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Porsche fans were thrilled that the marque’s 919 Hybrid won Le Mans last month – and then triumphed at July 16’s Six Hours on the Nurburgring.
However, the marque’s endurance-winning technology is also on Gloucester Road, according to Porsche Centre Hong Kong and Macau spokeswoman Jess Lam.
“The 919 Hybrid racing technology and electrifying performance were derived from the track and brought to the road,” she says.
“Both the flagship Panamera E Hybrid [from about HK$1.8 million, US$230,000] and Cayenne SE-Hybrid [from HK$1.47 million] models are available in Hong Kong for Porsche lovers.”
The latest Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid , main picture, (from HK$3.36 million) has a new hybrid system that combines a four-litre V8 engine from the Panamera Turbo with an electric motor, “resulting in 680hp”, Lam says.
Its combined fuel consumption is 2.9 l/100km; electric energy consumption is 16.2 kWh/100km; and carbon dioxide emissions are 66 g/km, the dealer explains, but “even when just above idle speed, the combined combustion and electric hybrid system offers 850Nm of torque.
