Porsche boosts battery capacity by 27 percent for 2021 Panamera hybrid

Porschephiles will see the subtly different bumper on this Panamera sedan and identify it as a 2021 model, fresh from a midlife facelift.

The refresh fixed one of my chief complaints about the Panamera by replacing the old multifunction steering wheel with this new one.

The midlife refresh also applies to the Panamera Sport Turismo and the long-wheelbase Panamera Executive, but we only got a chance to drive the regular sedan, in the new 4S E-Hybrid flavor.

With 552hp, the 4S E-Hybrid replaces the old (not-hybrid) Turbo, sort of.

You can always tell a Porsche hybrid by the volt-colored accents.

Sadly, there’s nothing to see under the hood other than plastic covers.

The other main visible change for MY2021 are new LED taillights.

The haptic controls of the center console work well, but the fingerprints will annoy fussier drivers.

You can’t see it, but underneath the seats is now 17.9kWh of lithium-ion battery storage, up from 14.1kWh.

USB-A ports have been replaced with USB-C ports.

I’ve been calling this a sedan, but even the

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