Porsche Panamera facelift makes Auto Shanghai debut, long wheelbase Executive version introduced

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We’ve reported on the Porsche Panamera facelift, but here’s a live gallery post from Auto Shanghai 2013, where the big Porsche made its world debut. Also shown for the first time are new variants Panamera S E-Hybrid and the Executive long-wheelbase model.

External revisions include a tauter looking front end, with a new bumper offering larger air intakes and a more distinctive transition to the headlamps. The car also gets a redesigned rear section, with revised boot lid, new LED tail lights and a more swept-back rear window the fresh bits. Standard features now include items such as bi-xenon headlights and an automatic boot lid.

The new Panamera S E-Hybrid, which replaces the pre-facelift S Hybrid, has 416 hp of total system power, up from 380 hp. The electric drive itself offers 95 hp (70 kW), double the power of the S Hybrid’s 47 hp (34 kW) one, and a lithium-ion battery replaces the nickel metal hydride unit.

Porsche says that the plug-in hybrid can be charged within around 2.5 hours via the integrated on-board charger and the standard Porsche Universal Charger (AC), and less than four hours when connected to a conventional household electrical outlet.

The Panamera S E-Hybrid has an all-electric driving range of around 18 to 36 km in everyday operation, depending on conditions, and can achieve speeds of up to 135 km/h in EV mode. Other figures include a 0-100 km/h time of 5.5 seconds and a 270 km/h top speed.


The LWB Executive option for the Panamera Turbo and Panamera 4S (for left-hand drive markets only) features a 15 cm longer wheelbase and air suspension as standard, resulting in improved rear seating space and better ride comfort, two values not commonly attributed to Porsche’s four-door. As usual, two individual rear bucket seats are standard.

The Panamera Executive was created with China in mind, and why not, since it is Porsche’s second largest single market after the USA and the world’s biggest consumer of both the Cayenne and Panamera models.

See every detail of the facelifted Panamera LWB and Panamera S E-Hybrid in a mega live gallery from Auto Shanghai after the jump.

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  • Insane! price should be around 250k!

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  • Jimmy on Apr 26, 2013 at 3:36 pm

    My Dream car! anyone know got gearbox problem?

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    • Jimmy on Apr 26, 2013 at 4:34 pm

      Once you can afford Panamera, you may not want to choose it. Instead most likely you will choose an S-class. Unless you can afford it now at such a young age like yours.

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  • So has anyone had a problem with the transmission in this car? Like if you drive it hard or anything like that? Because one time I was coming home from my summer job, and I was driving it hard in sport plus mode(seeing what it could do no one was on the roads so don’t worry), and all of a sudden I take a turn hard and the transmission gets stuck in 3rd gear 10 mins away from home and nowhere to stop. I get home, turn it off, turn it back on, take it back out and it is fine again, but has anyone had this problem? Should the PDK system be this fragile? Is it not suspoce to be driven like a sports car? Or was it just a faulty transmission maybe? One more question, would it be less durable since the Panamera is heavier then a 911, never test drove the old CTT with PDK, but all I know is the new 8-speed transmission is great.

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