A Porsche Panamera was reported driving along Vía Blanca and Diez de Octubre in Havana

A black Porsche Panamera was spotted driving along Vía Blanca and Diez de Octubre in Havana, and the image was posted in the Facebook group "Diplomatic Cars in Cuba", where it garnered over 600 reactions.

The vehicle, with its distinctive black sporty rims and the fastback silhouette that defines the model, did not go unnoticed on the streets of the Cuban capital.

The Porsche Panamera is a luxury four-door sedan with a starting price of approximately 92,000 dollars in the United States, and it can exceed 226,500 dollars in the Turbo S E-Hybrid variant.

The model was named Best Luxury and Performance Car 2025 by the World Car of the Year, placing it among the most exclusive sedans in the global market.

Its appearance on streets like Vía Blanca and Diez de Octubre brutally contrasts with the reality faced by most Cubans: blackouts, fuel shortages, and average salaries of less than 20 dollars a month, equivalent to about 5,000 Cuban pesos.

This is not the first documented Porsche in Havana. In August 2025, a Porsche Cayenne V8 was spotted driving along the deteriorated streets of the island, sparking a similar debate on social media.

The phenomenon of luxury cars in Cuba has intensified since 2023, driven by a combination of factors: the licenses granted by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to entrepreneurs in Miami for the shipment of vehicles to the island, the Decree 119/24 effective since January 2025 that eased regulations for the sale of cars in dollars, and the government authorization in July 2024 allowing Cubans on foreign missions to import vehicles.

Among the models documented in Havana are BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Range Rover, Cadillac, and Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, the latter valued at 14 times the average annual salary of a Cuban.

Each new sighting rekindles the debate over the growing inequality on the island, where a minority with access to foreign currency or diplomatic privileges drives vehicles worth tens of thousands of dollars while the majority of the population cannot afford even public transportation.