As sports cars go, few can claim to be as iconic, nor as enduring, as the Porsche 911. But while the 911 does follow the rule book in terms of size, weight and performance, it also makes nonsense of convention by hanging the engine behind the rear wheels.
Not that Porsche has ever been a company to follow the rules. After all, it was the Zuffenhausen marque that pioneered the now established trend of high-performance SUVs when it launched the Cayenne. The purists were up in arms, but Porsche is still smiling all the way to the bank.
So, the emergence of the Panamera Sport Turismo should hardly come as a surprise. It’s a natural adjunct to the established Panamera line-up but adds the extra space and versatility of an estate-type vehicle to the normal version’s existing virtues...
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