After discovering her premiere in late June (here the link to our article and here the video of the presentation), we had the opportunity to drive it, always preview .
If the first generation from some points of view it was a gamble, being a “first time” for the House of Zuffenhausen, the second and the new Panamera aims to consolidate the success of the model it replaces, and with so many important new features and improvements, both technical and style. As evidence of the success of this model, from 2009 Panamera has won 150,000 customers in the world, of which about 6000 in Italy. The second generation aims to improve a lot, at least in three directions: design, comfort and performance.
Finally and definitely graceful, with much of the meandering side B 911
it was 2009 and the first Panamera already offered a sporty design to place itself in a different way in the luxury sedan segment. A coupe-line , but the size had not made it far from easy task of an appearance in Porsche style to give it a designer. At least until the middle-career makeover, part of the audience had not been convinced of its beauty, finding it heavy in the lines of the rear portion of the car. The second generation, while maintaining a clear stylistic link with its predecessor, it becomes much more streamlined , you immediately notice the Queue whole new and roof more pitched . This last detail results in a slight reduction in space for the heads of those who sit behind, even if up to 193 cm is comfortable on board. The new Panamera grows in size, with 34mm longer in length (for a total value of 5.049), almost all of step (now of 2,950 mm, +30), grow to about 5 the width and the height (arriving respectively to 1,937 and 1,423 mm). As said, aesthetically changes especially in the back, the one most discussed in the first series. Now the lights are positioned higher up, the roof is more coupe and the rear window stretches creeping into the body to give a look with a greater call to 911 . Even before the deeper veins that run along the hood give an extra touch of sportiness and more character to the car. Ribs that give energy and strength to the line of the sides, carved by two theses cuts on the upper and lower door. Looking at the other cars on the move and live during our test is even more obvious because, from behind, the new Panamera has changed. Headlights and curvaceous tail can be misleading and, until you approach, it can also exchange for a 911. Behind, remember, fits even the active spoiler, which comes out at 90 Km / h automatically . Very choreography that of Turbo, which ascending opens at the center becoming wider than it is in the rest position. The new Panamera has 19 “wheels, 20 on the Turbo, which also offers optional 21, the latter matched with carbon-ceramic brakes from 420 mm and exaggerated yellow calipers 10 pin , such as those of Turbo we tested.
You travel in top class, almost impossible to do better
inside the Panamera is all new with a completely different cockpit , but also with a quality and a budget that make a jump up . So much so that it is perhaps here that live and use, the new generation has amazed us most . In two days on board, before the 4S Diesel, then the Turbo, we never stopped making a parallel with the S Class Mercedes , undoubtedly a reference with regard to luxury sedans. Of course, it is not about cars that can be put in direct competition, because we will see that the Panamera, when you want, sports a temper very similar to that of the 911 sister, but from the luxury point of view of convenience and technology, the leap forward that puts it on a level, if not on, the best competition .
Let’s start from the instrument cluster, which maintains the aesthetics to 5 circular elements, as usual Porsche , but really is analog only the central tachometer , while at his side two 7-inch display make up what is a virtual cockpit , similarly to what happens on the latest Audi cars . From the steering wheel you can be configured at will the layout and information displayed. Also from tradition the ignition and on the left side of the steering wheel, but it disappears the key, which can remain in the pocket and is replaced by a command that simulates the appearance. On the steering wheel, it is not a first for Porsche House, Panamera makes its appearance on the hand lever on the steering wheel to switch to the various modes in more instantaneous driving.
At the center of the dashboard we find a big screen 12.3 inches last Porsche Communication Management (PCM) double control in ways that touch with the thumbwheel on the center console. If someone in the past complained that the best competition had something more, now all the functions, the navigator on, have been improved and made the cutting edge. The system is connected to the Internet and interacts with the devices of those on board in a much more stringent. In addition to the mirror on the car screen applications, not missing a hotspot to navigate using the internal Wi-Fi car. Also the interface is completely different and based on concepts borrowed from modern tablet . Voice commands exploit connect the system to search the web and get better answers. In the center console area we find another revolution. Behind the new electrically controlled air vents and around the gear lever PDK, beautiful and well cared for in the design, the much debated tunnel has been completely renovated .
