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Porsche Panamera Flagship Costs €200,000 as Standard: Is It Worth It?

Technically, the most expensive Porsche you can buy right now is the 911 Turbo S Cabriolet at a whopping €215,952. However, I'd give that title to the sought after 911 R, which is rarer than hens' teeth.
Porsche Panamera Flagship Costs €200,000 as Standard: Is It Worth It? 11 photos
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But the Panamera is giving the 911 a run for its money with a flagship model costing exactly €199,183. Boy, those Germans sure do care about their loose change!

The model in question has a long name that goes a little something like this: Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Executive. That basically means it's a long wheelbase version of the new plug-in hybrid that has got a big V8 too.

I know you don't think a 200,000 euro Panamera is strange because you could already option one out to be that expensive. In fact, BMW and Mercedes-Benz also have similarly expensive four-door cars. In just a few years, you could be looking at €400,000 flagships. What then?

But if you think way back to 2003 or so, the Porsche Cayenne was just €40,000 or so (it's before the era of the internet, so data is hard to find). So while the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid is very technologically advanced, you have to wonder if it's five times the car. An average Dacia now has the same kit as a VW Golf from 2000, so surely the added tech can't explain everything.

But they don't call this car a flagship for anything. Not only does it have four doors, but its stretched wheelbase means more room in the back. Under the hood, it's got a 550 PS V8 engine, just like a regular Panamera Turbo, only an electric motor provides an additional 136 PS of thrust for a combined 680 PS (500 kW) and 850 Nm of torque (627 lb-ft). Regarding performance, it matches that of supercars from a few years ago, reaching 100 km/h in only 3.5 seconds.

Do you want 21-inch wheels, auto parking, internet hotspot, carbon trim and all that good stuff? Of course, you do; you're buying a Panamera flagship, and it needs to have everything. Which is why yours could end up costing closer to €220,000.
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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