Porsche Panamera 2017 Road Test - Acceleration Top Speed, Test Drive, carbuyer

Porsche Panamera 2017 Road Test - Porsche’s all-new Panamera looks like a four-door sports car. Drives like one, too, if you twirl the Sport Chrono controller, which sharpens the powertrain and suspension responses. But the real genius of the new Panamera is that when you need it to be, it’s as smooth and quiet and comfortable as a four-door limousine. If you like driving an S-Class but hanker after a sports car, the 2017 Panamera is the Porsche for you. Introduced in 2009 the original Panamera was—let’s be kind—an oddly hunchbacked thing, a legacy of then-Porsche boss Wendelin Wiedeking’s demand that his 6-foot-6-inch frame be readily accommodated in the rear seat of the first four-door Porsche in history. Wiedeking has long since gone, and the switch to VW Group’s new MSB platform hardware means Michael Mauer’s design team has been given the freedom to fix his vainglorious legacy. The 2017 Panamera marks the debut of three new engines, two of which are coming to the U.S., where buyers will be able choose between the $100,950 Panamera 4S powered by a 440-hp, 2.9-liter V-6 and the $147,950 Panamera Turbo powered by a 550-hp, 4.0-liter V-8. Although massaged by Porsche to deliver its impressive power output—and 406 lb-ft of torque from 1,750 to 5,500 rpm—the V-6 was developed by Audi. The V-8, which develops a stout 568 lb-ft of torque from 1,960 to 4,500 rpm, is all Porsche’s own work. Both engines have direct-injection and two turbochargers mounted in the vee. While the V-6 has variable intake valve timing, the V-8 boasts cylinder deactivation—a first for a Porsche engine—that reportedly delivers up to a 30-percent improvement in fuel efficiency. Compared with the V-6, the V-8 seems an underachiever—two more cylinders, 1.1 liters more capacity, and only 110 more horsepower—but Porsche insiders quietly point out it delivers its 550 hp with just 0.3 bar of boost, and the V-6 gets cranked up to 1.4 bar. There’s a lot of performance yet to come from the V-8, they smile. In Sport and Sport+ modes the new Panamera drives like you’d expect a four-door Porsche to drive: buttoned-down ride, crisp throttle response, lightning-quick gearshifts, and a snap-crackle from the exhaust. The steering is accurate and well-weighted and uncorrupted by the drive through the front wheels, though the 275-pound lighter 4S’ helm feels marginally more communicative than the Turbo’s through the twisties. The real revelation, however, is how is how plush, quiet, and composed the big Porsche is when driven with the suspension, transmission, and engine in their normal settings. Porsche engineers might be sports car guys, but with this Panamera they’ve built a genuine luxury limousine. Below the screen the new Panamera retains the high center console that has become a Porsche design feature, but the button-fest of the old car is gone, replaced by sheer surfaces embedded with touch-sensitive buttons. And unlike those in a Caddy, these are easy to use. Rear passengers can also control climate and infotainment functions from a 7.0-inch touchscreen mounted in the console as it runs between the two rear seats. The original Porsche Panamera was a great idea with flawed execution. The 2017 Panamera not only fixes the flaws but also updates the idea with bleeding-edge technology. It truly is a sports car when you want it to be and a luxury car when you need it to be. Keywords: porsche panamera 2017 review, porsche panamera 2017 turbo, porsche panamera 2017 interior, porsche panamera 2017 test drive, porsche panamera 2017 spoiler, porsche panamera 2017 sound, porsche panamera 2017 pov, porsche panamera 2017 exhaust, porsche panamera 2017 4s, porsche panamera 2017 hybrid, porsche panamera 2017, porsche panamera 2017 acceleration, porsche panamera 2017 ad, porsche panamera 2017 advertisement, porsche panamera 2017 auto show, porsche panamera 2017 arab, porsche panamera 2017 autocar, porsche panamera 2017 ambient light, porsche panamera 2017 add, porsche panamera 2017 at night, porsche panamera 2017 autobahn, porsche panamera 2017 black,

Added 15 Apr 2026