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Our Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo test car.
- The Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo is all-new for 2018. It's a hybrid version of Porsche's first ever production wagon.
- Turbo S E-Hybrid is powered by a 550 horsepower, 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 along with a 136 horsepower hybrid drive unit to produce 680 horsepower.
- The hybrid drive system is inspired by the million-dollar 918 hybrid hypercar.
- According to Porsche, the hybrid V8 wagon can go from 0-60 mph in 3.4 seconds and reach a top speed of 192 mph.
- Once again, we were impressed by the Panamera's power, luxury, technology, and versatility. However, it wasn't as fast as we had expected and it's very pricey.
- The base Porsche Panamera sedan starts at $86,3000 while our Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo wagon starts at $188,400. Options and fees pushed the as-tested price up to $210,940.
The Porsche Panamera is one of our favorites here at Business Insider. In fact, the Panamera sedan won our 2017 Business Insider Car of the Year award.
But Porsche is not one to rest on its laurels. This company is known to offer its cars in a multitude of flavors. Right now, you can select from more than two dozen variations of the 911 sports car.
So it's not all that surprising when I tell you that there are 18 versions of the Panamera on sale in the US.
They range from the $86,300 base Panamera sedan to the Turbo S E-Hybrid Executive sedan with a starting price of $196,600. There is also a multitude of Sport Turismo wagon variants in the mix as well.
Read more: The Porsche Panamera is Business Insider's 2017 Car of the Year.
And power output ranges from a stout 330 horsepower in the base Panamera to a supercar-shaming 680 ponies in the Turbo S E-Hybrid.
Recently, we got a chance to experience "peak Panamera" for ourselves when Porsche dropped off a 2018 Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo wagon at Business Insider's suburban New Jersey road test center.
We ended up spending a week with the Sapphire Blue Metallic Panamera.
Our 2018 Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo test car starts at $188,400. Options and fees pushed the as-tested price up to $210,940.
Here's a closer look at the 2018 Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo.