Porsche Panamera News

Back in July, we brought you news that Porsche had plans to unveil a shooting brake or estate version of its Panamera sedan at this year’s Paris Auto Show. Now that we’re just hours away from the opening of the Paris festivities, it turns out that we were correct. Making its world...

The U.S. is just getting its first taste of a diesel-powered Porsche, something that would have been unheard of just a few short years ago, but over in Europe Porsche is now launching its third diesel model in the form of the new Cayenne S Diesel. For anyone still questioning Porsche’s...

Given the buzz surrounding the Mercedces-Benz CLS63 AMG Shooting Brake and the Jaguar XF Sportbrake, it’s pretty clear that wagons aren’t losing popularity among buyers in Europe. In fact, it appears that wagons are to European customers what SUVs are to American buyers. It stands to...

Porsche has issued a recall on the range-topping Turbo models from its Cayenne and Panamera lines, explaining that the turbine wheels from the turbocharging system featured in the cars may fracture under certain conditions. The recall affects all Cayenne Turbo models from the 2012 model year and...

Porsche's Panamera will soon be available for rental at Hertz locations in California, Nevada, and Florida.

Porsche brand ambassador and test driver Walter Röhrl has taken the new 2013 Panamera GTS for a hot-lap around the Ascari race track near Ronda, in southern Spain. Filmed from a dash-mounted camera, this new video gives us a clear view of the action as the racing legend carves up the track in...

Yesterday we brought you the first details on the Volkswagen Group’s new Modular Transverse Matrix architecture that will go into several models from Audi and Volkswagen including the next-generation A3 and MKVII Golf. Today we have details of another modular platform being developed for...

Afzal Kahn, owner of the eponymous A. Kahn Design outfit (formerly Project Kahn), has unveiled his latest creation in what has become a long line of customized luxury and high-performance cars. Treading more along the lines of sophistication and style rather than overt showiness often shown by...

Seeing the need for a long-wheelbase variant of the Porsche Panamera, tuner Ruf has built the Panamera XL for the Chinese market.

Lairier, quicker, and just plain better, the 2013 Porsche Panamera GTS was unveiled this week at the L.A. Auto Show. And now it's on video doing its thing, on track--with all four seats filled. if you've been looking for a true four-seat hoonage machine that doesn't bear Mercedes, Cadillac, or BMW...

Porsche may be getting ready to jump into the executive limo segment with a long-wheelbase version of the Porsche Panamera, due to hit the streets early next year, according to a report. Whether it's slated for worldwide sale or a China-only run is unknown. The possibility of a special...

Manual transmissions may not make sense in luxury sedans, even those as sport as the Panamera.

Okay, that title may be a little harsh. In the world of high-end car modification, there's extreme, there's insane, and then there's Mansory. But anyone that's actually been inside a Mansory vehicle knows the attention to detail and craftsmanship that goes into the firm’s over-the-top...

Porsche has been selling a diesel version of its Cayenne SUV for several years now, so the idea of an oil-burner from the legendary sports car company from Stuttgart is nothing new. However, what’s certainly ground-breaking for Porsche is the launch of a new model that can cover more than 745...

Familiar lines present the acquired taste that is the Porsche Panamera, only this time it comes slightly tweaked in Turbo S form. At first glance, there's not much to distinguish this car from the Turbo, though a closer look reveals unique 20-inch wheels, a wider rear track width, unique lower-body...

Porsche's Panamera has taken a lot of heat and received a lot of praise for its unusual looks. Its performance, however, has been almost universally impressive, and soon, it could get even more ferocious. The Turbo S variant of the Panamera may be coming as soon as the end of this week. Reports...

So you've spent over a decade the big leagues, you're a reliever for the Phillies, and you arrived at spring training camp in a $190,000 2011 Porsche Panamera Turbo. Life is good, right? It is until your car gets stolen from a local shop. Unfortunately for J.C. Romero, that's exactly what happened...

A couple of weeks ago, we made the case that the 2012 Porsche Panamera S Hybrid is the best value in the performance/luxury hybrid game, despite its $95,900 starting price. We stand by that analysis, as the new Panamera S Hybrid even manages to look good--as good as any Panamera, anyway--in the...

In this duo of videos, we get our first look at the 2012 Porsche Panamera S Hybrid in action. As expected, it looks every inch the standard Panamera--poised, fast, and capable--but with the added benefit of a hybrid drivetrain. When the Panamera hybrid was revealed last week, we took a comparative...

Earlier today Porsche took the sheet off its 2012 Panamera S Hybrid, revealing a 333-horsepower, supercharged V-6 powerplant supplemented by a 47-horsepower electric motor in the familiar long-back sedan shape. Now we have its starting price: $95,000. That's a steep point of entry, but considering...