The Panamera 4 E-Hybrid is the best all round sporting executive car on sale today! A high claim and obviously you need the £81,141 to purchase one in the first place. But look at the facts this car has 462Hp available, enough I should say, and this endows the car with masses of instant acceleration due to the fact the electric motor spools up immediately to supplement the twin turbos of the 2.9 litre 6 Cylinder combustion engine.
However it is the torque available that you notice in everyday driving the most, this car has 700Nm of torque, (516lb ft), compare this to the Panamera 4S which is 9000 pounds more expensive and has 550Nm, (405 lb-ft), of Torque. The Panamera E-Hybrid will accelerate to 62mph in 4.6secs and onto 100 in 10.7secs. Top Speed is 172mph.
An exciting part of this car is e-mode. You can run for up-to 31 miles on e-mode alone, certainly enough for my use which will cover 85% of my daily driving and as long as one has access to an electric charger, in my case in London, it should then cover 99% of my daily use. Using petrol could almost become a thing of the past, almost! Have to wait for the Porsche Mission E for that.
So far so good but I would add a note of warning, during this test drive I did not get the opportunity to properly check out the handling, Autocar, who have, say the E-Hybrid handles well but only to a point. It clings on in fast, steady-speed corners, but the steering lacks a degree of feel and when the grip does start to go the car is not hugely responsive. Blame a kerb weight of fully 320kg more than the standard Panamera 4.
They also add, In truth this Porsche is more of a cruiser, never better than when letting its standard air springs do their silken thing, as you sit in that sumptuous cabin, goggling at the ultra-high-definition graphics of the instrument and infotainment screens, as the world rushes silently by. In this environment the Panamera 4 e-hybrid really excels.
We shall have the opportunity to test all this for ourselves when our E- Hybrid arrives at the beginning of December but for my daily commute it all sounds pretty terrific.
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