680HP Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid – Video

 

While hybrids often are spun from conventional underpinnings, the MSB platform was conceived as a dual gasoline-and-electric architecture from the start. The Panamera Turbo S combines Porsche’s 550-hp twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8 with a 136-hp AC motor/generator packed inside a new ZF eight-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission-cum-transfer case. That yields a combined 680 horsepower and an awesome 626 lb-ft of torque ready and able to spin all four tires. A 14.1-kWh battery pack containing 104 liquid-cooled lithium-ion cells inside an aluminum box the size of a large suitcase lives beneath the cargo floor just ahead of the rear bumper.

Zero to 60 mph: 3.2-3.3 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 7.9-8.0 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 11.5-11.6 sec
Top speed: 193 mph