Porsche Panamera 4 North Americans (generally) won’t abide ‘fours’ at all, and any ‘sixes’ are usually paired with batteries or turbos. So why does Porsche Panamera 4 feel it can rake in additional sales by offering its four-seat Panamera sedan with a bent six? Isn’t that like bringing a six-shooter to an artillery convention? Who signed off on that deal?NEW V6 MODEL DELIVERS 300-HORSEPOWER
Whether you agree with it or not, the Panamera – just Porsche Panamera 4 – will debut this September carrying a 300-hp 3.6-liter 90-degree V6. Heresy? Not really, according to Porsche Panamera 4 , who claim that less than a decade ago, V8s of closer to five liters in size were producing roughly the same power. The engine’s 295 ft-lbs of torque is helped by the use of direct gasoline injection and fully-variable cams. Porsche claims that its V6 is created by taking two cylinders off the V8, which is why it retains the 90-degree V-angle, dry-sump lubrication and features a hole through the block that the front axle passes through on all-wheel drive models.
