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Porsche Panamera Turbo S Ticks All the Right Boxes

Porsche has released a new video to highlight all the sporty credentials of the new range-topping Panamera Turbo S, a model that manages to impress with the proper engine noise and a bit of drama that looks like it’s been pulled out of a Michael Bay movie.

Let’s start with the best part of the car - the engine, which is a 4.8 liter, V8 unit that achieves a maximum output of 550 horsepower (up 10 percent from the 500 horsepower delivered by the Panamera Turbo). The torque is also increased over the Turbo from 516 lb-ft (700 Nm) to 553 lb-ft. (750 Nm). In the "Sport" and "Sport Plus" mode of the standard Sport Chrono Package Turbo, the overboost function can temporarily generate additional torque with a peak rating of 590 lb-ft (800 Nm).

The boost was achieved by means of new titanium-aluminum turbines for the bi-turbo system and an optimized engine management.

The car might look like a big wallowing boat with wheels, but thanks to the extra power, combined with Launch Control, it reaches 62 mph (100 km/h) in just 3.8 seconds., while the top track speed is 190 mph (306 km/h).

Porsche began deliveries of the Panamera Turbo S last month, and we’d mention it costs a staggering €167,076, including VAT, in Germany, but we won’t because we like it so much.

Standard features of the Turbo S variant include Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control (PDCC), Porsche Torque Vectoring Plus (PTV Plus), Porsche's advanced speed-sensitive Servotronic steering system, a sports exhaust system, and the Sport Chrono Package Turbo.

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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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