Officially Official: Porsche confirms Panamera Hybrid

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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Catsmeow - 1/7/2008 8:54:55 AM

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

SHOWTIME - 1/7/2008 9:38:27 AM

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seriously!

EL34 - 1/7/2008 10:59:02 AM

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The Porsche Panamera is coming, are you ready?

mini22 - 1/7/2008 12:14:55 PM

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

theoptimisticpessimist - 1/7/2008 2:06:36 PM

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Ugly car gets a boring engine.

t_bone - 1/7/2008 8:16:47 PM

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Great news! Thanks for posting.

EvoAudi - 1/7/2008 11:10:50 PM

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

BrandonAMG - 1/8/2008 1:27:09 AM

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