Whether you love or hate its unusual proportions and wide-hipped styling, the Porsche Panamera sedan is here to stay. In fact, the 2013 Porsche Panamera continues to be a sales success for the German automaker, as the ability to haul up to four people in comfort and at a high rate of speed has proven to be a compelling argument for Porsche’s customer base.
I recently had the opportunity – courtesy of the Porsche World Roadshow – to see just how much sports car DNA was actually latent within the curves of the brand’s sole sedan by way of a morning at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. The former F1 circuit provided ample opportunity to wring out an answer to this question from the four-door’s XL chassis, and revealed a few surprises along the way.