to bmwusanews.com.
Sure, by now I can discern original content from press releases, but I have a feeling that occasional readers might not see the difference.
On another note, I really like BMW blog, it is nice to have all kinds of BMW news coming together at one place, so keep up the work!

By: Jag

Jag — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:43:23 +0000

I think Horatiu means that the Panamera is kind of a unique product with its own niche market and no rival at this time – so does the 5 GT

By: wazon8

wazon8 — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:29:29 +0000

It’s unusual comparision. Panamera is about 10cm shorter, 20 cm narrower and 7 cm shorter than 7-er. It was designed to compete with such cars as MB CSL, which is not taken as S-class and 7-er rival on its own. 7-er is much bigger car adressed to the other class of people. Of course, some of people could face a dilemma whether to buy Panamara or 7-er, but most of potential customers – I believe – wouldn’t have the problem, they wouldn’t consider Panamera as 7-er rival and would compare 7-er with such cars as S-class. Your reference to high end four-door cars makes little sense to me, since it’s obvious that this cars shouldn’t be placed in the same segment.

Horatiu, it’s really hard to me to consider 5GT as Panamera rival. This car has some interesting features similar to four-door coupe, but on the other hand, it is so different from four-door coupe – designed to face numbers of customers’ demands that usually are not well fitted to general attitude of four-door coupe potential customer to cars. One can buy 5GT as family car (hence a lot of comparisions with R-class), but four-door coupe is rarely consider as family car (of course, it concerns average customer).

By: bobo

bobo — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:48:55 +0000

Its a porsche! enough said, it will always top…german precision!

Maserati…shoddy workmanship…it’ll break the moment you b uy it off the lot.

7 is a good comparison, I believe price ranges are close (within 15 K)