Eight-cylinder Panamera models are entering the next model year as of August 2010 with an even higher standard of all-round efficiency and new options.

Thanks to a new brake energy recuperation system, together with optional 19-inch all-season tires, the Panamera Turbo offers reduced roll resistance and brings a further improvement of fuel consumption by 0.9 litres/100 km. As a result, the 500-horsepower top model now consumes just 11.3 litres instead of formerly 12.2 litres/100 km. The Panamera S and Panamera 4S will make do with just 10.3 ltr/100 km and 10.6 ltr/100 km respectively.

This increase in efficiency results primarily from brake energy recuperation, with the battery being charged primarily during application of the brakes and, respectively, in overrun. In conjunction with further improvements, this battery charging strategy on the Panamera Turbo saves no less than 0.7 litres on 100 kilometres, while newly developed, optional all-season tires measuring 19 inches in diameter likewise serve to reduce fuel consumption by another 0.2 ltr/100 km on each model in the Panamera range. Together with the enhanced tread of the tires, a special rubber compound serves to reduce roll resistance while at the same time increasing the mileage covered by the tires. The Auto Start Stop function has also been optimised, allowing the driver to set off again even faster and more comfortably after coming to a halt.

As a further highlight, Porsche is extending the range of paintwork colours, leather options and special equipment for the Panamera. As an example, the Gran Turismo is now also available with auxiliary heating and a three-spoke sports steering wheel with gearshift paddles on cars equipped with PDK (Porsche-Doppelkupplungsgetriebe).

Three-dimensional presentation of maps by the further improved, optional navigation system may now also be combined with a satellite image for even more realistic presentation and enhanced orientation. Even traffic lane information is provided in this way for complex road junctions in Europe and the USA. And last but not least, the speed limit indicator, so far covering only the Autobahn, motorway and interstate, now also comprises (depending on the database material) main roads and major routes leading out of town.