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Officially Official: Porsche confirms Panamera Hybrid

omarrana submitted on 1/7/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 7:12:55 AM

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What a wonderful way to start the morning! Porsche today officially announced that it will be offering a hybrid variant of its highly-anticipated Porsche Panamera.

The Panamera Hybrid will use the same gas-electric hybrid technology found in the Cayenne Hybrid and will allow for a 30% reduction in fuel-consumption.

Porsche says that the “full parallel hybrid system of the Panamera will be configured with the battery unit positioned below the luggage compartment, and hybrid module, comprising of an additional clutch and electric motor, will be between the engine and transmission.”

The base Porsche’s Panamera will...

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Officially Official: Porsche confirms Panamera Hybrid

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Catsmeow

how about showing us the base Panamera first? we'll care about hybrids later

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Posted on 1/7/2008 8:54:55 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

SHOWTIME

seriously!

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Posted on 1/7/2008 9:38:27 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

EL34

The Porsche Panamera is coming, are you ready?

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Posted on 1/7/2008 10:59:02 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

1995e34

they will.

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Posted on 1/7/2008 12:11:53 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

mini22

Yes-About 2 yrs after the intro of the Panamera.

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Posted on 1/7/2008 12:14:55 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

theoptimisticpessimist

Ugly car gets a boring engine.

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Posted on 1/7/2008 2:06:36 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

t_bone

Great news! Thanks for posting.

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Posted on 1/7/2008 8:16:47 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

EvoAudi

This was confirmed at the LA Auto Show, why is everyone surprised about old news?

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Posted on 1/7/2008 11:10:50 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

BrandonAMG

I swear I just read an article on here not too long ago that Porsche is actually rethinking its hybrid plans ... ?

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Posted on 1/8/2008 1:27:09 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

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