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Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK).
Offering both a manual gearshift and an
automatic mode, 7-speed PDK delivers
sports performance combined with
ef ficiency and comfort. It enables rapid
gear changes with no discernible inter -
ruption in the flow of power. Gears 1 to
6 have a sports ratio and top speed is
reached in 6th gear. The 7th gear has
a long ratio, which helps to keep engine
revs within a comfortable, low range
even at high road speeds.
In keeping with the character of the
Panamera GTS, we’ve made PDK sportier.
Depending on the gearshift programme
(‘Normal’, SPORT or SPORT PLUS, p. 28), gear changes are
optimised for sport y to
extremely sporty
performance. During
an upshift, for
example, selected engine
cylinders are deactivated temporarily,
which enables the speed of the engine to
be synchronised with the speed of the
transmission more quickly to deliver fast -
er shift times accompanied by a charac -
teristic motorsport engine sound.
In SPORT PLUS mode, PDK is tuned for
maximum performance. Engine torque, for
example, is no longer reduced during an
upshift and drive force is fully exploited
to achieve best possible acceleration.
What does this mean for you? A drive that
emulates the motorsport experience.
[ 01 ] Porsche Doppelkupplung[
02 ] PDK gear selector
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SPORT buttons and
Sport Chrono P ackage.
The Panamera GTS is more sport-oriented
than the other models in the Panamera
range. You can feel it and you
can hear
it the moment you start the engine and
depress the accelerator. With the SPORT
and SPORT PLUS
buttons, both of which
are available as standard, you have a
choice bet ween
t wo modes to make your
Panamera GTS
driving experience more and measure distances, it can also be
used as a conventional clock.
Another key component is the perfor
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mance display in the standard Porsche
Communication Management (PCM, p. 36),
which enables you to view, store and
evaluate recorded times. It shows the
total driving time, current lap distance,
lap number and lap times recorded so
far. You can view the current fastest lap
and the remaining range until empt y.
Travelled distances can be recorded
and defined as benchmark distances.
direct and
dynamic. When the SPORT
button is selected, the electronic engine
management system adapts for sportier
performance driving. In response to
pedal input, a more dynamic throt tle
map opens the throt tle valve wider than
would be the case in Normal mode.

The throt tle response is significantly

more immediate and a harder rev-limiter
is applied. PDK shifts up later and shifts
down sooner. Porsche Active Suspension
Management (PASM) and the optional
Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control (PDDC)
also switch to SPORT mode to deliver
harder damping and more direct steering,
which provides greater agilit y through
corners.
The SPORT PLUS but ton activates
SPORT PLUS mode. The adaptive air
suspension of the Panamera GTS drops
the chassis to Low Level and hardens the spring rate. Offering involving perfor
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mance, PDK is now geared for extremely
short shift times and optimum shift
points for the maximum acceleration
available. In automatic mode, PDK
responds to the slightest deceleration –
even at high engine speeds – with a
swifter brake-induced downshift. In
response to downshifts in manual mode,
the electronic engine management
system initiates a purposeful increase
in transmission speed to suppress
load- change reactions.
In SPORT PLUS mode, the trigger thresh -
old for PSM is raised for increased
longitudinal and lateral dynamics. Agility
is further enhanced when braking for
corners with PSM enabling greater
manoeuvrability under braking and exit
acceleration, especially at low speeds.
For even greater dexterit y, PSM can be set to standby while the car is still in
SPORT PLUS mode. For safet y, it
remains set to intervene automatically
only when ABS assistance is required

on both the front wheels.
Optimum acceleration from a standing
start is provided by the ‘Launch Control’
function. This function is operated via
the SPORT PLUS but ton with the ‘D’ or
‘M’ drive position selected. With the left
foot depressing the brake pedal, the
driver fully depresses the accelerator
for maximum throt tle. ‘Launch Control’
now appears in the SportDesign steering
wheel spoke display. Now simply release
the brake and feel the acceleration
power unleashed to the road.
The stopwatch mounted on the dash -
board is a component of the Sport Chrono
Package. Designed to record lap times
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speed of your vehicle by restricting throt -
tle or by gently applying the brakes until
your chosen distance from the vehicle in
front is maintained. If the vehicle ahead
slows further, adaptive cruise control
will decelerate your vehicle accordingly.
As soon as the road ahead clears, your
vehicle will accelerate back up to the
cruising speed originally set.
Lane Change Assist.
The optional Lane Change Assist uses
radar sensors to monitor the areas to the
rear of the vehicle and the blind spots
on either side. Above a speed of 18 mph
(30 km/ h), the system issues a visual
warning signal in the exterior mirrors
whenever a vehicle rapidly approaches
your vehicle from behind or enters one
of your blind spots. In this way, Lane
Change Assist improves comfort and
ParkAssist and reversing camera.
Park Assist is fit ted as standard. With
four sensors installed at the rear and six
sensors at the front, it audibly alerts
the driver to the presence of obstacles
detected behind or infront of the vehicle.
The audible alert is supplemented by a
visual warning in the central display
screen in the form of a graphical repre -
sentation of the vehicle’s surroundings.
The optional reversing camera facilitates
reverse parking with the aid of the cam -
era image and guidelines superimposed
on the PCM screen.
Adaptive cruise control.
Available as an option, this enhanced
version of cruise control regulates the
speed of your vehicle in line with the
speed of the vehicle in front. Imagine
you’ve selected a cruising speed but
have begun to gain on a slower-moving
vehicle. The system now reduces the
safety, particularly on motorways. How -
ever, it has no input into vehicle steering
and can be deactivated manually at any
time.
Porsche Entry & Drive.
Designed to minimise active key use,
Porsche Entry & Drive is available as
an option for the Panamera GTS and is recognisable by black inlays on the door
handles. As soon as you touch the door
handle, Porsche Entry & Drive checks

