| Porsche has announced that it
will build a hybrid drive version of the Panamera, the four-door GT Gran
Turismo car that it is to launch in 2009. The hybrid vehicle will use
components from the Cayenne Hybrid that is due to enter the market at
much the same time.
Porsche says the Panamera will be the first four-door sports model to
feature full parallel hybrid technology. It claims its system will offer
average fuel consumption of less than 9 litres/100km.
The newly developed full parallel hybrid system will consist of a battery
unit in the luggage compartment, the power electronics, and a hybrid module
between the engine and transmission comprising an additional clutch and
the electric motor.
Depending on driving conditions, the hybrid module can disengage either
the combustion engine or the electric motor, or to combine both drive
systems as one joint power unit.
Panamera is the fourth model series from the German sports car maker and
has what Porsche calls “dynamic proportions and muscular design”.
The car has two adult-spec single seats at the rear.
The Panamera Gran Turismo will make its world debut in 2009 and will be
introduced with proven drive concepts. The hybrid version will follow
later.
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