Swiss tuning house Sportec has unveiled a two stage performance upgrade for the Porsche Panamera Turbo. The stage one kit uses a reconfigured ECU that takes output to a “dyno-proven” 560-hp and 576 lb-ft of torque – an increase of 67-hp and 60 lb-ft over the standard Panamera Turbo. That allows 0-62 mph to come [...]
The 8-cylinder Porsche Panamera models are heading into the 2011 model year starting August 2010 and Porsche has made the powerful sedans just a little more fuel-efficient. Using brake energy recuperation system featured as standard, coupled together with optional 19-inch all-season tires with reduced roll resistance, the Panamera Turbo returns an estimated 21 mpg combined. [...]
Porsche Cars North America announced today that it sold a total of 1,747 units in April 2010, a decline of 6 percent compared to the same period last year when it sold 1,853 units. “Despite the overall decline, Porsche”s new four-door Panamera recorded its best-ever one-month sales of 678,” Porsche said in a statement. “To [...]
We have a special place for Hennessey Performance Engineering in our hearts. While we eagerly look forward to the company’s Venom GT, we’ll have to satisfy our taste with this Hennessey modified Porsche Panamera Turbo, which gains a total of 50-hp or 23-hp at the wheels. Hennessey also offers a 800-hp upgrade. Modifications include a [...]
In the past we’ve seen some impractical supercars and public transportation combinations including a Ferrari Taxi and a Lamborghini Taxi, but now we have one that seems somewhat practical since it seats three passengers plus a driver – a Porsche Panamera Turbo Taxi. The Panamera Turbo Taxi sits four and is powered by a 4.8L [...]
It’s a war between uber-luxury high-performance sedans – yes, we’re talking about the Aston Martin Rapide and the Porsche Panamera. The guys at AutoCar were lucky enough to have both models in their garages for a couple of days and decided to have a little face-off. Which is better? Find out in the video posted after [...]
Prior to its official public debut at the 2009 Essen Motor Show, speedART has finally unveiled their new modifications package for the Porsche Panamera Turbo: Known as the speedART PS9 – 650, the modified Panamera receives a number of visual and power upgrades. speedART is offering power kits that increase output to 520-hp, 550-hp, 600-hp [...]
When you’re shopping for a car in the $90,000 to a $100,000 range, what kind of fuel-economy the car gets is probably the last thing on your mind to help you make your decision on whether to purchase the car or not. However, it may be nice to know that your car rates at the [...]
One of the biggest car enthusiast and the former host of the Tonight Show, Jay Leno, stopped by at the Porsche Zentrum located at the Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley California to take the new 2010 Porsche Panamera Turbo for a spin. Leno took a little test-drive joined by old friend David Donohue, son of racing legend [...]
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 [...]