the access code stored in the key. Once
the key is validated, the door unlocks.
The engine can then be started and
switched off using the ignition switch.
To lock the vehicle, you simply press a
but ton on the outside of the door handle.
Porsche Entry & Drive then locks the
vehicle and activates the engine immobi -
liser and steering column lock.
[ 01 ] Reversing camera display in PCM [
02 ] Adaptive cruise control
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Engine
Cylinders 8
Displacement 4,806 cm
3
Max. power (DIN) at rpm316 kW (430 hp) at 6,700 rpm
Max. torque at rpm 520 Nm at 3,500 rpm
Compression ratio 12.5 : 1
Transmission
Layout All-wheel drive
PDK (7-speed) Standard
Chassis
Front a xle Fully independent large-format double
wishbone suspension
Rear axle Fully independent multi-link suspension
Steering Power-assisted (hydraulic)
Turning circle 11.97 m
Brakes Six-piston aluminium monobloc fixed brake
calipers at front, four-piston
aluminium monobloc fixed calipers at rear,
discs internally vented and slotted
Vehicle stability system Porsche Stability Management (PSM)
Anti-lock braking system ABS
Standard wheels Front 9 J x 19 ET 60
Rear 10 J x 19 ET 61
Standard tyres Front 255/45 ZR 19
Rear 285/40 ZR 19
Weights
Unladen weight (DIN) 1,9 2 0 k g
Unladen weight (EC)* 1,9 9 5 k g
Permissible gross weight 2,480 kg
Performance
Top speed 288 km/ h (179 mph)
0 –100 km/ h (0 – 62 mph) 4.5 secs
Overtaking acceleration (80 –120 km/ h; 50 –75 mph) 3.2 secs
Fuel consumption/emissions
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Urban in l/100 km
Urban in mpg 1 6 . 1 ( 1 5 . 8 *** )

1 7 . 5 ( 1 7 . 9 *** )
Extra urban in l/100 km
Extra urban in mpg 8 . 0 ( 7 . 8 *** )

3 5 . 3 ( 3 6 . 2 *** )
Combined in l/100 km
Combined in mpg 1 0 . 9 ( 1 0 . 7 *** )

2 5 . 9 ( 2 6 . 4 *** )
CO
2 emissions in g / km 2 5 6 ( 2 5 1 *** )
Dimensions
Length 4,970 m m
Width (including exterior mirrors) 1,931 mm (2,114 mm)
Height 1,4 0 8 m m
Wheelbase 2,920 mm
Luggage compartment volume
(German Car Manufacturers’ Assoc.) 445 litres
with rear seats folded down
(German Car Manufacturers’ Assoc.) 1,263 litres
Tank capacity including reserve 10 0 l i t r e s

Technical data
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Technical data
Some items of equipment featured on or in the vehicles in this catalogue are available as extra - cost options only.
All information regarding construction, features, design, performance, dimensions, weights, fuel consumption and
running costs was correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of going to print. Subject to change without notice.
*** Weight is calculated in accordance with the relevant EC Directives and is valid for vehicles with standard specification
only. Optional equipment increases this figure. The figure given includes 68 kg for the driver and 7 kg for luggage.
* ** The latest Porsche models are designed to operate on fuels with an ethanol content of up to 10 %. Data determined for
standard specification and in the NEDC (New European Driving Cycle) in accordance with the Euro 5 (715/2007/ EC
and 692/2008/ EC) measurement method. The figures do not refer to an individual vehicle nor do they constitute part
of the of fer. They are intended solely as a means of comparing dif ferent t ypes of vehicle. You can obtain further
information about individual vehicles from your Porsche Centre.
*** In conjunction with 19-inch all-season tyres (low-rolling resistance version).