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The main figures characterizing the new second generation Porsche Panamera 4S are as follows. It accelerates from zero to hundreds in 4.2 seconds. The engine has two turbines and produces 440 hp. power and 550 Nm of torque. So in this part there are no questions about the Porsche Panamera 4S.
Questions may only arise about the appearance of the car, which is too reminiscent of another model of the same brand, namely the 911 sports car. Indeed, from some angles, the new Porsche Panamera is the spitting image of a 911. The five-door hatchback seems to have borrowed the side glazing and architecture from the company’s iconic sports coupe front part. However, the Germans claim that the new Panamera just gives the impression that it is copied from the 911, but in fact it is not. However, among fans of the brand, the new silhouette causes not so much bewilderment as admiration.
The length of the 2017 Porsche Panamera increased by 34 mm, 30 of which went to increase the wheelbase. The width has increased by 6 and the height by 5 mm. The last figure might not have been given any significance at all, if not for one circumstance. In the second row, the roof is now 20 mm lower. As the creators assure, this was done without compromising the internal space.
There's really no more headroom than in some family hatchbacks, but sit behind the driver and if you have anything to complain about, it's just that there's a bit of cramping in the foot area.
Interior
But the creators of the new Panamera came up with a lot of things to entertain those who didn’t get a seat behind the wheel. So, between the seats there is a multimedia screen, with which you can control everything that happens in the entertainment center, for example, change tracks or start a video. But it will be much more interesting to deal with climate control controls. The fact is that there are no flags or levers on the deflectors that could be used to change the direction of air flow. This can only be done using the touchscreen.
Another entertainment lies in the inter-seat box. There are also two chargers for gadgets. The mechanism of the cup holders, which can be removed, open additional stops, and then close them back, is also interesting.
Another interesting fact. Behind the second row there is 495 liters of luggage volume, and by transforming the interior this space can be increased to 1300 liters. In general, those who made the new Porsche Panamera were clearly trying to tell us that they love those sitting in the back and luggage no less than the person behind the wheel.
Driver's seat
There are only two analog instruments left: a stopwatch under the windshield and a tachometer. To the left and right of the tachometer are two seven-inch displays, which replace two instruments each, resulting in a total of five classic Porsche dials. However, the content can be changed at your discretion. For example, you can display the navigator screen in place of two of them. A 12.3-inch display is located in the center. It is touch sensitive, which means it can be used to control almost anything.
The Porsche Communication Management multimedia system was already very sophisticated and intuitive, but now it has become even smarter. For example, with its help you can not only configure all the parameters of the 2017 Porsche Panamera, but also find out, for example, the weather at your destination, look at the airport board, and all this works at a speed not inferior to a modern smartphone.
The creators seem to have fallen so much in love with their own creation that they transferred almost all the functions to it. For example, changing the ground clearance and forced raising of the wing now also needs to be found in the menu. There are no real buttons for this.
For those who like controllers, there is a round thing that you can press and with which you can actually control something. Although perhaps this is just a rudiment, indicating that the era of individual buttons is finally becoming a thing of the past. Plastic, play, and everything that prevented you from enjoying the money spent are disappearing from the interiors of expensive cars. And here, in the new Panamera, that feeling of well-made things is incredibly strong.
It is complemented by a “glass” console, which displays icons that can be clicked. Particularly pleasant are those two segments that work like touchpads on Apple computers. They are pressed entirely, but you understand that it was you who pressed.
In general, the interior of the new Porsche Panamera is an outlandish combination of the dreams of science fiction writers twenty years ago and the works of modern sculptors. You can spend more than one hour studying this decoration.
Power unit
Thanks to the increase in the wheelbase, it was possible to move the interior a little back. The engine is now located strictly above the front axle, and the gearbox ends approximately at the level of the driver's knee. All three engines: two petrol and one diesel are completely new and all are equipped with turbocharging. Admittedly, this somewhat devalues the Turbo model.
