2013 Porsche Panamera GTS Driven: Behold, Porsche’s Cheesy Gordita Crunch

For years, Porsche has expanded its model lineups using the Taco Bell approach: same ingredients, different combinations. Take the new Panamera GTS, the eighth distinct version of  the big hunchback sedan. Porsche starts with a basic taco shell.  Actually, the Panamera is more substantial, more of a gordita. Then the company adds all-wheel drive. Think of that as the binding unguent in the GTS's Cheesy Gordita Crunch—a layer of mellow reassurance in a world gone mad. Now add beef, the V-8 from the S model. (The Turbo engine would be the steak; the hybrid powertrain, the health-conscious but pricey chicken.) Finish with some Pepper Jack sauce, in this case a revised intake system, cams with one millimeter of additional lift, and the stiffer valve springs from the Turbo model. The changes lift output to 430 horsepower from the 4S's 400. Keep Reading: 2013 Porsche Panamera GTS – First Drive Review from Car and Driver Blog http://blog.caranddriver.com

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