The second generation Porsche Panamera will undergo a second restyling which will lead it until its retirement, announced for 2024. The sporty limousine of the range will subtly evolve on the cosmetic but also mechanical level with a Turbo GT variant at the top of the range.
Appeared in 2016, the second generation of the Porsche Panamera has already undergone a first restyling in the fall of 2020. In 2022, the brand’s sports limousine will once again pass on the operating table. Mules, camouflaged as usual by a black body color and similarly colored adhesives around the air intakes of the front bumper, were surprised during the test phase in southern Spain.
The Panamera in the catalog until 2024
The Porsche Panamera Mk2 thus plays overtime and will remain in the catalog until 2024. Enough to leave the time necessary for engineers to develop a 100% electric replacement? In the meantime, what to expect for this Porsche Panamera 2 phase 3? To a subtle evolution of style in order to be in harmony with the latest achievements of the brand. Headlights and lights, not masked, should not change. In detail, we observe on the mules larger air inlets and an additional ventilation which is invited above the number plate. What does an increase in power and performance mean?
A Panamera Turbo GT in preparation?
This more airy shield should be that of the new Turbo GT variant that will cap the range. The Porsche Panamera Turbo GT, like the Cayenne Coupé will be able to deliver a power of 640 hp for a torque value of 850 Nm. It will then take over from the 630 hp and 820 Nm strong Panamera Turbo S that appeared at the time of the first restyling. Porsche would then kill two birds with one stone. First, the ranges would be harmonized. Second, this strategy would make it possible to distinguish between thermal models and plug-in hybrids called Turbo S E-Hybrid.
Finally, in the passenger compartment, what surprises does the Porsche Panamera have in store for us? In any case, we must expect the change, the camouflages of the dashboard are not intended to make up the figure. Not sure that the brand is changing the steering wheel of the Panamera again. For the record, during the first restyling, presented in August 2020, it had inherited the steering wheel of the Porsche 911 while the multimedia system had been optimized. However, the track of a central console redesigned in the vein of that of the Porsche Macan, also facelifted for its second time, holds the rope. Still a little patience.
Source: Motor.es