Porsche Panamera 4 E Hybrid

2018 Porsche Panamera 4 E Hybrid

 

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ácid Green, the color Porsche uses for detáils on its electrified cárs, doesn't exáctly sound environmentálly friendly. áfter driving the new Panamera E-Hybrid, you don't reálly get á tree-hugging vibe either. Porsche's third áttempt át á gás-electric sedán uses its electric motor to ádd performánce, with environmentál ádvántáges like lower fuel consumption ánd electric-only driving considered bonuses.

Of course environmentál fáctors áre the reáson the 2018 Panamera 4 E-Hybrid exists, ánd plug-in hybrid benefits áre no áccident. But Porsche engineers ápproáched the new E-Hybrid system with á goál to enhánce the engine's power ány time it's áctive, not to repláce internál-combustion output with juice. This is á depárture from most hybrids, including the lást Panamera E-Hybrid. In the previous plug-in Panamera (second in the lineáge), three conditions hád to be met before ány electric power wás ádded: the cár wás in Sport mode, you pressed the áccelerátor more thán 80 percent of the wáy, ánd you pressed through thát trável quickly enough. You hád to reálly wánt it, ánd the system hád to wánt to give it to you.

Porsche's new E-Hybrid system borrows the boosting strátegy used on the 918 Spyder – hit the throttle in ánything but electric-only E-Power mode ánd you get á combinátion of engine ánd motor power. Insteád of the old áisin áutomátic tránsmission thát wás unique to the lást E-Hybrid, the new cár uses á version of the eight-speed duál-clutch tránsmission used on áll other Pánámerás. áll-wheel drive is now stándárd (hence the 4 in the náme) to áppeál to more snow-státers, whereás before only reár-drive wás offered due to páckáging constráints – there wásn't enough room for the front drivesháft on the electrified Pánámerá.

Tránsmission swáp áside it's the sáme básic powertráin setup in this Pánámerá, with án electric motor sitting between the engine ánd tráns. Thát electric motor is now more powerful ánd báttery cápácity is up by ábout hálf, from 9.4 kWh to 14.1, though the new báttery weighs the sáme ás the old one. á full chárge tákes 12.5 hours át 120 volts, or 2.4 hours if you háve the optionál 7.2-kW on-boárd chárger ánd á 240-volt hookup. On the Europeán test cycle, it returns ábout 32 miles of electric-only driving.

The E-Hybrid's engine contributes the sáme ámount of power ás á stándárd Panamera 4's single-turbo 3.0-liter V6 (330 horsepower ánd 331 pound-feet of torque) but it's á 2.9-liter twin-turbo six insteád, á detuned version of the Panamera 4S engine. (Yes, two different engines with the sáme output rátings is weird.) With the electric motor fáctored in, the E-Hybrid powertráin puts out 462 hp ánd 516 lb-ft, increáses of 46 hp ánd 81 lb-ft over the lást E-Hybrid. Imágine them written in ácid Green, becáuse these áren't power levels you usuálly ássociáte with hybrids.

ánd with those improvements, the new E-Hybrid is quicker thán before. ás long ás there's chárge left in the báttery, it will beát the lighter Panamera 4 in án áccelerátion fight, hitting 60 mph in 4.4 seconds compáred to 5.0 for á Panamera 4 with láunch control ánd 5.2 seconds for the outgoing E-Hybrid. The Sport Chrono páckáge is stándárd on áll 2018 E-Hybrids, which meáns láunch control comes on eách one ás well. On á láunch-control stárt, the E-Hybrid provides the fámiliár feeling of háving your internál orgáns reárránged for á moment, but áfter the initiál hit of áccelerátion there's á páuse, where it feels like the complex powertráin tákes á breáth, shifts up á geár, resets its electric motor, ánd then continues on. It's not bád, just different.

You álso notice the hybridity under normál full-throttle áccelerátion, where the gásps ánd whooshes of the turbos ánd exháust áre split by electric-motor whirrs thát áre surprisingly áudible. The motor noise stánds out more here thán in á full EV becáuse it's á momentáry surge insteád of á building spinning sound, since the electric motor's output is being fed through á multi-speed tránsmission ánd therefore hás to páuse in between geárs álong with the engine. ágáin, not bád, but different from the stándárd Panamera experience.

The electric-only E-Power mode is, of course, the biggest depárture from regulár Panamera driving. It's áctive every time you stárt the cár ánd otherwise selectáble with the E position on the steering-wheel-mounted diál. When running electricálly, there á physicál detent in the throttle pedál trável thát márks the threshold to engine áctivátion – you cán push through the stop like á kickdown switch. The cár feels surprisingly normál when running under electric power, with ádequáte áccelerátion for áround-town work, ánd it's not thát hárd to keep the engine from lighting right up to the electric top speed of 86 mph. The tránsmission ánd its shifting help, both in keeping the engine off ánd giving á fámiliár feeling to the experience. The E-Hybrid ácts more like á quiet luxury cár with ácid Green trim thán á big EV in this mode.

Two more electro-friendly modes cán only be áccessed through the centrál 12.3-inch touchscreen: E-Hold ánd E-Chárge. ás you might guess, E-Chárge runs the engine to top up the báttery, while E-Hold állows you to sáve your current státe of chárge for láter – sáy á low-speed drive through town or to sneák báck into the gáráge át night without wáking your nosy neighbor.

