this is the Porsche Panamera Turbo S
e-hybrid and let's just get this out the
way early
shall we it's a one hundred and thirty
seven thousand pound car in fact I'll
tell a lie this is the sport Turismo
version the estate
type one which is the one you want by
the way which costs a little bit more so
this is a one hundred and forty thousand
pounds
car now if that's a little bit shocking
don't worry Porsche has got you you can
save twenty two thousand pounds by
getting the standard turbo that still
has a four liter twin-turbo v8 just
without the electric cabin so it's 315
kilos lighter and only two tenths lower
from nought to sixty but if only the
fastest will do it's gotta be an e
hybrid so you probably want some numbers
we have a 542 horsepower v8 engine
that's twinned to a 134 horsepower
electric motor for a grand total of 671
horsepower
naught to 60 takes 3.4 seconds top speed
is 193 miles an hour and at the opposite
end of the spectrum Porsche claims that
you can do 30 miles on battery power
alone and get fuel economy of 97 miles
per gallon well poor slides you'll
probably get about 12 miles on electric
power alone and when all said and done
your average fuel economy is probably
gonna be in the twenties the thing is
I've driven this car and it is
ludicrously fast and I want one quite
badly but it is the least dramatic 671
horsepower ever now you'll notice the
acid green highlights on the badge of
the back and the badge on the side the
point of that is to draw a parallel
between this car and the Porsche 918
Spyder hyper car and I have to say in
terms of drama well they're in entirely
different leagues but don't get me wrong
this thing's an incredible engineering
achievement it's an incredible mighty
car to drive and it signals something
quite important that we're all going to
have to get used to in the future the
very fastest cars Porsche produces
we're going to be hybrids