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Porsche Panamera. Taxi "Ferdinand"

Porsche Panamera. Price: from 5 231 400 rubles. On sale: since September 2009

Since the time of appearance on the light of the first Cayenne, no Porsche excited so much emotions! But if the birth of Cayenne left all the same mixed feelings and was perceived by many as a departure from Porsche Ustolev in favor of the laws of survival, then with Panamera everything else. The first family station wagon Porsche either on iota does not depart from the sports traditions of the brand laid by the Great Ferdinand Porsche

Test pilot
Vladimir Makkaveev, 32 years old, car journalist, driving experience 13 years, personal car - Volvo C30

For his long and fruitful life, Ferdinand Porsche built hundreds of car models, motorcycles, tanks. From his Kulman, a brilliant invention was born in his head, the brilliant invention: a hybrid power plant, a compressor presses, torsion suspension, was also born in his head. But his true aspirations always rotated around two, it would seem incompatible things: Porsche was dreaming by a folk car and sports machines. In both of these areas, he achieved success, which is unlikely to ever be repeated. Ferdi created the most popular from all folk vehicles VW Beetle. And his son Ferry built the legendary Porsche 911. Nor refined to 100? The Summer Anniversary of Junior Porsche Panamera became a kind of monument to two Ferdinands quintessence of their common aspirations, an incompatible compatibility symbol. Of course, Panamera is not a folk car, but this is a car for the people. The world's first laconic and functional family sports car, the most adapted to everyday use.

Surprisingly powerful, rapid and organic Panamera bodies do not leave doubts: before us Porsche, and Porsche in the most powerful manifestation. The hood is made without angles, only with radii and influx of headlights, classic for Porsche wide torso, tapering up the rear window, long base, short skes. The squat design of Panamera enchants, impressive. The only minus that is noticed in the later, looking at numerous photos: Panamera, like all very beautiful women, not too photogenic. In life, it is much more charming than in the photo. Moreover, the charm is not only external, but also internal.

Panamera True Lady! And as any lady, it does not accept cheap outfits and half solutions. No, this machine needs to be enjoyed only in the maximum configuration. This is a completely different level of emotion! Therefore, postponing to better times to get acquainted with the atmospheric Panamera S and 4s, sit in the Panamera Turbo cockpit. Like her undead sisters, 4.8? The liter turbo motor got Turbo to the inheritance from Cayenne, after a number of modernization. So, 500? The Panamera's strong motor was for the first time was not allowed without an intermediate flange module intake manifold / turbocharger, lightweight for 600 grams cranked mechanism and crankshaft with an increased radius of counterweights. The gearbox with two clutches Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK) and an active full drive system built into its housing with an unusual osostic intermediate shaft instead of a handouting box are also used for the first time in the class, as well as the PDK combination with the automatic engine shutdown system. After a second, after stopping at the traffic light, she joined the motor, allowing you to save up to 10% fuel in the urban cycle.

But rather theories! It's time, finally, try in the case of this four-wheeled perfection! Having settled behind the wheel and driven by the cradle of a semi-self-adjustable chair under the figure, quickly buzzed cockpit cockpit, and not a salon! The front chairs and the box through the longitudinal central console are clearly discharged by the salon space on four full-fledged cockpit. At the same time, which is surprising, possessing the external proportions of the classic sports compartment, in terms of comfort and living space Panamera will give odds to other limousines.

In front of everything interect in strict sporting traditions of the brand. Even the inner handles of the doors look into tiny air intakes. Classical for 911? A series of layout of the dashboard of five round appliances. But the brightest emotions cause, of course, through the central console. It is felt that in the ranks in German disciplined and disciplined Stuttgart designers, a gown, grew up on the French comedies of Luke Nonon. Press the key with the exhaust icon, and the sound of the motor under load becomes a racing rolling. We choose the sport-plus program, and the adaptive pneumatic suspension lowers the body by 25 mm. At the same time, the PASM suspension control system twice reduces the active volume of pneumatic elements, changing the characteristics of the shock absorbers. But most of all enthusiasm among others cause the process of deploying the four-position rear anti-cycle. Spoiler is quite worker: at high speeds it is easily straightening with lifting force on the rear axle, a decent pressure force is created.

