If you want a do-anything Porsche, it doesn’t get better than the Panamera Sport Turismo. We’ve documented this car’s brilliance countless times over the years, but even now, nothing can match the model’s uncanny ability to be all things to all people. Whether you need a continent-crossing cruiser or a roomy estate, a high-performance sports car or luxurious family transport, the Sport Turismo can fit the bill. It can even be a low-emission hybrid hatchback.
On paper, however, no version of the Panamera can fulfil its brief as well as the range-topping Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo, as seen here. The name might be a mouthful, and this might not be the most efficient hybrid in the Panamera range, but don’t let that detract from what might well be the very best all-rounder on the market today.
For a car with a starting price of around £150,000 (roughly twice the price of the cheapest Panamera Sport Turismo), the Turbo S E-Hybrid doesn’t look all that spectacular. Sure, the wheels are a bit bigger than standard and you get green keylines on the badges, but this Porsche looks more or less identical to anything else in the range. It doesn’t look that spectacular inside, either, although no Panamera feels particularly spartan — no matter which version you choose, you get the same massive touchscreen and ‘hybrid’ instrument cluster combining digital and analogue
