Crucial missing context from the truncated headline!

> Although that’s over three times more than the starting price in China, it’s still less than the Porsche Panamera, which starts at €116,400 ($136,000) in Germany.

Don't know why they keep comparing it to the Porsche Panamera (and the design obviously imitates the Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo)...

What sets the Panamera apart (even from other Porsche model) is how incredibly luxurious it is: the Panamera is, btw, built on the same platform as the Bentley Continental GT. Incredible soundproofing (which neither the Cayenne, nor the Macan, nor the 911 do have) and interior finishes of the highest quality (even if it shares parts with other Porsche models, the Panamera has an interior of higher quality and not just because of the better soundproofing).

That chinese knock-off, but in EV, looks good and the interior looks very nice. But you need to sit in one and test drive it to see if it's really of quality.

Soundproofing is a big one: a great many cars, for example, have a soundsystem that sounds good... In the showroom. You take the car on the highway, and it's all wind noise and rattling (looking at you, Volvo).

But then anyway 115 K EUR for a car that is going to spy on you and that can be remotely disabled by the CCP should the shit hit the fan is a pill quite hard to swallow.