Porsche Panamera: Foremost push survey
Nice driving report here of the Porsche Panamera.
With its 400-hp engine, the Panamera . boasts impressive performance claims:.0 to 60 mph is reached in 4.8 seconds, and 0 to 100 takes 11.5. Top speed is 175 mph. Sadly, it doesn’. feel that quick. There is no masking the Panamera’. weight; the Panamera . weighs more than 3900 pounds, and all-wheel drive adds . couple hundred more pounds. The Panamera’. heft means that you have to keep the pedal firmly to the floor and keep the seven-speed dual-clutch transmission busy to put . comfortable distance between you and plebs piloting shockingly quick turbo-diesels on the autobahn.
Unless, of course, you are driving the Turbo. The Turbo tips the scales at 4300-plus pounds, but the acceleration is almost surreal. According to Porsche ,.0 to 60 mph takes 4.0 seconds, the sprint to 100 mph takes just 9.0 seconds, and top speed is . lofty 188 mph. Running full tilt in this car is an exquisite experience that would seem to justify every penny of the Turbo’..$132,600 asking price..
