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Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo – Fresh Porsche Wagon to Debut at Geneva

Here’s the Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo In All Its Wagon Glory

Meet Porsche’s first-ever station wagon, and yes, it’s coming to the US.

Almost a year ago, we brought you the slightly unbelievable news that Porsche would build a Panamera wagon. Then, even more astonishingly, Porsche confirmed that the Panamera wagon was US-bound. After months of intense anticipation by Porschephiles and wagon dorks–the author included–it’s ultimately here. Everyone, meet the Panamera Sport Turismo.

At launch, Porsche will suggest four different Sport Turismo models–the 330-hp Panamera Four, the 440-hp Panamera 4S, the 462-hp Panamera four E-Hybrid, and the 550-hp Panamera Turbo. All models are powered by twin-turbo V6s, except the Turbo, which gets a twin-turbo V8.

Interestingly, 0-60 mph times for all Sport Turismos are the same as their sedan counterparts. The quickest is the Panamera Turbo, which sprints to sixty mph in Three.Four seconds with launch control. That makes it as quick as the recently-debuted Mercedes-AMG E63 S Wagon.

Unlike the Panamera sedan, however, the Sport Turismo will only be suggested with all-wheel drive. There’s also no word on if Porsche will build a Sport Turismo version of the 680-hp Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid.

The Sport Turismo will be the very first Panamera sold with five seats–or as a Four+1 in Porsche speak–though you can still order it with two electrically-adjustable rear seats instead. As you’d expect, the Sport Turismo is more practical than its sedan counterpart, however not by a significant margin. With the rear seats folded up, cargo capacity is Legitimate.Three cubic feet to the sedan’s 17.Four, and forty nine cubic feet with the seats folded down, versus the sedan’s 46.

Just because the Sport Turismo has a long roof, Porsche hasn’t forgotten about generating downforce too. The rear part of the roof extends at one hundred five mph, or fifty six mph in Sport or Sport Plus modes, to aid high-speed stability. This spoiler generates a maximum of one hundred ten lbs of downforce on the rear axle. When the panoramic sunroof is open, the spoiler extends to 26-degrees of attack, to help reduce wind noise.

For all that extra cargo space and wagon goodness, you’ll have to pay more for the Sport Turismo. The entry-level Panamera four Sport Turismo starts at $96,200 to the sedans’s $89,600, while the top-of-the-line Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo costs $154,000 to the sedan’s $146,900.

Considering the Sport Turismo costs more than the sedan and doesn’t add much practicality, it seems like this will be a niche option. But what a niche. If you don’t want to go after the crowd and get a Cayenne, there’s most likely no better car.

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