The PORSCHE PANAMERA (Type number 970) is a four-door, four-seat luxury sedan coupe profile and a rear hatch. It is front-engined with rear-wheel drive, with a four-wheel drive version also avaible.
The Porsche Panamera production model was unveiled at the 13th Auto Shanghai International Automobile Show in Shanghai , China
In September 2010, Porsche announced that it had produced over 25,000 Panameras in just one year of the car’s arrival in the market, ahead of its initially-projected 20,000 vehicle figure. Over 22,518 have already been delivered to costumers around the world , with the most popular market being the United States and most popular vehicle in the range being the Panamera 4S.
The Panamera’s name is derived, like the Porsche Carrera line, from the Carrera Panamericana race. Earlier prototypes and conceps of the four-door saloons, such as the 1991 Porsche 989 prototype, the four-door 911 based prototype, and the C88 concept (a superminisedan built in Germany and sold for China), never went into production.
Panamera is generally considered to be the long-awaited fruit of Porsche’s 989 concept from late 1980s; some argue that it alsopresents itself as a succesor to the two-door 928, but there may be plans to develop a new 928 as well.
The Porsche Panamera, and Panamera S are marked as a direct competitor to full-size luxary sedan such as the BMW 7 Series and Mercedes-Benz S-Class. The high performance Panamera Turbo competes in the ultra-luxury segment alongside Bentley Continental Flying Spur, Aston Martin Rapide or Maserati Quattroporte.
The Panamera is considered a full-zise luxary car, weighing at nearly 4,000 pounds (1,800kg), with four doors, and its V8 engine munted in the front. The Panamera’s unusual appearance with its long hood and bulbous rear hatch bears little resemblance to a streched 911, although it does resemble the 911 from certain angles. The Panamera has a sumptuous interior loaded with modern technological amenity and expensive leather upholstery.
Engines are first assembled in Stuttgart , and the car’s body is built and painted at the Volkswagen Group facility in Hannover . The final assembly of the vehicle takes place in Leipzig , germany , alongside the Cayenne
The naturally aspired versions of the Panamera have rear-wheel drive as standard, while the Turbo version includes standard four-wheel drive with Porsche Traction management (PTM). A notable addition is the new ZF Friedrichshafen supplied and developed 7-speed 7DT-75 PDK dual clutch transmission.
The V8-powered Panamera S and Panamera 4S, and Panamera Turbo were the first trims that debuted. Porsche debuted two further models on February 16, 2010: the Panamera and Panamera 4 which are both powered by 3.6 litre V6 engines producing 300 horsepower. The Panamera and Panamera S are rear-wheel drive, while the Panamera 4 has the same four-wheel drive system as the 4S and Turbo. Being derived from the V8 engine of the Panamera S and 4S, the V6 retains the V8’s technologies like Direct Fuel Injection, infinitely-variable intake carmshaft adjustement with variable valve lift (Vario Cam Plus), an on-demand oil pump, water cooling with thermal management, a variable intake manifold, as well as integrated dry sump lubrication with two-stage extraction of oil and an Auto Start-Stop function (only with PDK transmission).
The 7-speed PDK dual-cluch transmision is standard on the Panamera 4, and as an option for the European-speac Panamera whose base transmission is a 6-speed manual. They will have prices starting from $74,400 and 78,900 for the base and 4 models respectively, although the manual transmission is only avaible in Europe .
Performance for a Panamera Turbo:
- Drag Coefficient: 0.30
- 0-60 mph (97 km/h): 4.0 seconds
- 0-100 mph (160 km/h): 8.2 seconds
- ¼ mile : 11.7 seconds@ 119 mph (192 km/h)
- Top Speed: 188 mph (303 km/h)
- Braking 70 mph ( 110 km/h) to 0 mph (0 km/h): 159 feet (48m)
| MODEL | ENGINE | max power @ rpm | max torque @ rpm | fuel consumption |
| Panamera, Panamera 4 | 3.6litre V6 | 300 PS (221 kW; 296 bhp)@ 6,200 | 400 N-m (295 ft-lbf) @ 3,750-4,250 | 27 mpg (8,71L/100km) |
| Panamera S, Panamera 4S | 4.8 litre V8 | 400 PS (294 kW; 395 bhp)@ 6,500 | 500 N-m (369 ft-lbf) @ 3,500-5,000 | 24 mpg (9.8L/100km) |
| Panamera Turbo | 4.8 litre V8 | 500 PS (368 kW; 493 bhp) | 700 N-m (516 ft-lbf) @ 2,250-4,500 | 23 mpg (10.23L/100km) |
The Panamera comes with the Porsche Traction Management (PTM), which is Porsche’s name for its fully-controlled, four-wheel drive system. PTM is standard on both the Panamera 4S and the Panamera Turbo. Optional Sports Chrono Packages include a Sport Plus button, which has tighter damping and air springs, and lowers the car body by 25mm (1.0 in).
Despite the differences in dimensions and design, a reviewer noted that the Panamera’s driving dynamics were close to that of the 911, and it “seems to occupy the no-man’s-land between really good sports sedan and proper sports cars”, and so far the Panamera has won every comparison test against other four-door performance cars on the market such as the more expensive Maserati Quattroporte and Aston Martin Rapide. Functions was aslo praised, with the 15.7 cubic feet hatchback truck, and the four-corner adaptive air suspension that retained superior handling while also providing a comfortable ride for public roads. Edmunds stated that the Panamera was a innovative engineering feat that “makes a unique statement about the way that luxury transportation and serious high-performance potential can be mixed together in one car”.
Unlike most of the V8-engined contemporaries, all models of the Panamera avoid the US
The V6-powered Panamera was also praised, as its downsized engine still retain respectable acceleration, and as it had even better handling than its V8 sibling, due to the engine being lighter by 100 lb (45kg) which gave the car better weight distribution.
Source: Porsche.com &Wikipedia.org
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