The test drive was a 2017 Porsche Panamera 4S with a three-liter engine and two turbines. It is interesting because the tubes are located in the camber of the cylinder block and rotate in different directions to reduce vibration. Torque from the engine is transmitted through a new PDK gearbox, eight-speed and four-shaft. We can say that these are two double-shaft boxes combined into one body.
In those modifications that are available on the Russian market, the drive is strictly all-wheel drive. It is this all-wheel drive that neutralizes the main news associated with the second generation Panamera. The bottom line is that this car is built on a new platform called MSB. If you decipher this name and translate it from German, you get a modular platform for cars with a classic or standard layout. That is, with an engine at the front and drive to the rear axle. This is surprising, because Porsche has not produced such cars for a long time, and the Volkswagen concern itself has not been producing such cars for a very long time. Apparently some interesting news will follow from this in the coming years.
Suspensions and comfort
Both the front “double wishbone” (wishbone) and the rear multi-link work in conjunction with three-chamber pneumatic elements, which give the very heavy car a very decent ride. It's time to ask the question: how much lighter is the new Porsche Panamera than its predecessor? The answer is: not by much. Both the first and second generation Panamera 4S have a curb weight of 1870 kg, which is quite a lot.
It turns out that even with such a mass you can drive, and quite quickly. To do this, just turn the rotating mode selector. The same one that originally appeared on the 918 model, and then from there migrated to Carrera. Every quarter turn, every click, which marks the transition from Normal mode to Sport mode and from there to Sport Plus, reduces the number of active chambers in the air struts and makes the damping more rigid.
All 440 “horses” hidden under the hood begin to work at full power, and gear shift times approach zero. You can bring the engine into an angry state in a simpler way by pressing the Sport Response button. Then all the car’s systems are mobilized for 20 seconds so that you can overtake someone or simply surprise someone. Only in this “increased viciousness” mode do you realize that the V6 of the new Panamera is very similar to the boxer engine of the updated Carrera. And in numbers the motors are very similar and even the maximum torque is achieved at approximately the same level.
Dynamics and handling
It turns out that not only designers, but also motorists were forced to be inspired by the best product of the brand. Does this mean that the Panamera drives no worse than the 911? Nothing like this. The difference in weight is three centners, and they make themselves felt. Driving this car you can't help but feel weighty.
A tight suspension and almost no roll cannot correct the situation. Cornering is where the feel of this rather heavy car starts to fall apart. On the one hand, this car has a very decent ride. On the other hand, there is inertia and you can feel it.
Still, driving a Porsche Panamera along a mountain serpentine or on a race track is not so much pleasure as it is hard work. The Porsche Panamera 4S is designed for a fundamentally different driving experience. Also fast, but not fussy, but more measured. In principle, these are the embodiments of the “Grand Turismo” idea.
This is precisely the fundamental difference between two cars with different numbers of doors and almost the same price. If the 911 was created in order for drivers to concentrate as much as possible on driving, then the 2017 Porsche Panamera was created in order to relax it as much as possible, remove it as much as possible from the immediate, from the need for instant reactions and allow the driver to simply enjoy the world around them. The price of a Porsche Panamera is 8,362,000 rubles.
Technical specifications of the new 2017 Porsche Panamera 4S
- Length: 5049 mm;
- Width: 1937 mm;
- Height: 1423 mm;
- Wheelbase: 2950 mm;
- Curb weight 1870 kg;
- Engine: V6 with cylinder block angle of 90°, with two turbines;
- Engine displacement: 2999 cm3;
- Engine power: 440 hp;
- Torque 550 Nm;
- Acceleration time to hundreds is 4.2 seconds.
Video of the new Porsche Panamera 2017
1. Independent parts of speech:
- nouns (see morphological norms of nouns);
- Verbs:
- participles;
- participles;
- adjectives;
- numerals;
- pronouns;
- adverbs;
2. Functional parts of speech:
- prepositions;
- unions;
- particles;
3. Interjections.
The following do not fall into any of the classifications (according to the morphological system) of the Russian language:
- the words yes and no, if they act as an independent sentence.
- introductory words: so, by the way, total, as a separate sentence, as well as a number of other words.