Well, what's not taxi Luke Beson?! Selected from the central console 32 variations of the car settings Another record of the new Porsche. And all these adjustments work, radically changing the character of Panamera: from comfortable-soft, to the extremely rigid from the limousine before the sports car. Is it possible to change the wheels on racing slopes from the Panamera salon. Although, I think, Marceli Sori-Head Sebastien and so remained satisfied. In the Sport Plus Panamera Turbo mode prescribes the devices as rails. Course stability is so great that even when the auxiliary electronics is disconnected, it practically does not leave the ability to put Porsche skid at speeds up to 100 km / h. Of course, sharp hairpins due to a long base are given Panamera noticeably harder than models 911.y series. But something you need to sacrifice. And in this case, it should be recognized, the game is worth the candle. Father and Son Porsche could be proud of their first five-door car GT class.

Three plus two
Already today, with market access, Porsche Panamera is available in three versions. Both all-wheel drive modifications Top Panamera Turbo with 4.8? Lithing 500? Strong turbo engine and Panamera 4S with a 400 liter atmospheric engine. With. Equipped with a system of active full PTM drive and seven-step automatic PDK transmission with two clutches. Rear-wheel drive 400? Strong Panamera S in the database is equipped with a six-speed manual transmission (seven-step PDK is available as an option). As promised in Stuttgart, in the near future, the model range of Panamera will be replenished by two more modifications: the initial model with the engine V6 and a hybrid drive version.

Five innovations
From a technological point of view, Porsche Panamera can rightfully be considered one of the main prime mines. In the design of the German, the whole five class innovations are drained: a gearbox with two clutches; START-STOP system in combination with ACP; rear anti-tossed attack adjustable angle; Sport Chrono package, providing more sporting engine settings, chassis and kp; Pneumatic suspension with adjustable additional volume in each pneumatic element. The latter, being a global novelty, deserves separate attention.

Depending on the driver selected from the central console, the container of each pneumatic element may vary from 2.2 (in comfortable mode) to 1.1 liters (in sports). With the transition to the sport mode, the characteristic of the compression stroke becomes more progressive. Accordingly, the rigidity of the running part and the PASM setting of the rigidity control system of adaptive shock absorbers vary. In addition, due to the solid difference in pneumatic elements, the new suspension is able to change the Panamera clearance in a wide range. The three-position control system for controlling the highlight of the road lumen allows you to lower the body 25 mm below the base plane to improve the dynamic characteristics of the car and increasing the rigidity of pneumatic elements in Sport Plus mode, and raise it for 20 mm for confident overcoming ramps and borders. Each casual height change takes about four seconds.

Love not love
Two separate rear seats with armrest provide a maximum of space. Spacious

The upper plane of the 4-position spoiler is folded into width to increase the area. Sports

32 Settings variations are selected from the central console. Variatives

Driving
The control is slightly less acute and uncompromising than at the Porsche sports coupe, however, excellent course stability and wide variability of settings allow you to get a maximum of the pleasure of piloting.

Salon
Stunningly spacious.

Comfort
It may well argue for comfort with the best limousines of its price group.

Safety
Sports residences withstands the maximum set of passive security.

Price
Sufficiently reasonable.

Advantages and disadvantages
+ Unprecedented dynamics for a family car, amazing variability of settings, the widest equipment of innovative technologies.
- Not the widest line of engines.

Specifications
Brand and Model - Porsche Panamera Turbo
Dimensions - 4970x1931x1418 mm
Engine - gasoline, 4806 cm3, 500 hp / 6000 min-1
Transmission - automatic PDK, 7-speed KP
Dynamics - Max 303 km / h; 4.2 C to 100 km / h
Competitors - MB S 63 AMG, MB CLS 63, Audi S8, Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S
 

Our opinion
until recently, the Porsche model range was two extremes: bright, sports, but not for the daily life of Boxster / Cayman and 911 and much more functional, but not so sporty Cayenne. Panamera Golden Mid-Model Row, and she has every chance of becoming a new brand icon.


Posted by: Vladimir Makkaveev


 

A source: Magazine 5 Wheel [August 2009]