PRE FLIGHT BRIEFING PORSCHE PANAMERA

Why is it here?

It’s sitting pretty (well, pretty-ish) at the top of the four-door coupe grand tourer pile (okay, five doors if you count the tailgate). Like the AMG it has a turbocharged V8, spellbinding handling and a swoopy roof; it’s the benchmark.

Any clever stu ?

Oh yes. Networked chassis control, adaptive air

suspension, torque vectoring, anti-roll control. And adaptive aero courtesy of the magic rear spoiler, assembling itself from its hiding place like an aerofoil-shaped Transformer.

Which version is this?

This is the regular saloon-style Panamera; it’s also available in quasiestate Sport Turismo shooting brake form. The line-up is vast. Conventionally engined models start with the V6 Panamera 4, then the quicker 4S, driver-focused V8 GTS, and super-quick Turbo. Hybrids kick o with the V6 4 E-Hybrid; this is the V8 Turbo S E-Hybrid. There’s no diesel.