The New Sports Vision: Panamera GTS

The New Sports Vision: Panamera GTS
Updated 13 June 2012 18:15
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The New Sports Vision: Panamera GTS

The New Sports Vision: Panamera GTS

The Panamera model range combines uncompromising dynamic performance with comfort and incorporates everything that Porsche stands for: The passionate crafting of highly efficient sports cars.
The Panamera GTS (Gran Turismo Sport), is the sportiest four door ever built, delivering race track performance and practicality, with a striking engine sound that turns heads.
More power and upgraded brakes, a body lowered by ten millimeters, and a highly tuned sports chassis, with air suspension and Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM), make this Panamera even more distinctive. It is powered by a modified 4.8-litre naturally aspirated V8 engine, delivering 316 kW 430hp at 6,700 rpm.
Maximum torque is increased from 500 Nm to 520 Nm. Porsche Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (PDK) — the marque’s unique dual clutch system — transmits engine output to the all-wheel drive (PTM) — thanks to the Sport Chrono package featured as standard.
The Panamera GTS leaps to 100 km/h in under 4.5 seconds; with a top speed of 288 km/h. With NEDC fuel consumption of 10.9l/100 km — only 10.7 l/100 km with low-friction tyres — the Panamera GTS is also fuel efficient.
The eye-catching sedan ticks all the boxes of what Porsche wanted to achieve — a beautiful, fast, sports car that offers great stability, an incredibly smooth drive and all the efficiency the German manufacturer’s discerning clientele have come to expect from Porsche.
Adaptive air suspension and PASM — featured as standard — connect the chassis and body, constantly adapting to the driving challenges by regulating leveling settings, adjusting height and spring rate; as well as electrically regulating the damping system. The damping is designed to be tauter than previous Panamera models; which aids agility and further reinforces the new Gran Turismo's sporty personality.
Five millimeter thick wheel spacers between the wheel and the wheel carriers increase the rear axle track width, giving the Panamera an even more stable ride.
Visit your local Porsche dealer to arrange for a test drive.