Morphological analysis of a noun
- initial form in the nominative case, singular (with the exception of nouns used only in the plural: scissors, etc.);
- proper or common noun;
- animate or inanimate;
- gender (m,f, avg.);
- number (singular, plural);
- declination;
- case;
- syntactic role in a sentence.
Plan for morphological analysis of a noun
"The baby drinks milk."
Baby (answers the question who?) – noun;
- initial form - baby;
- constant morphological features: animate, common noun, concrete, masculine, 1st declension;
- inconsistent morphological features: nominative case, singular;
- when parsing a sentence, it plays the role of subject.
Morphological analysis of the word “milk” (answers the question of whom? What?).
- initial form – milk;
- constant morphological characteristics of the word: neuter, inanimate, real, common noun, II declension;
- variable morphological features: accusative case, singular;
- direct object in the sentence.
Here is another example of how to make a morphological analysis of a noun, based on a literary source:
"Two ladies ran up to Luzhin and helped him get up. He began to knock the dust off his coat with his palm. (example from: “Luzhin’s Defense”, Vladimir Nabokov)."
Ladies (who?) - noun;
- initial form - queen;
- constant morphological features: common noun, animate, concrete, feminine, first declension;
- fickle morphological characteristics of the noun: singular, genitive case;
- syntactic role: part of the subject.
Luzhin (to whom?) - noun;
- initial form - Luzhin;
- faithful morphological characteristics of the word: proper name, animate, concrete, masculine, mixed declension;
- inconsistent morphological features of the noun: singular, dative case;
Palm (with what?) - noun;
- initial shape - palm;
- constant morphological features: feminine, inanimate, common noun, concrete, I declension;
- inconsistent morpho. signs: singular, instrumental case;
- syntactic role in context: addition.
Dust (what?) - noun;
- initial form - dust;
- main morphological features: common noun, material, feminine, singular, animate not characterized, III declension (noun with zero ending);
- fickle morphological characteristics of the word: accusative case;
- syntactic role: addition.
(c) Coat (Why?) - noun;
- the initial form is a coat;
- constant correct morphological characteristics of the word: inanimate, common noun, specific, neuter, indeclinable;
- morphological features are inconsistent: the number cannot be determined from the context, genitive case;
- syntactic role as a member of a sentence: addition.
Morphological analysis of the adjective
An adjective is a significant part of speech. Answers the questions Which? Which? Which? Which? and characterizes the characteristics or qualities of an object. Table of morphological features of the adjective name:
- initial form in the nominative case, singular, masculine;
- constant morphological features of adjectives:
- rank according to the value:
- - quality (warm, silent);
- - relative (yesterday, reading);
- - possessive (hare, mother);
- degree of comparison (for quality ones, for which this feature is constant);
- full/short form (for quality ones, for which this sign is constant);
- inconsistent morphological features of the adjective:
- qualitative adjectives vary according to the degree of comparison (in comparative degrees the simple form, in superlative degrees - complex): beautiful - more beautiful - the most beautiful;
- full or short form (qualitative adjectives only);
- gender marker (singular only);
- number (agrees with the noun);
- case (agrees with the noun);
- syntactic role in a sentence: an adjective can be a definition or part of a compound nominal predicate.
Plan for morphological analysis of the adjective
Example sentence:
The full moon rose over the city.
Full (what?) – adjective;
- initial form – full;
- constant morphological features of the adjective: qualitative, full form;
- inconsistent morphological characteristics: in a positive (zero) degree of comparison, feminine (consistent with the noun), nominative case;
- according to syntactic analysis - a minor member of the sentence, serves as a definition.
Here is another whole literary passage and morphological analysis of the adjective, with examples:
The girl was beautiful: slender, thin, blue eyes, like two amazing sapphires, looking into your soul.
Beautiful (what?) - adjective;
- initial form - beautiful (in this meaning);
- constant morphological norms: qualitative, brief;
- inconstant signs: positive degree of comparison, singular, feminine;
Slender (what?) - adjective;
- initial form - slender;
- constant morphological characteristics: qualitative, complete;
- inconsistent morphological characteristics of the word: full, positive degree of comparison, singular, feminine, nominative case;
- syntactic role in a sentence: part of the predicate.
