GTS is the sweet spot for much of Porsche’s range. Is that the case for the big five-door coupé?
GTS, sitting halfway between regular Porsche and health warning-attached Turbo, tends to be shorthand for ‘our favourite version’ of big Porsches. So let’s see, now that we have the Panamera GTS on the road in the UK. Our first drive in this latest version late last year was mostly on track, with a bit of time on a smooth road, overseas. The former isn’t the kind of place that tends to suit a 1995kg five-door hatchback, even one developed by Porsche, but as ever with these things, the engineers manage to make the car do extraordinary things on a circuit. A big smooth road, though, is the precise kind of environment the Panamera was designed for. The sort of thing that’s harder to find in the home counties.Gone are the days when GTS meant a higher tuned naturally aspirated engine and coil springs. Now it’s a downtune of the Turbo’s twin-turbocharged 4.0-litre V8 to 454bhp – so not much of a downgrade, right? – and the retention of air springs.
Source: Autocar
