Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo
Porsche has just unveiled the second
generation Porsche Panamera saloon. Now, speculative renderings from Theophilus
Chin preview its shooting brake version in near-production guise.
In May, it was reported that Klaus Zellmer,
CEO, Porsche Cars North America confirmed a shooting brake version of the
second generation Porsche Panamera. This derivative will be the production
version of the Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo concept. The 2017 Porsche
Panamera saloon will go on sale in November and is expected to be followed by
the Porsche Panamera Shooting Brake sometime in 2017. The latter has reportedly
been confirmed for U.S. launch, but there’s no word on its Indian arrival yet.
The second generation Porsche Panamera’s
design is inspired by that of the Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo concept, and
thus, the Porsche Panamera Shooting Brake (name unconfirmed) looks very close
to the latter. The shooting brake version is already under development, and
Porsche is known to be testing it on public roads since February this year.
The 2017 Porsche Panamera saloon will be
available with three engine options: 440 hp 2.9-litre twin-turbo V6
petrol, 550 hp 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 petrol and 422 hp 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 diesel. These engine options should be available on the
Porsche Panamera Shooting Brake as well, with the standard 8-speed Porsche
dual-clutch transmission (PDK).
