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2009. - 2013.
E - Luxury car
hatchback, 5 door
4 x 4
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Production
Vehicle class
Body style
Wheel drive
Safety
2010. - 2014.
E - Luxury car
hatchback, 5 door
4 x 4

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Dimensons & Outlines

4970 mm
1913 mm
1418 mm
445 liters
1250 liters
80 liters
Length
Width
Height
Boot (min)
Boot (max)
Fuel tank
5012 mm
1911 mm
1419 mm
535 liters
1390 liters
75 liters
2009 Porsche Panamera
2010 Audi A7 RS7 Sportback

Engine

Petrol
8 - V config, 4 valves per cylinder
Bi-Turbo
4806 cc
500 hp
700 Nm
Engine
Fuel
Configuration
Aspiration
Displacement
Power
Torque
Petrol
8 - V config, 4 valves per cylinder
Bi-Turbo
3993 cc
560 hp
700 Nm

Performance (manual gearbox)

 
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l/100km
l/100km
l/100km
g/km
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Top speed
Cons. (urban)
Cons. (highway)
Cons. (average)
CO2 emissions
 
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l/100km
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Performance (automatic gearbox)

dual clutch - 7 gears
1970 kg
4.2 s
303 km/h
18.0 l/100km
8.9 l/100km
12.2 l/100km
270 g/km
Gearbox type
Vehicle weight
Acc. 0-100
Top speed
Cons. (urban)
Cons. (highway)
Cons. (average)
CO2 emissions
automatic - 8 gears
1895 kg
3.9 s
250 km/h
13.9 l/100km
7.5 l/100km
9.8 l/100km
229 g/km

Expenses

25900 EUR
Price from
16400 EUR

Virtual Adviser's™ opinion

Overview

Well, these are two pretty similar cars we have here! It's only details that could potentially make the difference. Considering they both belong to the luxury car segment and utilize the same 5-door hatchback body style and the 4 x 4 wheel drive system, it all comes up to the specific petrol engine choice they offer. The first one has a Porsche-engineered powertrain under the hood, a 8-cylinder, 32-valves 500hp unit, while the other one gets its power and torque from a 8-cylinder, 32-valves 560hp engine designed by Volkswagen.

Safety

Unfortunatelly, neither of the two vehicles was submitted to the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) testing. This makes it virtually impossible for me to pick one over the other and I'm generally against buying such cars as the safety should really always come first. That aside, let's consider some other aspects which affect safety. Both vehicles belong to the luxury car segment, which is generally a very good thing safety-wise, but that fact doesn't break the tie between the two cars. Furthermore, if we'd like to consider vehicle mass in this context too, which we definitely should, Panamera offers a marginal difference of 4% more metal.

Reliability

I don't like generalizing things when it comes to reliability, although it does seem that Audi does have a slight advantage, when all the models are taken into account. These are the results of an independent reasearch, while our visitors describe reliability of Porsche with an average rating of 3.7, and models under the Audi badge with 4.2 out of 5. Unfortunatelly, I don't have enough insight that would allow me to comment in more details on the specific models level. Above it all, drivers of cars with the same engine as Panamera rank it on average as 3.0, while the one under the competitor's bonnet gets 5.0 out of 5.

Performance & Fuel economy

Audi is a bit more agile, reaching 100km/h in 0.3 seconds less than its competitor. Still, it lacks the power to win the top speed competition, topping at 250 kilometers per hour, 53km/h less than the other car. When it comes to fuel economy an obvious choice would be Audi A7, averaging around 9.8 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers (29 mpg), in combined cycle. That's 24% difference compared to Panamera!


Verdict

Audi is apparently more reliable, not too much, but just enough. The most important thing when deciding between any two vehicles should always be safety, both passive and active. In my opinion, everything taken into account, Panamera offers slightly better overall protection and takes the lead. From there things take a different direction, with Audi offering somewhat better performance, just enough to call it quicker. To make things even better, it consumps less fuel! All together, there's not much more to say, in this case I wouldn't even consider anything but Audi. Anyway, that's the most objective conclusion I could've came up with and it's based solely on the information found on this website. Aspects such as design, practicality, brand value and driving experience are there for you to measure them out. In case you have two minutes to spare I invite you to define your needs, desires and budget and see which car would be chosen by the virtual adviser, out of 12.000+ vehicles we currently have in our database.

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