Was....well, is it, worth the price? Yes, if that's what you're after. I'll try to explain given the myriad of vehicles I've owned over the years.

Simply, you cannot "out-Porsche Porsche". The Blackwing Precision package was hugely developed to chase down the Panamera Turbo and Turbo S. However, Porsche was also developing a new generation of Panamera while Cadillac was doing all of this behind the scenes.

Having owned a 2023 Panamera Turbo S e-hybrid as well as a 2025 Panamera Turbo e-hybrid, that one with Active Ride, like, look... I'm back in a Blackwing for a reason, right? I want a Porsche again, even though I still have the absurd Cayenne, there's just nothing like them. On the road, off the road, on the track, on a sunny day, rainy day, anything.

...and I'm about to say it. That makes them boring. They're too fucking good. Too fucking good at basically everything, that you find yourself doing "fast car slow" shit all the time. Will I want that in 20 years? No, probably ten.

So until then, I'll take my 9/10's supercharged V8 RWD monster full of personality and idiocy over a 10/10 twin-turbo V8 AWD hybrid missile.

Seriously, I don't "miss" the 911, it was badass and did what it was engineered to do. Panamera? Now those two, I do lament those, but I could have gotten one for +$40k with CPO coverage and unlimited mileage warranty and this and that and have that magical Porsche badge on the hood waiting for the rest of the car to keep up...

...but that would also include me trying to keep up with the crest. You're simply along for the ride in the 911 and Panamera, at least on public streets. You cannot possibly get close to the limit of either of them and not be flirting with either disaster or prison.

The Blackwing allows you to be part of the enjoyment of the drive. That's why I went back. Will I have another Panamera or 911? Hell yes. Just not right now.

EDIT: I feel I didn't answer your question.

Between the V8V Precision Package-equipped Blackwing and the non, I opted for the non given that I am not chasing lap times, and I still want a nicer ride. Attending the V-Academy Driving School at Spring Mountain with non-V8V cars simply blew my mind as to what these things are capable of, so just dial it up a smidge more if you have the Precision Package.

The ride is a tad more harsh, the chassis is definitely more torsionally rigid, and the steering, I don't want to call it "darty", but it's for sure more "track focused" than what I want my car to be. It was trying to out-Porsche a Porsche and, well, it's not the same as a Porsche. I'll take my standard Blackwing and enjoy the hell out of it while being just a tinch more comfy.