The 2021 Panamera Turbo S Sport Turismo
In 1987, the future looked positively bright for personal transportation. Cars were going to go so fast that they would replace jets. For real. Does anyone remember a GM concept car called the Chevrolet Express? It came out in 1987 looking like a glass-roofed rye loaf. Chevrolet called the Express "... a futuristic, aerodynamic, quiet, turbine-powered highway alternative for four passengers, at 150 miles per hour, to the hassle of short-haul air travel." Without being specific, there were supposed to be "discussions" between GM and "the federal government" to build exclusive high-speed intercity highways just for fleets of shiny new cars like the Express. Imagine such a world! It would be like ... Germany!
Almost as soon as all those car magazines copied all of that word for word and diligently published their "car show raids," they all quickly forgot about the Chevrolet Express. Those unique high-speed highways were never built and the turbine engine was put back on its shelf in the basement of the Warren Tech Center, not to mention again, until the next car show season.
The Panamera Turbo S Sport Turismo back home to Deutschland.
But look at what has happened now: Porsche has built a car that replaces everything the Express and its imaginary competitors could hope for. I present to you the Porsche Panamera Turbo S Sport Turismo 2021! It seats five, is quiet inside, and tops out at 196 mph. The only thing missing, in the US anyway, is the limited-access high-speed superhighways to drive it. In Germany, they still have the highway.
So our high-speed transportation dreams came true, just 33 years after the Express.
Any Panamera fan would have seen it coming. If you check the Porsche page on the Internet, you will see that there are 32 different Panamera models. 32! It's enough? Not! Because the one you really want, the one they let me drive, the newest, is by far the best of all. A member of the skate park carpool said of my borrowed 2021 Panamera Turbo S Sport Turismo: “Seats for five, a trunk and it goes 200 mph? This is the perfect car! "
Well, it goes to 196, which is pretty close. And yes, it might be the perfect car.
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This is the first time that there is a Panamera Turbo S Sport Turismo. There have been a Panamera Turbo, Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo, and Panamera Turbo Executive, but not Turbo S. (The Panamera comes in three body styles: the Panamera, which you might call the sedan version, the Panamera Executive, which you might call the fastback, and the Sport Turismo, which you could call the wagon, although Porsche by no means calls them that, but if you look at the profiles, this is what they look like.)
Therefore, the Sport Turismo is not only the largest body in the Panamera line, with more interior space for passengers and cargo, but is now equipped with the most powerful engine and the most responsive suspension.
The new engine makes 620 hp, 70 more than the previous 550-hp Panamera Turbo, as well as 37 more pound-feet of torque, up to 604 pound-feet of torque. In a charming understatement that only Germans could do, Porsche said of the upgrades: “This has a very positive effect on driving performance.” I will say. The V8 has new crankshaft, connecting rods, pistons and even timing chain, not to mention The new fuel injectors The turbos are larger and the blades inside are slightly new for greater efficiency.
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All of that takes the new car from 0 to 60 in 2.9 seconds and reaches a top speed of 196 mph.
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To handle all that power, the suspension has also been improved, particularly at the front. Engineers accelerated the response of both the Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM) and the active electric stabilizer bar. Steering calibration, derived from the 992 and Taycan, is now set to make the driver feel better right at the moment of starting the turn. My test car got a set of Michelin Pilot Sport 4S UHP (ultra-high performance) tires to handle that 196 mph top speed and to go around corners.
Everything works splendidly together.
The first thing I did as soon as I got the 2021 Panamera Turbo S Sport Turismo was head straight for the hills on my semi-regular winding mountain road circuit. The first thing I did was turn the drive mode selector knob on the steering wheel all the way to Sport Plus. I tried the other modes periodically throughout the day just so I could say I did, but even in town and in intermittent traffic all I ever wanted was Sport Plus. Throttle response is of course much quicker and the body roll was frankly similar to a sports car. The only thing that would have changed about the mode is the loudest escape note. I don't want to announce that I'm coming, I want to sneak away, albeit at great speed.
The brakes are all standard carbon ceramic, a fact I appreciated when I rounded a corner and found Bambi and his mother in the middle of the road. I stomped and the Panamera came to a quick and undramatic stop. The deer were unimpressed and eventually returned to the forest at their own pace. "Hey, these are carbon ceramics, man!" Said. You just can't impress some people.
The 2021 Porsche Panamera will produce 620 hp
After just a few more laps in the hills, I was reminded that Porsche used one of these cars to set a Nurburgring lap record of 7: 29.81 for “business class cars” with test driver Lars Kern behind the wheel. Kern beat the previous record holder, the Mercedes AMG GT 63. After my driving, I have no doubt that Porsche can do that. I knew I was having fun driving this in my own private Green Hell. In Sport Plus I didn't even have to do any manual shifting of the eight-speed dual-clutch PDK transmission, the car anticipated downshifts and squeezed the throttle very well before doing them. I was having such a good time that I went back and forth several times before heading back into town to ask the Panamera to do some decidedly more suburban tasks.
Loading the rear cargo area with skateboards and backpacks and the interior with skaters, the Sport Turismo received resounding rave reviews, even from kids used to my sometimes extravagant rides. Everyone was comfortable, everyone happy. It was strange to remember that just an hour earlier he'd probably been pulling more than a g around the corners without squealing tires.
Panamera turbo s sport turismo has space for the team, the people and a lot of excitement when driving
Too soon I had to return the Panamera to Porsche. The age-old question of if you could only have one car, what would it be, could easily be answered with this trip. If not for the price tag. That won't be released until closer to the car's on-sale date in late first quarter 2021, but I'm guessing it will be near or above $ 200,000. The thing is, it will be worth it.
At least until the Chevrolet Express goes into production.
Specifications
2021 Porsche Panamera Turbo S Sport Turismo
2021 Porsche Panamera Turbo S Sport Turismo
On Sale: Early 2021
Base Price:$195,000 (estimated)
Powertrain: Twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V8 eight-speed dual-clutch transmission, AWD
Output:620 hp at 6,000 rpm, 604 lb-ft of torque between 2,3000 – 4,500 rpm
Wheelbase:116.1 inches
Length/Width/Height:198.8/78.2/56.4 inches
Curb Weight:4,729 lbs
Estimated Fuel Economy:18/23/20 mpg (city/highway/combined)
Pros: Quiet cabin for all five passengers. Goes 196 mph!
Cons: Conspicuous consumption.
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