Thin (what?) - adjective;
- initial form - thin;
- morphological constant characteristics: qualitative, complete;
- inconsistent morphological characteristics of the adjective: positive degree of comparison, singular, feminine, nominative case;
- syntactic role: part of the predicate.
Blue (what?) - adjective;
- initial form - blue;
- table of constant morphological features of the adjective name: qualitative;
- inconsistent morphological characteristics: full, positive degree of comparison, plural, nominative case;
- syntactic role: definition.
Amazing (what?) - adjective;
- initial form - amazing;
- constant characteristics of morphology: relative, expressive;
- inconsistent morphological features: plural, genitive case;
- syntactic role in a sentence: part of the circumstance.
Morphological features of the verb
According to the morphology of the Russian language, a verb is an independent part of speech. It can denote an action (to walk), a property (to limp), an attitude (to be equal), a state (to rejoice), a sign (to turn white, to show off) of an object. Verbs answer the question what to do? what to do? what is he doing? what did you do? or what will it do? Different groups of verbal word forms have heterogeneous morphological characteristics and grammatical features.
Morphological forms of verbs:
- the initial form of the verb is the infinitive. It is also called the indefinite or unchangeable form of the verb. There are no variable morphological features;
- conjugated (personal and impersonal) forms;
- inconjugated forms: participles and participles.
Morphological analysis of the verb
- initial form - infinitive;
- constant morphological features of the verb:
- transitivity:
- transitive (used with accusative case nouns without a preposition);
- intransitive (not used with a noun in the accusative case without a preposition);
- repayment:
- returnable (there is -sya, -sya);
- irrevocable (no -sya, -sya);
- imperfect (what to do?);
- perfect (what to do?);
- conjugation:
- I conjugation (do-eat, do-e, do-eat, do-e, do-ut/ut);
- II conjugation (sto-ish, sto-it, sto-im, sto-ite, sto-yat/at);
- mixed verbs (want, run);
- inconsistent morphological features of the verb:
- mood:
- indicative: what did you do? What did you do? what is he doing? what will he do?;
- conditional: what would you do? what would you do?;
- imperative: do!;
- time (in the indicative mood: past/present/future);
- person (in the present/future tense, indicative and imperative: 1st person: I/we, 2nd person: you/you, 3rd person: he/they);
- gender (past tense, singular, indicative and conditional);
- number;
- syntactic role in a sentence. The infinitive can be any part of the sentence:
- predicate: To be a holiday today;
- subject: Learning is always useful;
- addition: All the guests asked her to dance;
- definition: He had an irresistible desire to eat;
- circumstance: I went out for a walk.
Morphological analysis of verb example
To understand the scheme, let’s conduct a written analysis of the morphology of the verb using an example sentence:
God somehow sent a piece of cheese to the crow... (fable, I. Krylov)
Sent (what did you do?) - part of speech verb;
- initial form - send;
- constant morphological features: perfective aspect, transitional, 1st conjugation;
- inconsistent morphological characteristics of the verb: indicative mood, past tense, masculine, singular;
The following online example of morphological analysis of a verb in a sentence:
What silence, listen.
Listen (what do you do?) - verb;
- initial form - listen;
- morphological constant features: perfective aspect, intransitive, reflexive, 1st conjugation;
- inconsistent morphological characteristics of the word: imperative mood, plural, 2nd person;
- syntactic role in a sentence: predicate.
Plan for morphological analysis of verbs online for free, based on an example from a whole paragraph:
He needs to be warned.
No need, let him know next time how to break the rules.
What are the rules?
Wait, I'll tell you later. Has entered! (“Golden Calf”, I. Ilf)
Caution (what to do?) - verb;
- initial form - warn;
- morphological features of the verb are constant: perfective, transitive, irrevocative, 1st conjugation;
- inconsistent morphology of part of speech: infinitive;
- syntactic function in a sentence: part of the predicate.
