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Video: 2017 Porsche Panamera Turbo Is a Real Blast on the Ring

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Forget about the Lamborghini Gallardo or the Lexus LFA, and behold the recently unveiled 2017 Porsche Panamera Turbo, which has managed to set a new lap record on the Ring.

Besides its massive size and weight, this lad over here has got to be fastest four-door coupe model running the whole lap in a blink of an eye.

We are talking just 7 minutes and 38 seconds for ”the fastest luxury sedan on earth” to take on other hot sports car with hell blood running through their veines.

And there are no many cars to be able to go as fast as supercars like the Lexus LFA, Ferrari 458 Italia or Nissan GT-R, each one managing the same mind-blowing 7:38. On its part, the Porsche Panamera got its victory in front of the previous lap time record, holded by BMW M5, its direct competitor, with just 7:55.

No tricks were used while achiving this extrarodinary victory in front of those sports cars, the 2017 Porsche Panamera Turbo using the 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 engine, the only engine available on the model, with 404 kW and 770 Nm of torque. That was enough to deliver a sprint from 0 to 100 km/h in a mind blowing 3.8 seconds.

We are not going to spoil all the fun and we invite you to feast your eyes on the video below, which is showcasing the impressive performance achieved by the one-and-only 2017 Porsche Panamera Turbo on the Ring!

Eduard Huma
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Eduard is one of Automotorblog's oldest car journalists. He works at a high school in Romania as an English teacher, and in his free time he likes to test cars and share the information with the readers of the automotive publication Automotorblog.

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