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Vehicle 2003 Chevrolet Malibu LS 2011 Porsche Panamera 4
12v power outlet: front Yes No
1 Rear Seat and 1 Cargo Area Power Outlet No Yes
2 Front Power Outlets No Yes
3135 cc 3.1 liters V 6 front engine with 89 mm bore, 84 mm stroke, 9.6 compression ratio, overhead valve and two valves per cylinder Yes No
3.6-Liter, 90 Degree V6, VarioCam(R) Plus 24-Valve, 4/OHC, EFI Engine; Front Mounted With Horsepower Of 300@6200, Torque Of 295@3750; Alloy Block and Alloy Cylinder Heads No Yes
3 Front and 2 Rear Cupholders; 5 Cupholders Total No Yes
3-Function HomeLink(R) Universal Garage Door Opener Located On Overhead Console No Yes
3-point reel rear seat belts on driver side , 3-point reel rear seat belts on passenger side , lap static rear seat belts on center side Yes No
4-Wheel Anti-Lock Brakes No Yes
54 liter 14.3 gallon main unleaded fuel tank Yes No
95-Amp/Hours Battery No Yes
Adaptive Manual Transmission No Yes
Air conditioning Yes No
All-Wheel Drive No Yes
AM/FM Radio With 100-Watts, Speed Sensitive Volume and 10 Speakers Total; CD Player; MP3 Player No Yes
Anticorrosion warranty: duration (months): 72 or distance (miles): 100000, distance (km): 160935 Yes No
Audio and Navigation Pre-Wiring No Yes
Audio system with AM/FM radio and CD player Yes No
Auto Engage Parking Brake No Yes
Automatic Climate Control With Automatic Recirculation No Yes
Automatic four-speed transmission with lock-up, electronic control and shift lever on floor Yes No
Automatic Headlights With Automatic On/Off No Yes
Automatic Interactive Manual Transmission No Yes
Automatic Release Parking Brake No Yes
Bi-Xenon High Intensity Discharge Headlights No Yes
Black Brake Calipers No Yes
Body color front and rear bumpers Yes No
Body side molding Yes No
Brake Assistance No Yes
Bucket electrically adjustable driver seat with height adjustment, three adjustments and tilt adjustment , bucket passenger seat with - adjustments Yes No
Cargo area light Yes No
Cargo Area Organizer No Yes
Cargo capacity: all seats in place (liters): 490 and all seats in place (cu ft): 17.3 Yes No
Cargo Nets No Yes
Carpet Located In Passenger Cabin No Yes
Clock Yes No
Complex surface lens halogen bulb headlights Yes No
Cruise control Yes No
Cruise Control No Yes
Crumple Zones No Yes
Day time running lights Yes No
Delayed Courtesy Lights No Yes
Delayed/fade courtesy lights Yes No
Displacement On Demand No Yes
Door ajar warning Yes No
Door pockets/bins for driver seat and passenger seat Yes No
Double Clutch 7-Speed Electronically Controlled Automatic Interactive Adaptive Manual Transmission With Overdrive No Yes
Drive-By-Wire Control For Throttle and Shifting No Yes
Driver Airbag With Dual-Stage Deployment No Yes
Driver and passenger front airbag Yes No
Driver and passenger power body color door mirrors Yes No
Driver Power Seat Adjusts 8 Ways Total No Yes
Driver vanity mirror , illuminated passenger vanity mirror Yes No
Dual Power Folding Power Adjustable Heated Exterior Rearview Mirrors No Yes
Emission control level FED Yes No
Engine Compartment Light No Yes
Engine Start/Stop Button No Yes
Exterior Temperature Gauge No Yes
External dimensions: overall length (mm): 4836, overall length (inches): 190.4, overall width (mm): 1763, overall width (inches): 69.4, overall height (mm): 1433, overall height (inches): 56.4, wheelbase (mm): 2718, wheelbase (inches): 107, front track (mm): 1499, front track (inches): 59, rear track (mm): 1506, rear track (inches): 59.3, curb to curb turning circle (mm): 11064 and curb to curb turning circle (feet): 36.3 Yes No