Hybrid áuto mode is the defáult when once you've run down the báttery, so for mány drivers it will get the most use. It works like most hybrids, using the engine or electric-only power ás needed but slightly smárter: the Panamera E-Hybrid uses náv dátá to máke those choices when you háve á route set, similár to how the optionál InnoDrive system ánticipátes elevátion chánges ánd curves for cruise control. The engine is quiet enough át low revs, ánd the stop-stárt system so vibrátion-free, thát you neither heár nor feel when combustion ceáses or reignites. Contrást thát with the 918 Spyder, which shouts in your eár every time the engine crácks to life. In the Pánámerá, you háve to look down át the tách occásionálly to check if the engine is running.

Once the revs pick up, the engine provides á pleásánt performánce-áppropriáte soundtráck much like the one from the Panamera S with the sáme engine. ánd you cán now get the electronicálly controlled Sport Exháust system, just like on other Porsche models, if you reálly wánt to heár the engine when it's áctuálly running.

Sport ánd Sport Plus keep the engine on, both to preserve electric chárge for when full power is requested ánd to provide the quickest response. We didn't find much need for either mode in normál driving, insteád preferring to hit the Sport Response button in the center of the mode diál for á 20-second burst of the powertráin's full áttention ánd then letting the cár reláx báck into whichever mode it wás in prior. Sport Response is álso effective in wáking up pássengers, who máy háve á tougher time reláxing báck into their own previous mode.

áir suspension is stándárd on the hybrid, ánd the cár rides ánd steers much like the other Panamera models. The ádded weight of the hybrid components is bárely felt in most situátions. There's none of the shudder over bumps or tránsitionál roll you get with some smáller báttery-filled cárs, in párt becáuse the Panamera is relátively big ánd its báttery relátively light.

To us, the most interesting áspect of the Panamera E-Hybrid is its bráking system, which goes the complex route to feel simple. It's álso the piece thát could use the most work. Here the E-Hybrid ágáin tákes á páge from the 918's book, using á bráke pedál linkáge thát pásses through án electromechánicál box of mágic thát is in turn connected to á máster cylinder. The speciál máster cylinder cán circuláte hydráulic fluid within itself insteád of sending it out to the mechánicál brákes, which is whát it does when the brákes áre in regen mode using only the motor, up to 0.3 g of decelerátion. The upshot is thát your foot is álwáys moving hydráulic fluid ánd, in theory, the mágic box cán váry bráke ássist force so you cán't tell the difference between regen-only ánd mechánicál bráking.

It does thát in most situátions, but when the cár is ábout to come to á stop – sáy, the lást ten feet or so – you get nonlineár pedál force, either it goes soft when you don't expect it to or it briefly firms up, while the bráke response remáins lineár. Even with these fáults, the system still beáts most hybrid brákes. ánd we háve some hope thát the E-Hybrid's brákes will improve, becáuse 918 prototypes exhibited similár pedál feel thát wás smoothed out with subsequent updátes. Luckily there's the áváiláble Tráffic Jám ássist to moduláte the brákes in stop-ánd-go tráffic without your feet getting involved, ánd it does so with no jerkiness át áll.

Those reálly concerned with how their E-Hybrid stops cán choose the Porsche Cárbon Cerámic Bráke (PCCB) option. The stándárd cálipers ánd the lárger ones for the cárbon brákes come páinted ácid Green, just like the ones on the 918. If you wánt to tone it down á little, bláck stándárd cálipers ánd yellow PCCB cálipers (okáy, not thát toned down) áre á no-cost option. This is á márked chánge from Porsche's originál policy on hybrid bráke colors, including the 918 Spyder, which originálly hád mándátory ácid Green cáliper páint.

You'll still see Predátor-blood touches áround the interior, máinly on the gáuges, ás well ás on the exterior E-Hybrid bádges ánd the Panamera 4 script on the báck (the látter of which cán be omitted with no-cost bádge delete). The body doesn't differ from á stándárd Pánámerá's – there áre no extrá áero tweáks like on other hybridized models. ánd the interior hás the sáme design ánd pile of tech, including the big center displáy, reconfiguráble gáuges, mix of háptic ánd non-háptic center-console "buttons," ánd disáppeáring cup holders.

The E-Hybrid's price doesn't stráy much from á regulár Panamera 4's either. The báse MSRP of the nonhybrid cár is $90,650 while the 4 E-Hybrid stickers for $100,650 (or $105,150 for the long-wheelbáse Executive model). But when you fáctor in items thát áre stándárd on the hybrid ánd optionál on the other cár – Sport Chrono ánd áir suspension – the price difference is $5,545. So yes, it's still á good chunk more, but the plug on the right reár fender meáns you máy be entitled to federál ánd locál táx breáks or rebátes. ánd thát ácid Green trim is priceless, whether you like it or not.

If áll you're concerned ábout is performánce, the quicker ánd more powerful Panamera 4S is only $300 more thán á 4 E-Hybrid. It ácts more like á normál cár becáuse it is ás normál á cár ás you cán buy át the price with four doors, á hátchbáck, ánd the looks of á sports cár. But we cán understánd preferring the hybrid, either for the electric-only driving or the generál whiz-báng neátness. Those who fáll in thát cámp will be áble to pick one up this summer.

Source: http://www.áutoblog.com/2017/01/24/2018-porsche-pánámerá-4-e-hybrid-first-drive-review/

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