By Theodore Opara

The Porsche Centre Lagos has unveiled the latest model of Porche Panamera, also known as the Platinum edition.  The Panamera Platinum edition is competitely priced with the price starting from N22.5 million. Mr. Michael Wagner, Brand Manager, Porsche Centre Lagos who made this pronouncement in Lagos recently said prospective customers who drive home any of the Panamera unit will be privilege to go on a guarded tour to the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany with a business class return ticket.

Also, as part of the incentive, Mr. Wagner said the customers will be shown round Porsche Travel Club Black Forest Day and offered three nights’ accommodation at Radisson Hotel, Stuttgart.

He also added that customers can alternatively get an option of 24 carat gold plated Porsche Blackberry phone with the customer’s name engraved on it.  Porsche has steadily been bolstering its Panamera  line since the car was first introduced, adding models like the V6 , Hybrid  and GTS. Wagner said that Porche is targetting more market share with the Platinum edition which is priced N10 million less than the V8 version of the Panamera.

Also available as Panamera 4, the Platinum Edition stands out with its subtle, independent design features in platinum silver metallic combined and expanded standard features with exclusive details.  For instance, the lower half of the side view mirrors, the air-inlet grille lamellas; the air vent grille on the side which is designed specifically for the turbo model with the trim on the trunk lid and the rear diffuser are all in platinum silver metallic.

This is in addition to the interplay with one of the Edition’s five exterior finish colours that results in an especially harmonious and elegant appearance.

The solid exterior colours are offered in black or white with the options of metallic basalt black, metallic carbon grey and metallic mahogany lacquer finishes.  The black glossy finish used for the side window strips creates a convincing overall exterior appearance.

Customers would also delight in the many frequently requested extras that now come as standard equipment in the Platinum Edition.

The debutant also comes with the automatically dimming interior and exterior mirrors that reduce glare from traffic behind you, and the 19-inch Panamera Turbo alloy wheels with red, black and gold Porsche crest that highlights the sporty elegance of the vehicle.

That’s not all; the new black/luxor beige bi-colour combination also creates an especially sumptuous interior ambience and exclusively for the Panamera Platinum Edition is a part-leather interior package which comes as standard with a full optional leather package.