Let him know (what is he doing?) - verb part of speech;
- initial form - know;
- inconsistent verb morphology: imperative, singular, 3rd person;
- syntactic role in a sentence: predicate.
Violate (what to do?) - the word is a verb;
- initial form - violate;
- constant morphological features: imperfect form, irrevocable, transitional, 1st conjugation;
- inconstant features of the verb: infinitive (initial form);
- syntactic role in context: part of the predicate.
Wait (what will you do?) - part of speech verb;
- initial form - wait;
- constant morphological features: perfective aspect, irrevocable, transitional, 1st conjugation;
- inconsistent morphological characteristics of the verb: imperative mood, plural, 2nd person;
- syntactic role in a sentence: predicate.
Entered (what did you do?) - verb;
- initial form - enter;
- constant morphological features: perfective aspect, irreversible, intransitive, 1st conjugation;
- inconsistent morphological characteristics of the verb: past tense, indicative mood, singular, masculine;
- syntactic role in a sentence: predicate.
How did the Panamera get its name?
Porsche has made history in the Carrera Panamericana with the new 550 RS Spyder. The name Panamera preserves the memory of famous racing - in the genes of this car too.
In 1952, at the Paris Auto Show, the company Porsche first presented the model to the world 550 Spyder with designed Ernst Fuhrman engine with four camshafts, four-speed gearbox and locking differential.
The car immediately became popular; the proportional shape of the body was especially admired. The body was made of light metal and showed perfect lines from front to rear - the so-called monocoque body with space frame.
The frame was welded from pipes. The 1500 cc air-cooled four-cylinder engine (in-house name 547) was equipped with four overhead camshafts and developed 110 hp. at 7800 rpm.
Thanks to continuous modernization until 1961, the car was Porsche's main trump card in the field of sports.
So, in the early 50s, a road race took place in Mexico Carrera Panamericana, and the length of the route was 3000 km. Here, initially unwillingly, the company Porsche wrote a chapter in racing history.
In 1954, the first priority was to prove the efficiency of the new, powerful 117 hp engine installed in the 550 Spyder. with four camshafts. Also new was the first sponsorship livery of a factory Porsche body by Fletcher and Telefunken, who assisted the head of the scientific department, Huschke von Hanstein, to participate in the Mexican races.
With the passenger seat enclosed, the Spyder thrived on long straights. Carrera Panamericana maximum speed over 200 km/h. Thanks to its light weight, it was superior to many competitors with large displacement.
Following the two Ferrari works, Hans Herrmann finished third and Jaroslav Juhan fourth in the overall team standings, marking an impressive double victory in the up to 1,500 cc sports car class.
Panamericana (Carretera Panamericana) is a system of highways that - with small gaps - connects Alaska with Tierra del Fuego, that is, it extends along the entire north-south direction of the American continent and covers an area of almost 48,000 km.
After the Mexican part of the Panamericana was completed in the early 50s, it was “lit” with a multi-day race that took place across the country in several stages. The Carrera Panamericana race was held on public roads in the same way as the Mille Miglia and Targa Florio in Italy. The 3,436 km long route ran from the northern to the southern border of Mexico and was thus 2 times longer than the Mille Miglia. Like the latter, it was created to host races for the world championship among sports cars.
The race consisted of nine stages that began in the city of Ciudad Juarez and passed through Chihuahua, Parral, Durango, Leon, Mexico City, Pueblo, Oaxaca, Tuxtla and Ocotal. The race started on May 5, 1950, the destination was reached 6 days later - on May 10. Only five-seat production limousines were allowed to participate in the first races in 1950. In subsequent years Carrera Panamericana shifted from south to north, the classes of cars allowed for racing were expanded.
With the 550 Spyder, Porsche produced a surprise in 1954: Hans Herrmann and Jaroslav Juhan took an important third and fourth place in the overall team standings and thus secured victory in the sports car class.
In honor of successful participation in the race Carrera Panamericana Porsche later named several models Carrera. The origins of the name of the new car Panamera should also be looked for in this legendary race.