Give up the large number of physical keys , which still are part of the Porsche range, in favor a solution whole new and more technological, which veers touch controls . One of the commands, however, remains linked to the use of convenient buttons, like the one rocker to adjust the temperature, another part of the functionality is diverted to the touch screen, but the novelty effect is the gloss black panel with areas that can be pressed, with a mode intermediate between a hardware button and a touch command . The new structure of the central tunnel, lighter and more compact, then another big lead, with more space for other rooms and storage. The Porsche Panamera is also the most devoted to pamper those who sit behind, even more than the Cayenne. This already the first generation was one of the most comfortable cars on the market, but the new can greatly improve the situation. It does so with an increased interior space, thanks to the 3 cm more step, but above all with solutions such as rear control console with 10 “screen, which replicates many of the functions of the frontal one , including those related to specific ambient conditions, or the electric blinds on windows.
a luxurious seating for four people , as we find on board a well-kept environment in both style quality and new seats. even you get to 18 adjustments for the front seats and 8 for the rear . then debuts the electro-massage, with 5 programs and intensity . Finally, also enhances the capacity of the luggage compartment, which earns about 10%, as many as 50 liters , arriving share to almost 500 (they are 495 to be precise) and, reversing the rear seat backs, 40:20:40 divided into three portions, can get to 1,304 liters (even here the data improves, some forty liters).
all new engines for the Panamera 2.0
the news does not end there, because they are all also new engines and dual-clutch PDK gearbox 8-speed matched to them, developed by ZF because of this car. the V6 and two V8 engine of the new Panamera are defined “with the warm side inside” , that is, have the turbines , to variable geometry (VTG), positioned inside the V of the cylinder banks . This solution mainly produces two advantages, one tied to the compact Overall, the other the greater response to the short distance between turbines and cylinders. The engines for now available on the new Panamera are three, all biturbo . It starts with the 2.9-liter V6 gasoline 4S, capable of 440 horsepower (+20) at 5,650 rpm and 550 Nm of torque between 1,750 and 5,500 . So configured, the Panamera goes from 0-100 in 4.4 seconds, 4.2 if fitted with the optional Sport Chrono Package , with a top speed of 289 Km / h. All with a Improved efficiency of 11% and a matter of combined fuel consumption which stands at 8.1 liters per 100 km.
We then move to the two powerful V8 of 4 liters . That of the Panamera diesel 4S does mark some records , such as higher power for a diesel unit in Casa Porsche , but also that of the higher performance for a car of this segment. Thanks to 422 horsepower, delivered at 3,500 rpm, as well as the huge torque of 850 Nm constant between 1,000 and 3,250 rpm , flings the car from 0-100 in just a tenth of a second more than the petrol version, marking a 285 km / h as given up. The two-stage turbocharging enables an operation, according to need, to one or two turbos, while even in this case improves the efficiency since, with consumption in the order of 15 km / l! the queen, able to run at the Nürburgring in seven minutes and 38 seconds , is obviously the Panamera Turbo . Besides the choreographic wing that opens widening as he gets up, the Turbo brings the debut of a powerful, although very compact, 4-liter V8 engine with twin scroll turbine 2, which gained 30 horsepower and 70 Nm compared to the past, reaching altitude of 550 horsepower (at 5750 rpm) and 770 Nm of torque between 1,960 and 4,500 rpm . With an impressive power to weight ratio of just 3.8 kg per horse, squirts at an altitude 100 km / h in just 3.6 seconds (again 0.2 seconds longer in the absence of the Sport Chrono Package), breaking through share 300 Km / h top speed, with a figure that stood at 306.
The fact that almost incredible is that a car so exaggerated is able to travel over 10 km with one liter of petrol , as the declared data even reaches 9.2 liters per 100 km (- 1.1 compared to the previous generation). The new 8-speed PDK faster, but also more comfortable in the change, can withstand torques up to 1000 Nm and with a significant reduction of internal friction. Do not miss the automatic shotgun and a comfortable hold function when you stop, so as not to have to keep your foot on the brake. It starts always in the front, which is very short as the other 8-speed transmissions that normally use the second to move the car at the start, given that here the last two reports are the extension, so that the Turbo reaches a top speed already in sixth. Another element that has enabled a leap forward such that a average reduction of well 0.3 seconds on 0-100 , the new Panamera combines consumption of less than 1 liter per 100 km traveled .
