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With the Porsche Panamera plug-in hybrid becomes the first car with a German manufacturer of drive technology to market. In the trade, the electrified flagship mid-August comes as the manufacturer announced at the presentation on Thursday in Munich. So the car with outlet connection will start about two months later than originally announced. Prices start at EUR 110 409 and are thus about 3000 euros over the previous hybrid model.

For the amount there is a strengthened to 95 hp electric motor and a lithium-ion battery with 9.4 instead of the previous 1.7 kilowatt hours (kWh). The ranges of up to 36 kilometers of electric driving, with the sedan maximum 135 km / h creates. If you step on the gas or more, the battery is running low, a V6 gasoline engine is automatically switched on. Then, the Panamera comes with 590 hp and 416 Newton meters (Nm) of torque to work. Only then will the sports car in 5.5 seconds, from 0 to 100 km / h sprint and reaches its top speed of 270 km / h By the bonus of the full battery, the average fuel consumption is reduced to 3.1 liters (C02 emissions: 71 g / km).

Porsche Panamera S Hybrid E-2013: 25,000 EUR MORE EXPENSIVE LONG VERSION

Two weeks before the plug-in hybrid Porsche brings the other revised versions of the Panamera in the trade. The new features include a V6 twin-turbo gasoline engine with 420 hp, replacing the eight-cylinder engine in the Panamera S. Between 10 hp and 20 hp more power is available for the base petrol engine, the GTS, Turbo and Turbo S. At the same time consumption by up to 1.3 liters returns. The diesel, which also marks the lower limit consumption of 81,849 euros and the price at 6.3 liters and 166 g / km of CO2 in conventional engines, initially remains at 250 hp. It is replaced by a new engine with 300 hp next spring.

As part of the facelift, which also brings subtle retouching in the design, Porsche introduces a second body variant. For a premium of around 25,000 euros, there is the Panamera S and the Panamera Turbo in a future Executive version with 15 centimeters longer wheelbase and rear correspondingly more comfort. The idea of ​​a sporty station wagon, as shown a year ago at the fair in Paris, is not off the table, a Porsche spokesman said: "This version we have fixed for the next generation on the plan."