Porsche Panamera Diesel To Be Revealed Soon
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Porsche has plans to equip the Panamera with a diesel engine mill and it will use the existing Volkswagen Group engine, according to Autocar UK. The company will use the strategy to that applied to the diesel Cayenne, which is fitted with a 3.0L V6 diesel also used by Audi and Volkswagen in cars such as A6 and Touareg.
When asked about the possibility of a Panamera diesel, a senior Porsche executive said, “There are V6 and V8 diesels within the VW Group that could be used as a basis.” That points to the same 240bhp 3.0-litre V6 from the Cayenne, or even the 322bhp 4.2-litre V8 diesel from the Audi A8.
Porsche would almost certainly tune any VW diesel for its own use, reworking the power delivery for punchier acceleration rather than long-distance cruising ability.
Porsche is also working on a range-topping high-performance version of the Panamera, which will sit above the Turbo. Again it will mimic the equivalent Cayenne, the GTS, by doing away with the Panamera Turbo’s standard air suspension and replacing it with steel springs. The car could be badged as a Turbo S or even a GTS.
The Panamera’s influence on the rest of the Porsche range will be seen much more in other future models, meanwhile.
The car’s interior, with its high centre console and switchgear arranged down either side of the gearshift, will influence the cabins of the next generation of Porsches.
[Source: Autocar]
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Posted: July 1st, 2009 under Cars.
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