Porsche Panamera GTS

For me, anything that crests the six-figure mark is automatically in the “probably not going to happen” arena. Whether we’re talking $100,000, 200,000 or more, the difference is all academic at that price stratum. Porsche rolled out its middleweight Panamera GTS, which offers a 30-horse bump over the “standard” S model, but still comes short of the Turbo S’s mighty 550 horsepower. That said, I wouldn’t turn one down if someone gave it to me. I’ve come a long way from my original opinion of the Panamera, which at the time, I thought was yet another unnecessary addition to the Porsche line. Although the original “unnecessary” addition, the Cayenne, has filled the company’s coffers to overflowing, and given us such tasty goodies as the 911 GT3, Cayman in its various guises, and countless other variations too numerous to name here. Not only that, any big sedan that can hustle to 60 mph in well under four seconds and get more than 20 mpg on the highway is an epic feat of engineering, no matter how you slice it. For me, it’s go big or go home. I like the GTS, but if I had to pick, it’d be the Turbo S.