Go-faster with Sport Design...
Panamera Turbo buyers will be able to specify an optional Power Kit for their cars from next month. It boosts output from 500hp to 540hp, but it's not cheap at £11,118.
The Powerkit includes a pair of revised turbochargers and ECU changes, as well as set of new titanium-alloy turbine wheels. Existing Panamera owners will be able to get the package retro-fitted by dealers from November.
In Sport Plus mode, the Panamera Turbo with Powerkit accelerates 0.1 sec faster than the standard car, reaching 62mph from rest in 3.9 sec, the company tells us, while top speed is 190mph compared with 188mph. However, by returning 24.6 mpg, fuel consumption of a Panamera Turbo with Powerkit is the same as that of the 500 hp version, which is both a perfect demonstration of Porsche Intelligent Performance (they say) and a vital point of justification when selling the upgrade to your other half. (We say.)
Meanwhile a Sport Design Package, new 20-inch Panamera Sport alloy wheels and Porsche Torque Vectoring Plus (PTV) have also been introduced as options for the Panamera.
The Sport Design Package includes a unique, body-coloured nose with wider black air intake grilles, separate side skirts and the standard, body-coloured rear underbody apron with diffuser and fins. It will be available new for £2,516, or for retro-fitting from October.
New 20-inch Panamera Sport wheels complete the package and cost £2,247 including VAT. (This is starting to add up!)
If you want to improve the agility of a V8-engined Panamera model, you can also now specify Porsche Torque Vectoring Plus (PTV Plus) as an option together with Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control (PDCC) and a fully controlled rear axle differential lock. It's a relative snip at £3,130.
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