2018 Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid First Drive | Futuristic luxury electro-supercar
It's OK if you haven't yet nailed down the name of this one. Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid is a mouthful for sure, but it's also a big moment for Porsche. The former top-tier Turbo S model sports a hybrid system for the first time, an obvious sign of how Porsche will electrify its future. Thanks to the gone-but-not-forgotten 918 Spyder supercar's high-performance hybrid system (and the less powerful Panamera 4 E-Hybrid that utilizes a V6) this isn't new ground for Porsche. Even so, company officials still want to ease people into the E-Hybrid addition. Think of the Turbo S E-Hybrid as the heir to the 918's technology and spirit, rather than a ploy to cut emissions on their most potent and expensive Panamera. The Turbo S E-Hybrid takes the Panamera Turbo's already thunderous 550-horsepower, 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 and mates it to a 136-horsepower electric motor, for a combined output of 680 horsepower and 626 pound-feet of torque. That's a bit more th