Report: Porsche Panamera Turbo laps Nurburgring in 7:56, beats Cadillac CTS-V’s time

Posted: Jul 11, 2009
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2010 Porsche Panamera

Porsche and Nissan have been going at each other for a while now claiming to have beaten each other at Nurburgring Nordschleife lap times. In the latest development, the Nissan GT-R recently lapped Green Hell in 7:26.7. Nonetheless, that’s still a bit slower than the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1′s 7:26.4.

General Motors is also the proud holder of the title of having the fastest sedan go around Nordschleife with the Cadillac CTS-V completing the lap in 7:59. However, according to reports coming out of Germany, the new 2010 Porsche Panamera Turbo has taken the title from Cadillac.

It is reported that the new four-door Panamera Turbo recently lapped the 12.9 mile circuit in just 7:56. Porsche has yet to make an official confirmation so take this one with a grain of salt.

The Porsche Panamera Turbo carries a 4.8L turbocharged V8 making 500-hp with a maximum torque of 516 lb-ft. That allows the four-door Porsche to go from 0 to 60 mph in 4 seconds in Sports Chrono mode with a top speed of 188 mph.

2010 Porsche Panamera

- By: Omar Rana

Source: TopSpeed


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  • Ivan Gutierrez

    Wow, if this turns out to be true that is quite an accomplishment. Gotta hand it to Porsche.

  • GMfan87

    it better beat it at twice the price…impressive accomplishment for a 4-door though no doubt

    kudos to cadillac too though for giving PORSCHE something to shoot at…

  • Ace

    ” Nonetheless, that’s still a bit slower than the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1’s 7:26.4.” Chevrolet has never officially sanctioned this ZR1 time, so why keep putting it up as factual?

  • GMfan87

    i agree its not factual do to the lack of evidence. it probably should have been worded better to point out that its an unofficial time…however the ZR1's 7:29 time was just by an engineer on a quick hot lap…so it does seem probable that magnussen could pull off 7:26.4 pretty handily

  • Bobmarley

    why are you comparing the panamera to the ZR1? ZR1 competes with 911's.

    3 seconds on an 8 minute lap doesnt matter…especially for these cars. You could easily attribute the difference to the drivers, weather conditions or tires etc etc…

  • CTSVowner

    he was talking about their reference to the ZR1 time…not comparing the two

  • CTSVowner

    he was talking about their reference to the ZR1 time…not comparing the two

  • George

    well clearly this isn't too updated because recently Porsche released the time of their new GT2 RS that has 620hp from a small 3.6 liter flat-six that lapped Nurburgring in 7 minutes and 18 seconds. Unfortunately it is 245k. Honestly though if you look at the other cars in this price range (lamborghini gallardo lp-560 4 which i love and the ferrari f458 Italia also an amazing car) the Porsche slaughters them. So they have the fastest sedan and the fastest mid-200k range car.
    :) Porsche rules!!