Redesigned Porsche Panamera debuts Nov. 24

A redesigned Porsche Panamera is coming quickly, and Porsche on Thursday supplied the primary official look together with some particulars.

The brand new Panamera would be the third era of Porsche’s huge hatch (and wagon), and is scheduled to make a debut on Nov. 24 through the Icons of Porsche Pageant happening in Dubai.

Timing for the market launch within the U.S. hasn’t been introduced however an arrival subsequent spring as a 2024 or probably 2025 mannequin is probably going.

The platform is an up to date model of Volkswagen Group’s MSB platform which debuted within the present Panamera. Because of this, the brand new Panamera represents extra of a significant replace over the present Panamera as a substitute of a real redesign. It is sensible as it will probably be the final era of the Panamera nonetheless geared up with fuel engines.

New Porsche Panamera prototype

Camouflaged prototypes have been noticed testing for greater than a yr and now the ultimate drives by engineers are underway close to Barcelona, Spain. The main focus is on testing the powertrains, which, relying available on the market, will embody as much as 4 plug-in hybrid choices, or yet one more than within the present Panamera.

The brand new choice will probably be a range-topper, Porsche stated, which probably means it is going to be the identical setup introduced for the brand new 2024 Cayenne Turbo E-Hybrid. The setup combines a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8 with an electrical motor for a complete 729 hp.

Porsche stated the brand new plug-in hybrid powertrains will ship extra electrical vary. This factors to the powertrains utilizing the bigger 25.9-kwh battery introduced for the up to date 2024 Cayenne’s plug-in hybrid powertrains. That compares to the 17.9-kwh battery used within the present Panamera’s plug-in hybrid powertrains, which the EPA charges at lower than 20 miles of electrical vary.

Porsche has additionally confirmed a brand new dual-clutch automated transmission and a brand new suspension with dual-valve dampers, permitting for adjustment of each the rebound and compression. This implies a wider efficiency bandwidth relating to consolation and dealing with management. A extra superior setup with lively dampers can even be accessible for the primary time, Porsche has confirmed.