Click the Panamera interior for a high res gallery Porsche will publicly show its new Panamera four door for the first time at the Shanghai Motor Show in April and put it on sale in the U.S. in October. When it launches, it will be the first Porsche equipped with automatic start/stop capability. The start/stop system will be standard on both manual transmission and dual clutch PDK gearboxes. At launch, the Panamera will only be available with a choice of 4.8L V8s with and without turbochargers at 500 hp and 400 hp respectively. Unfortunately, even with the start-stop and direct injection, the 400 hp engine will only manage 21.8 mpg (U.S.) on the EU combined cycle which is nothing to get to excited about. EPA numbers aren’t yet available for the U.S.-spec Panamera. Those hoping for more respectable mileage will have to wait for the hybrid version of the Panamera, which should come out later in 2010 or 2011. Now that Porsche has launched a diesel version of the Cayenne , we might even see such a thing in the Panamera. Gallery: 2010 Porsche Panamera interior [Source: Porsche] Continue reading 2010 Porsche Panamera to get standard auto start/stop Auto Blog: Porsche 2010 Porsche Panamera to get standard auto start/stop originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds .Car Blog Green | Car Blog Green | Car Blog Green

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