Porsche Panamera Turbo Plug-In in the works, says CEO Muller

Mathias Muller, Porsche's new CEO and president, confirmed to reporters that aside from a hybrid version of its Panamera sedan, the carmaker is also working on a plug-in hybrid variant. Muller also revealed that Porsche is also considering a variant with a turbocharged V-8. Muller said that Porsche is preparing a business case for the Panamera PHEV mule, which he claims to have recently driven.
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Joe_Limon - 10/5/2010 11:41:21 PM

-6 Boost

This thing already weighs 4,343 lbs which is about as much as a full sized truck... the silverado 1500 weighs in at 4463 lbs... I don't think they should add any more weight... a 300lb hybrid system will push this thing into hummer h3 territory.

veyron1001 - 10/6/2010 9:19:27 AM

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!!!!!!!111!!!!!!111!!!!ITS A GT CAR!!!!!111!!!!!!1111!!
Now that I have that out of the way. The silverado has practically nothing in it and it weighs that much. I doubt you want me to start a GTR beating the Z06 flame war with worse specs.

Joe_Limon - 10/6/2010 11:01:54 AM

-5 Boost

dude, that is not an excuse, they both have 4.8L engines, but the truck has to have a far heavier/stiffer all steel chassis to handle towing. Plus, if I wanted, I could have compared it to a 4x4 chevy colorado that weighs in at 3366lbs... which is 1000lbs lighter then this behemoth! But that isn't a full sized truck.

Joe_Limon - 10/7/2010 4:57:44 PM

+1 Boost

So you think the Panamera is light weight? lol!

http://autos.yahoo.com/2011_chevrolet_truck_colorado_regular_cab_2wd_work_truck-specs/;_ylt=Ag.G7kxWVbpNee7Usd65euAMjsF_;_ylv=3