Porsche has introduced the newly renovated Panamera 2020 and there are no less than 12 variants, adding a lot of power, hybrids, a circle of family cars and a new executive style with a longer wheelbase and extra legroom at the rear.
But the one I’d like to get your attention to is the Turbo S, whose call first looks like in the back of a Pacallra. Replacing the old Turbo, the new Turbo S introduces supercar bait functionality into the four-door sedan.
The maximum force of the four-litre twin-engine V8 is 630 hp (or 621 hp in old silver), while the torque reaches a maximum of 820 Nm (605 lb-ft). The result is a time of 0 to 60 mph in 2.9 seconds, in a luxury sedan, and one hundred mph is sent in 7.3 seconds. The maximum speed is 195 mph.
What’s equally impressive is the improvement of those stats compared to the Panamera Turbo replaced by the Turbo S. The force passed 542 horsepower and the board of 0-60 was reduced by one part per second. Porsche also claims to have set a new lap record for The Nurburgring with the Panamera Turbo S, topped in the ratings of control cars with a 7.29:81.
Porsche also wins questions to give the Panamera a new sophisticated look. Criticized for its appearance when it was introduced ten years ago, the past generation has taken a step forward in its aesthetics, especially with the pleasantly elongated rear of the Sport Turismo style, and now the 2020 car is going even further in the right direction.
The front of the new Panamera (with the Sport Design bumper that was once optional) now stores even more DNA with the 911 in its existing 992 form, but if not, it’s about not converting what’s not broken. The Turbo S style has a new nose of its own, with larger-looking air intakes and newly designed elements finished in the frame color.
The sports sedan frame is the default selection and once it returns to the look of the Sport Turismo domain. New in diversity is the Executive model, with an elongated wheelbase and a higher area for rear passengers; Executive specifications must be obtained on special request only at your local Porsche centre.
At the other end of the Panamera scale is the entry-level car, simply called Panamera, which features a 2.9-liter twin-engine V6 for 330 hp, 450 Nm of torque and a time of 0 to 60 mph in 5.2 seconds. So no detail of the beach is precisely what you would call slow.
Somewhere in between, locate the Panamera 4S E-Hybrid models, of which there are three. They use a 136 hp electric motor built into the eight-speed gearbox to help the engine. The Panamera Hybrid’s battery capacity has been increased for the 2020 style from 14.1 to 17.9 kWh, generating an all-electric driving diversity of up to 34 miles using the WLTP standard.
The Panamera 2020 starts at 91345 euros in Europe and 69860 euros in the United Kingdom, and extends to 179737 euros (137610 euros) for the flagship Turbo S model. Order books are open now.
I am a journalist of a generation who has written for Wired UK and the BBC, and I have a longtime fondness for everything about 4 wheels.