What is it?
There they were. All three lined up neatly in the car park and a man from Porsche shouting: "Which one do you want first?" Oh dear. Four decades of trying to purge the gluttonous juvenile within, and still he lives on; without a moment’s hesitation, the reply was: "The red one, please."
The red one was the mighty Panamera Turbo. In an instant, the eyes had clocked the silver Panamera 4S and blue 4S Diesel sitting next to it and the frontal lobe had dismissed them as underlings. You can read about the Panamera Turbo here, but for now, let’s look at why it was so wrong to poo-poo the petrol 4S.
Compared with the outgoing 4S, the V6 engine has shrunk to 2.9 litres but has a couple of centrally mounted ‘hot vee’ turbos plumbed in. So not only is the new engine 14kg lighter than the outgoing 3.0-litre unit - not to mention considerably more efficient - but it also produces an extra 20bhp and 22lb ft more torque. Which results in zero to 62mph (with the optional Sports Chrono package) in just 4.2sec. The 0-100mph sprint takes a mere 10 seconds.
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@Ektor
if you are tired - get some sleep
BUT stop your ridiculous whining about something that every german manufacturer does
Nopasaran
Well Republican
Everything that makes it outstanding is optional
Please, Autocar, indicate the "price es tested" figure besides the base price (which NO-ONE is going to stick with) to give us a true feel of just how much these cars cost.
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Ektor, the target audience is