Comparison: 2011 BMW X6 M vs. 2011 Cadillac CTS-V vs. 2011 Porsche Panamera Turbo - MotorTrend Magazine
Hubert Keller's Burger Bar in the Mandalay Bay serves something called the Rossini. It's served with a reduced brown sauce and -- wait for it -- costs $60. At first blush, you might think the Rossini a grotesque waste of money. That proves you've never tasted it, because if its borderline-obscene flavors had passed your lips, you'd agree (with me) that the price is entirely justified. Associate road test editor Carlos Lago, the man with the solid-brass cojones big enough to order one, is still grinning and making post-coital noises. The $164,145 as-tested price might initially seem preposterous, but please consider all it comes with. There's the 500-horsepower twin-turbo V-8, which, thanks to the optional Sport Chrono Package Plus, makes 568 pound-feet of torque instead of the 516 pound-feet found in the "regular" Pan-Turb. The Porsche's level of decadence is on par with not only Keller's excessive burger, but also the latter days of the Roman Empire. Of course, you can throw $70K at lots of cars to make them faster than the Panamera Turbo. and they'd cost less than the Porsche No one has EVER claimed that the Porsche's price is a direct relation to it's performance. Source: www.motortrend.com