Our test
As mentioned, the new Panamera we had already been able to see from I live and touch, but we had not driven. We then returned to Germany, this time in Monaco, where the cars were waiting to take us to the south, toward Tegernsee in Upper Bavaria, through a journey of almost 200 kilometers. In addition to the look and the engines, The Panamera is also completely new telaisticamente and proudly presents a brand new platform, is the MSB , which will be intended in the future to other sedans of high performance of the group VW (perhaps even by Bentley to Bugatti) . A lot of technology from the frame, which allows for a higher road maintenance with conveniences also salt . An indispensable combination to bring to the top of its category a car like the new Panamera. Debut of the 4-wheel steering , with a precise electric control screw worm acting on the rear axle, turning (to a maximum of 2.8 degrees) in the direction opposite to that of the front wheels up to 70 Km / h. Above this speed action becomes opposite and ensures the Panamera to be more stable at speed, as well as more manageable Strait. The structure is more sporty and low, but with greater comfort . The optional active shock absorbers air with three rooms even increase the level in both directions. The famous PASM is joined by a new PDCC, in addition to the 4-wheel steering. We started our test aboard the Panamera 4S Diesel and the first part of the journey, with the output from Monaco and a stretch of highway, he has allowed us to study a little ‘what’s new inside and the technological level reached, really very high.
it affects, in particular, the Porsche InnoDrive , system that provides what will happen in the next three kilometers , thanks to the data collected by the navigation system, sensors and radar. You can set the adaptive cruise control according to speed limits, set up and configure other parameters to prepare the car to a sequence of curves and much more. It is therefore a system that if not goes in the direction of the autonomous driving, at least it is a very important aid for those who is behind the steering wheel. This, too, but not only, has given us an experience in the less guided similar to the one we had on board a Mercedes Class S , the absolute queen of luxury sedans. The Panamera in its second generation, however, is a Porsche 100%, including double soul . The ability to pamper and spoil that is on board then combines the ability to give a pleasure and a sporty driving comparable to those of a 911 The leap forward made in terms of technology giant , such as it is one in quality and features. We find even the electric sun blinds on the rear windows, in addition to precious materials and luxury finishes. The new Panamera went on headlights Led Matrix to 84 LED and a
If you have the diesel is impressive with its 850 Nm available from 1,000 rpm , the second part test aboard the Panamera Turbo highlights true supercar performance . First of all because it gains 30 horsepower and 550 totals are a crazy value, plus combined with a peak torque not too far from the monstrous V8 diesel, with a figure of 770 Nm. Secondly, the Turbo better illustrates the goodness of the work done in terms of structure and chassis. It has a front end lighter and a precision that is really close to that of a 911, more than to a berlinona from over 5 meters! The cars are all-wheel drive , with the ‘ front but only intervenes when necessary and the driving pleasure typical of rear-wheel drive . The PDK is quick when you need it, but always soft and fluid in its operation. With the launch control performance in terms of acceleration they are simply crazy, so that someone goes to compare the Turbo to a Tesla Model S, perhaps the only one to stick to the seats in this way, but we find that the electric motor gives a very different experience from that so fulfilling the petrol V8. In addition to the convenient hand lever on the steering wheel to switch from Normal mode to Sport, Sport plus and Individual, the key to the command center allows you to raise hell for 20 seconds, setting up the car in the most sporting way to all parameters, easily and at any time.
This is the Sport Response, useful for a scorching fast, but also to put a smile on the face of those who are on board. In those 20 seconds, the PDK then uses a modified push even more than in Sport Plus. It should just be careful, because the Panamera, in both versions we tested, takes you in a few moments at speeds from disqualification. Consequently it is they, after enjoying his “bad” character, return to be pampered by the “ S Class with the soul of a GT3 ” so as he called Walter Röhrl , we met at the airport before leaving for Italy. As regards the consumptions, pending a more thorough test of the road, we detected a given of about 13 Km / l with the Panamera 4S Diesel, a bit ‘more than 8 with a liter for the Turbo . already interesting data, in light of the vehicle type and driving style not particularly attentive. also responsible, in the case of Turbo, the debut of a Porsche system that turns off in some conditions 4 of the 8 cylinders. Thanks to this device it can lead to a reduction in consumption of up to 30%. For the Panamera 4S diesel instead’m surprised to see a given autonomy shown by more than 1,000 km, which can become even almost 1,500 with the optional tank of 90 liters (standard is 75).
Content that justify an increase in prices, availability from November
new engines, new transmission , new chassis, a revised look both inside and outside: in essence the new Panamera is a car completely rebuilt from scratch, keeping the style, the name and little else of the first generation. Many improvements and choice, rather obvious, an upward repositioning, both in performance and in luxury (perhaps to make way for a more compact sedan?). This also implies that we will not see, unless you change your mind, a 6-cylinder diesel version, but will celebrate next year a renewed plug-in hybrid platform. There are rumors that it may be in two steps of power, of which one to astonish the world. The price, especially in light of the many improvements and more equipment, it moves upwards of about 10 000 euro . The Panamera fact part from 117,362 Euros for the 4S version, it goes up to 121,388 for the 4S Diesel, Turbo up to 158 354 . The first deliveries are scheduled for November.
26th August, 2016
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