2024 New Porsche Panamera India First Look Review: A Sportier Look, New Bumper Design And More

The new Panamera gets a redesigned dashboard with a new 12.6 inch digital driver display and a new 12.3-inch touchscreen infotainment system with haptic feedback controls

Being a Porsche, there is a lot of customisation and quality is of course, top notch.

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Porsche has launched the new generation Panamera luxury sedan in India with a starting price of Rs 1.69 crore. The Panamera now enters its third generation and is their most luxurious sedan with a sporting edge of course being Porsche.

 

The new Panamera is a long car with a length of 5,052 mm but has a sportier appearance now being closer to the 911 styling wise. It has new headlamps, new air intake plus it lower and wider along with new alloy wheels.

The other design details include frameless rear windows and a sloping roofline which gives it a sportier look. The rear styling includes wider tail-lamps and a new bumper design too.


Inside, just like on the new Porsche Cayenne, the new Panamera gets a redesigned dashboard with a new 12.6 inch digital driver display and a new 12.3-inch touchscreen infotainment system with haptic feedback controls.

There is also a new gear selector placed on the dashboard which frees up more space and is more practical. The passenger also has an additional 10.9-inch screen which displays more info or stream movies etc.

 

There is a new steering wheel with modes placed on the switch below which makes for easy access. The rear seat is now also more comfortable with more space and you can adjust for even the thigh support to backrest along with a larger screen at the back.

A larger glass roof also brings in a sense of space here. Being a Porsche, there is a lot of customisation and quality is of course, top notch.



For India, the Panamera comes with a 2.9l V6 twin turbo petrol engine with an 8-speed PDK automatic along with being rear wheel drive.

After selling 914 units in 2013 with highest ever sales, Porsche will launch many new cars along with the Panamera plus the new Macan electric also.