Porsche has just revealed its new Panamera Turbo, and already the vehicle is claiming the lap record for production sedans at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The Panamera set a seven-minute-and-38-second lap, which is just one second quicker than the previous benchmark, set by the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio. 

The new car is equipped with VW Group’s new 4.0-liter twin-turbo V-8, which in this tune can push out around 550 horsepower. The Panamera used to set the lap has yellow calipers, which indicates that it’s equipped with Porsche’s ceramic composite brakes (PCCB). These brakes are a $9210 option on current Panamera Turbos, and the new model probably won’t be much different.
This time represents a vast improvement in speed compared with the current Panamera Turbo, which set a time of seven minutes, 52 seconds on the ‘Ring?and that was actually a Turbo S. In the video, Porsche calls the new Panamera the Fastest Luxury Sedan in the World, thanks to the lap time. The Nordschleife is the track Porsche has been using to test cars for performance benchmarks for years, so it isn’t surprising that its new top-spec sedan has set a record there.
Porsche makes note that the lap was set with a standard, unmodified vehicle on street tires. The Alfa Romeo Giulia reportedly used racing tires to set its lap and was some 220 pounds lighter than the production version.

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