2018 PORSCHE Panamera GTS Sport Turismo (971) 4.0L V8 8AT AWD (460 HP)

Vehicle Overview

The 2018 Porsche Panamera GTS Sport has kind of a weird name. The GTS means GranTourismo Sport. It is even weirder that the body is a station wagon. Of course, it is not just a regular station wagon. It looks different, more like a lowered Cayenne Coupe.

The particular details of the GTS Sport on the front are the headlights. Altogether with the four LED there is an additional LED-bulb in the middle. When all are lit, it forms sort of an X-pattern. In the rear, there is a roof-spoiler that extends at a touch of a button or at over 120 kph (75 mph). It is not exactly a wing, but it is close.

Inside the cabin, there is room for four. While it is normal to see bucket seats up-front in a Porsche, in the rear, there are another two individual bucket seats. The dashboard and the instrument cluster are designed beautifully.

The practicality was not left aside and all the controls and buttons are where you wanted to be. The infotainment system is very good, but support only Apple CarPlay. If the driver has an Android smartphone, there is a dedicated app that makes it somehow compatible. But it is far from Android Auto.

But the Panamera GTS Sport is more about performance than about the luxury interior. Under the hood, there is a 4.0-liter V8 engine twin-turbocharged. It is mated to an 8-speed PDK (double-clutch) gearbox.