First Drive: 2013 Porsche Panamera GTS [w/video]
The Panamera That Can Win Back Purists
The roads winding from the southernmost coast of Spain up to Ascari Race Resort near the town of Ronda are enough to bring telling tales out of any car that professes to have high performance intentions. What talented few acquit themselves well on these roads are then exposed to the 3.4-mile Ascari circuit, and that’s usually enough to send most of them home in a huff of brake dust and blow-by.
This time in the crucible, it’s the , a car first shown under the hard lights of November’s . Despite not being the most powerful in the range, this naturally aspirated GTS is tipped to offer the most race-like dynamics of the entire Panamera portfolio. And after 100 or so miles on public amusement park roads and 20 or so on the track, this plus-size GT showed us it’s capable of dicing it up like a or while delivering an understandably different experience from behind the wheel.
Panamera GTS [w/video]
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