Fixed delivery charges: 610 Yes No
Fixed mast antenna Yes No
Floor covering: carpet in load area Yes No
Floor mats Yes No
Four-door sedan body style Yes No
Four speakers Yes No
Four-wheel ABS Yes No
Front Air Dam No Yes
Front and Rear 3-Point Seatbelts No Yes
Front and rear alloy wheels with 15 inch rim diam, 6 inch rim width and partial wheel covers Yes No
Front and rear all seasons tires with 215 mm tire width, 60% tire profile and T tire rating Yes No
Front and Rear Body Color Impact Absorbing Bumpers No Yes
Front and Rear Covered Lower Console Storage Located On Floor No Yes
Front and Rear Door Mounted Storage No Yes
Front and Rear Power Windows With One-Touch Up, One-Touch Down and Pinch Protection No Yes
Front and Rear Pretensioners With Force Limiters No Yes
Front and Rear Reading Lights No Yes
Front and Rear Side Head Curtain Airbags Located In Roof No Yes
Front ashtray Yes No
Front Dual Illuminated Vanity Mirrors No Yes
Front Dual Knee Airbags No Yes
Front Dual Reclining Folding Bucket Seats With Adjustable Seat Height and Integral Headrests No Yes
Front Dual Seatback Storage Pockets No Yes
Front Dual Seatbelt Height Adjusters No Yes
Front Dual Sunvisors No Yes
Front fog lights Yes No
Front Passenger Power Seat Adjusts 8 Ways Total No Yes
Front Power 360-mm X 36-mm Vented Disc and Rear Power 330-mm X 28-mm Vented Disc Brakes No Yes
Front power windows with one one-touch , rear power windows Yes No
Front reading lights Yes No
Front SBRP245/50ZR18 and Rear SBRP275/45ZR18 Tires No Yes
Front seat center armrest Yes No
Front seats and rear seats cup holders Yes No
Front seats cigar lighter Yes No
Front-wheel drive Yes No
Fuel economy Yes No
Full car warranty: duration (months): 36 or distance (miles): 36000, distance (km): 57936 Yes No
Full dashboard console with open storage box , full floor console with covered storage box Yes No
Fully Automatic Power Trunk Lid No Yes
Gloss paint , black paint , metallic paint Yes No
Glove compartment Yes No
Headlight control with dusk sensor Yes No
Heated Washer System No Yes
Heat reflective glass Yes No
Height adjustable 3-point reel front seat belts on driver seat and passenger seat Yes No
High Gloss Black Trim Located On Center Floor Console, Doors and Instrument Panel No Yes
Hill Start Control No Yes
Illuminated entry system Yes No
Illuminated Entry Via Ignition Key Surround and Footwell No Yes
Immobilizer Yes No
Independent Double Wishbone Front Suspension With Coil Springs, Gas Charged Shock Absorbers and Adjustable Sport Ride Type No Yes
Independent Multi-Link Rear Suspension With Coil Springs, Gas Charged Shock Absorbers and Adjustable Sport Ride Type No Yes
Inflatable Spare Tire Kit No Yes
Interior Pollen and Particle Active Carbon Air Filter No Yes
Internal dimensions: front headroom (mm): 1001, front headroom (inches): 39.4, rear headroom (mm): 955, rear headroom (inches): 37.6, front hip room (mm): 1321, front hip room (inches): 52, rear hip room (mm): 1321, rear hip room (inches): 52, front leg room (mm): 1064, front leg room (inches): 41.9, rear leg room (mm): 965, rear leg room (inches): 38, front shoulder room (mm): 1410, front shoulder room (inches): 55.5, rear shoulder room (mm): 1405, rear shoulder room (inches): 55.3, interior volume (liters): 2792 and interior volume (cu ft): 98.6 Yes No
Keyless Entry Operated Via Key Fob No Yes
L A T C H No Yes
Leather Located On Center Floor Console, Doors, Shift Knob and Steering Wheel No Yes
Leather Seats No Yes
