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Gets RWS, 2 Hybrid Models coming (rest all turbo), Traffic Jam Assist so it drives autonomously up to 60 kmph. Ring time the same as the 997 GT3, still too big and heavy.
Apparently it's a sports car with 4 business class seats....
So of course after slagging it off I was forced to watch a few mins...it's still ugly, and heavy...and can't even fit the kids and a friend in the back?
So of course after slagging it off I was forced to watch a few mins...it's still ugly, and heavy...and can't even fit the kids and a friend in the back?
Agree - I just don't get how a car that is so big lacks so much functionality.
The Executive Board at the world premiere in Berlin
The new twin-turbo engines of the Panamera are more powerful, and thanks to the new eight-speed dual-clutch transmission (PDK II) they are up to 16 per cent more fuel-efficient. At the beginning of November, the Panamera will launch on the market with three different engines and exclusively with all-wheel drive: as the Panamera Turbo with 404 kW / 550 hp (combined fuel consumption 9.4 – 9.3 l/100 km; CO2 emissions 214 – 212 g/km), the Panamera 4S with 324 kW / 440 hp (combined fuel consumption 8.2 – 8.1 l/100 km; CO2 emissions 186 – 184 g/km) and the Panamera 4S Diesel with 310 kW / 422 hp (combined fuel consumption 6.8 – 6.7 l/100 km; CO2 emissions 178 – 176 g/km).
For an even larger spread between comfort and sportiness, the Panamera now has such features as a new three-chamber air suspension, rear axle steering and the new electronic 4D Chassis Control chassis management system. Many new assistance systems also enhance ride comfort as well as safety.
In the new Panamera, Porsche is also introducing a future-oriented display and control concept. The new Porsche Advanced Cockpit with its smartphone-like user interfaces and configurable LED screens impresses with its intuitive functionality. In addition, the new Porsche Communication Management (PCM 4.1) offers an entirely new range of connectivity by its intelligent digital functions and online services. In the new Panamera, which customers can order now, Porsche Connect is being introduced in all models. It extends existing vehicle functions by adding digital services and apps such as those used for remote control of certain vehicle functions by smartphone – and others to more efficiently use one’s time during the drive.
The 2017 Porsche Panamera Will Blow The Doors Off Your Two-Seat Sports Car
The Porsche problem child once known as the four door, long-in-all-the-wrong-places Panamera has been revamped, restyled, and re-engineered for the 2017 model year, but you knew that already. What you might not know is how it will rightly smash your organs into dust when you hit the go pedal in anger, because holy hell, is it fast.
Photos credit: Porsche
Porsche, for the longest time, has made cars that are absolute stunning performers, the previous generation Panamera included. However, today marks the official unveiling of the 2017 Porsche Panamera, and the performance specs are simply mind boggling.
The 4S that will be the starter performance model, priced at just under $100k, features a relatively miniscule yet rev-happy 2.9 liter V6, with the very welcome addition of two small but potent, mid-mounted turbochargers, producing 440 horsepower and 405 ft-lbs of torque - the curve of which is pancake flat and stretches from 2000 to 4500 rpm. It also features an eight-speed version of Porsche’s stellar PDK transmission, which is perhaps the best flappy paddle gearbox the world has ever seen.
That combination of turbo whistle and combustion energy will propel the all-wheel-drive, 4123 lb. Panamera from zero to 60 miles per hour between 4.2 and 4.0 seconds, depending on if you left the Sport Chrono package box checked on your order sheet or not. That is nearly supercar quick by any measure, but it doesn’t stop there.
You see, Porsche is the manufacturer that has made a name for itself in badge recognition, because unlike your uncle’s Buick Regal GS, the trim spec in a Porsche actually means that significant changes were made to the car to provide a sufficiently different experience, and the Panamera doesn’t stray from that plan in the slightest.
There will be a biturbo diesel model, but specs on that are currently unknown. Porsche may be somewhat busy in that department at the moment.
Porsche’s top-spec Panamera is the Turbo S, and here are the figures: 4.0 liter twin-turbocharged V8. 550 horsepower, 567 ft-lbs of torque, on a flat-*** curve between 2000 and 4500. Eight-speed PDK transmission. Revised suspension that allows every component of the car to talk to every other component, for maximum grip. Direct injection. Rear steering.
This symphony of engineering and luxury culminates in the 4400 lb. Panamera Turbo achieving a published 0-60 time of 3.4 seconds, which, for those of you paying attention, is just as fast as a freaking Ferrari FF. However, as Porsche is apt to do, their numbers always tend to skew towards the conservative, and I’d be willing to bet that with launch control engaged and the benevolent gods of adhesion looking down upon you favorably, you could get the Panamera Turbo S off the line quite a bit faster than the manufacturer’s published time.
The interior on the car is all-new, with three screens. There’s 12.3 inch screen, with 7 inch displays on either side. Porsche claim that the car is aiming at the Mercedes E- and S-Classes, which is about as tall an order can be in the car world.
While we haven’t had the chance to drive it yet, I can’t imagine that the experience would be any less than fantastic. Porsche, if you’re listening, you have my number. Let’s do this.
06-28-2016, 03:01 PM
