The new Porsche Panamera will be unveiled on November 24 at the Icons of Porsche Festival in Dubai.
The sports car is currently undergoing its final test drives in Barcelona, Spain, just a few months before its grand debut in Dubai where festival attendees will be able to see it on display from November 25 to 26.
It was previously tested in the US where the company checked the drivetrain performance at high altitudes and low oxygen levels, or verified the performance of the engine-cooling system and the air conditioning in extreme heat. It was also test-driven in Scandinavia at very low temperatures, in South Africa on difficult road conditions, and in Asia with high air humidity levels and hours of stop-and-go traffic in mega cities.
“We test every new car intensively in order to meet our demands, and of course those of our customers all over the world,” development manager, Marcel Hönemann, said in a statement on Thursday.
“The standard we set is always the development targets defined in the specifications. The new Panamera must excel here and now, in particular in terms of performance, comfort and acoustics.”
Porsche Panamera’s new features
The new model now has four E-Hybrid variants with a completely upgraded engine range.
“After already offering three E-Hybrids for the second Panamera generation, we will be adding a fourth plug-in hybrid in the new Panamera,” said Dr Thomas Friemuth, head of the Panamera product line.
“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 percent. The new derivative is a high-performance model that fits perfectly into the versatile line-up.”
Friemuth added that Porsche is increasing the electrical performance of the Panamera in all E-Hybrid models in terms of driving dynamics and “the important disciplines of electric range and charging speed.”
“During our tests, we’re driving up to 70 percent further purely on electric power than we did in its predecessor,” he said.
Along with the revised engine range, the new sports car incorporates, for the first time, an optional high-end chassis with active damper control and a wide range of additional functions.
“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 harbour, and highly dynamic and agile on the winding country roads outside the city. An incomparably wide range,” said Friemuth.
The Panamera has a semi-active chassis with new two-valve shock absorbers as standard, which can regulate the compression and rebound stages independently of each other. This significantly expands the range between comfortable and high-performance chassis tuning in the new standard chassis as well.
The final finishing touches will be made to the Panamera before its world premiere and grand debut in Dubai.
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