Leather Steering Wheel No Yes
Lockable and Illuminated Glovebox No Yes
Low fuel level warning Yes No
Low washer fluid level warning Yes No
Luxury trim wood/woodgrain on doors and wood/woodgrain on dashboard Yes No
Matte Black Window Surround No Yes
Multi-Function Remote Operates Anti-Theft, Door Lock/Unlock and Trunk No Yes
Multi-point injection fuel system Yes No
Panamera Alloy Wheels, Front 18-In. X 8-In. and Rear 18-In. X 9-In. No Yes
Passenger Airbag With Dual-Stage Deployment No Yes
Plastic steering wheel with tilt adjustment Yes No
Porsche Stability Management (PSM(R)) Vehicle Stability Control System Operated Via Engine Power Reduction, ABS and Traction Control Measures Steering Wheel Angle, Yaw Rate, Wheel Speed and Lateral Acceleration No Yes
Porsche Traction Management (P T M) All-Speed Traction Control No Yes
Power: 127 kW , 170 HP SAE @ 5200 rpm; 190 ft lb , 258 Nm @ 4000 rpm Yes No
Power Door Locks Operated Via Remote and Internal Switch No Yes
Power Rack and Pinion Variable Assisted Steering No Yes
Power steering Yes No
Power Tailgate Lock/Unlock No Yes
Powertrain warranty: duration (months): 36 or distance (miles): 36000, distance (km): 57936 Yes No
Programmable LED Daytime Running Lights No Yes
Radio Antenna No Yes
Radio Data System No Yes
Rain Sensing Intermittent Windshield Wipers No Yes
Rear Air Dam No Yes
Rear Armrest Storage No Yes
Rear Dual Folding Bucket Seats With Integral Headrests and Fold-Down Armrest No Yes
Rear Electronic Parking Aid With Alarm and Ultrasonic Sensors No Yes
Rear HVAC Ducts No Yes
Rear view mirror Yes No
Rear Window Defroster No Yes
Rear window with defogger Yes No
Remote control remote trunk/hatch release Yes No
Remote power locks includes trunk/hatch Yes No
Retractable Rear Spoiler No Yes
Retractable Soft Cargo Area Cover No Yes
Road-side assistance warranty: duration (months): 36 or distance (miles): 36000, distance (km): 57936 Yes No
Roadside Assistance Warranty For 50000-Miles, 48-Months No Yes
Rollover Sensor No Yes
Seating: five seats Yes No
Seat Mounted Front Side Airbags No Yes
Selective Locking/Unlocking No Yes
Separate Driver/Front Passenger Climate Controls No Yes
Service Indicator For Brake Wear No Yes
Side Guard Door Beams No Yes
Spacesaver steel rim internal spare wheel Yes No
Steering Wheel Mounted Controls For Transmission No Yes
Strut front suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs , multi-link rear suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs Yes No
Tachometer Yes Yes
Telescopic Steering Column No Yes
Temperature Controlled Storage Cools Glovebox No Yes
Three asymmetrical bench front facing rear seats with zero adjustments Yes No
Tilt Steering Column No Yes
Tinted Glass No Yes
Tinted glass on cabin Yes No
Tire Pressure Monitor No Yes
Titanium Air Intakes No Yes
Trim level: LS Yes No
Trip Computer No Yes
Trunk Light No Yes
Twin Single Tube Exhaust Pipes No Yes
Two disc brakes including two ventilated discs Yes No
Two height adjustable head restraints on front seats Yes No
ULEV Emissions No Yes
Underbody Protection No Yes
Unleaded fuel Yes No
Upgraded cloth/velour seat upholstery with additional upgraded cloth/velour Yes No
Variable Intensity Brake Lights No Yes
Vehicle Anti-Theft Via Alarm, Engine Immobilizer and Interior Monitoring No Yes
Ventilation system with recirculation setting Yes No
Weights: curb weight (kg) 1409 and curb weight (lbs) 3106 Yes No
Wheel Flares No Yes
Windshield wipers with variable intermittent wipe Yes No






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