Macjack

Greetings,
Just purchased my first Panamera this weekend (2018 Panamera 4 e-hybrid).
Really enjoying the car so far!
Question: can four snow tires and wheels fit in the hatch? Putting aside the issue of keeping the interior clean for a moment, have folks fit them all at once?
I have a van so can shuttle the wheels with another vehicle, but curious about the capacities of the hatch and logistics of winter tire changeout.
Thanks in advance,
-Mac

skiracer

I usually can easily put 3 in the hatch w/ the rear seats folded and the 4th wheel goes on the front seat under a towel.

Macjack

Thanks Jim. Do you have a Sport Turismo or "regular" Panamera?
And I see you are down the road in Louisville and share a love of skiing and the awesome Panamera. Sweet.

lexhair

Concur. At least for 255/285 tires. I run 285s in the winter and they're a lot easier to manage to transport than the 295 summers. Kind of funny but when you load the car, the first 3 go in pretty easily but the 4th turns in to a jenga puzzle.

Macjack

Well I picked up my snow tires the other night in the Panamera and they all fit in the hatch! The rears go in first, stacked, and then the fronts go in second, stacked, off to the side a couple inches. They are close to the ceiling and closed hatch but not touching. Loving the hatchback aspect!

Andypandarific

ahhhhh if only.

I'm forgetting the rear center console isn't standard and was confused how everyone can fit in so many tyres. Jealous. I could only fit 1 in the boot
The other 3 have a seat each

Macjack

hmm, I do have a rear center console. The rear seat backs (70/30 split) fold down right over it. I do have to move the front seats forward a touch, to let the headrests clear, then I can move the front seats back into a normal position. But my console doesn’t impede the nearly flat folding of the rear seat backs. Is there a higher profile center console?

Andypandarific

Yes sir, the rear split becomes, for example, 35 - zero - 35 . Should have taken a picture of the tyres inside....

ah ! just remembered i did take a photo when i went to view the car at first. Then completely forgot about that situation when deciding to fit 4 winter tyres in to go get changed.


Maybe 3 in the back seat is possible, however, the clip to emove the bar got stuck and i didn't have a lot of time.

sac02

Well if you have the built-in fridge, you can get exactly zero tires in the rear.

My workaround is to live in Texas. What is this "snow" you speak of?