Momentum Porsche

A long standing principle of Porsche design is that form follows function.  How many pretenders add phony scoops and go fast looking design elements to hint at power that probably isn't real either?  A rare exception for Porsche may have been the 996 C4S that kept the Turbo's intercooler slats when it borrowed the wide body sans intercoolers.
   
Surprisingly, an example of form following function today comes from the Panamera.  The Panamera, a clean sheet design, makes a very bold and independent statement. It could have gone the route of the competition by eliminating head room in the…