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New Porsche Panamera comes with Porsche Driver Experience

The premiere of the new Porsche Panamera is approaching, and the Stuttgart-based company announced that the car comes with a new control concept, the Porsche Driver Experience. It’s a new technology first introduced in the Taycan, with the focus on the driver.

The new Panamera will be equipped with a semi-active chassis with new two-valve shock absorbers that can regulate compression and rebound independently of each other. In this way, the range between comfortable and sporty settings is significantly expanded even with the new serial chassis. “With the active chassis we are setting new standards. We could feel this on every meter of our test drives – very comfortable on the cobblestones in Barcelona harbor, and highly dynamic and agile on the winding country roads outside the city,” said Thomas Friemuth .

The interior of the car features a quality sporty ambience with a fully digital screen that offers a multitude of customization options, while driving controls are positioned closer to the steering wheel allowing the driver to react faster in certain situations. There is continuous ambient lighting along the entire panel for the first time. An optional head-up display is available, which can be operated directly from the sports steering wheel. The mode switch for selecting driving programs and the navigation switch have been moved from the center console to the steering wheel, opening up space for physical switches and a control panel for the climate, as well as newly designed electrically adjustable air vents. The newly designed rear seat system and seat foam materials provide greater passenger comfort, and for the first time Porsche offers a car with Race-Tex and Pepita fabric instead of leather.

When it comes to the powertrain, the car will be offered with four e-hybrid options, based on a more powerful electric motor. It is lighter than its predecessor and is equipped with a larger 25.9 kWh battery and an 11 kW charger that shortens the charging time despite the higher energy content.

“After already offering three E-Hybrids for the second Panamera generation, we will be adding a fourth plug-in hybrid in the new Panamera. This is our response to the enormous demand from our customers. In some countries, the proportion of E – Hybrids in the Panamera is almost 100 per cent. The new derivative is a high-performance model that fits perfectly into the versatile line-up. We are increasing the electrical performance of the Panamera in all E-Hybrid models with regard to driving dynamics and the important disciplines of electric range and charging speed. During our tests, we’re driving up to 70 per cent further purely on electric power than we did in its predecessor,” said Dr. Thomas Friemuth, head of the Panamera series.

The new Panamera will be premiered on November 24 at the Icons of Porsche festival in Dubai.

Source: Porsche

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2018 Porsche 911 GT3 is up for auction

Among the many vintage Porsche models, we came across one of the newer ones with low mileage, the 2018 Porsche 911 GT3. This model was premiered at the Geneva Motor Show in 2013 and was produced until 2019. It is in good condition and the current owner bought it on BaT five months ago. It should be noted that there is currently a lien on the car, and the seller’s lender will need to be paid off before the title can be transferred to the next owner.

The Porsche 911 GT3 is powered by a 4.0-liter flat-six engine with 500 hp (373 kW) and 339 lb-ft (460 Nm) of torque. Power is sent to the rear wheels via a six-speed manual transaxle with Porsche Torque Vectoring. It is mounted on black-finished 20″ center-lock alloy wheels wrapped in 245/35 front and 305/30 rear Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires.

This car is finished in black, and is equipped with LED headlights in black with the Porsche Dynamic Light System along with clear side markers, tinted windows, a rearview camera, LED taillights, red Porsche-branded calipers over cross-drilled and ventilated discs, front -axle lift system, Sport Chrono Package, a GRP center-bypass exhaust system, and Porsche Torque Vectoring.

Inside, heated 18-way adaptive sports seats are trimmed in black leather with sueded inserts and red stitching. Black leather and Alcantara cover the door panels and dash. In front of the driver is a three-spoke steering wheel wrapped in Alcantara behind which is a digital odometer reading 14,458 miles. Additional equipment includes carbon-fiber trim pieces, WeatherTech floor mats, dual-zone automatic climate control, the Light Design package, aluminum pedals, auto-dimming mirrors, Guards Red seatbelts, a Bose sound system, and Porsche Communication Management infotainment.

The car has a clean Carfax report that shows no accidents or other damage. It comes with service records and a clean California title.

The auction ends on November 13 and the highest bid at the time of writing was USD $151,000.

Source: Bring a Trailer

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Porsche 911 Hybrid Coming in 2025

Last year, the story started about the first hybrid Porsche 911, which was supposed to arrive on the market this year, but it will not happen. According to the latest information, this model should appear on the market together with the redesigned Series 992 in 2025.

For a long time, Porsche refused to make its most popular model, the 911, fully electric. Nevertheless, they decided to follow the other competitors in terms of slowly abandoning the internal combustion engine, and the first step was the production of the first hybrid 911. The car has so far been tested on snowy roads, but also on one of the most famous racing tracks, the Nürburgring. Spy photos showed that the test prototype has a similar design to previous models.

The front end with large air intakes and vertical slats, additional lights on the sides that should not be part of the final design, narrower arches, a smaller spoiler and centrally placed exhaust pipes are just some of the features of this prototype.

“With a reminder that Porsche already has excellent models that are driven only by electric motors, which will soon be joined by the new generation models of the 718 Series, we absolutely do not see a justified reason for the complete electrification of our icon,” said Michael Steiner, a member of Porsche’s department for development.

When it comes to the powertrain, there is a lot of speculation. Some say it could use a naturally aspirated 4.0L engine like the one in the Cayman GT4. Some say it could have over 650 hp (478 kW). There is a lot of information, but only one is true. Which one? Only Porsche knows that.

Source: Porsche