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<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/frankfurt-auto-show/" rel="tag">Frankfurt Motor Show</a>, <a /category/sports/'>href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Performance</a>, <a /category/hatchbacks/'>href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/" rel="tag">Hatchback</a>, <a /category/porsche/'>href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/porsche/" rel="tag">Porsche</a>, <a /category/diesel/'>href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/diesel/" rel="tag">Diesel</a>, <a /category/luxury/'>href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/luxury/" rel="tag">Luxury</a></p><a /photos/2014-porsche-panamera-diesel-frankfurt-2013/'>href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2014-porsche-panamera-diesel-frankfurt-2013/"><img alt="2014 Porsche Panamera Diesel" data-mep="6666" src="http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/adam/5d6d6bfb643179db61f3cdae47ab956f/porsche-panamera-diesel-frankfurt.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a /porsche/'>href="http://www.autoblog.com/porsche/">Porsche</a> has been in the business of slaying sacred cows for the better part of a decade, from venturing into the SUV space with the <a /porsche/'>href="http://www.autoblog.com/porsche/cayenne/">Cayenne</a> to the four-door realm with its <a /porsche/'>href="http://www.autoblog.com/porsche/cayman/">Panamera</a> hatchback. And if those vehicles didn't leave brand purists apoplectic enough, Porsche has been adding diesel and hybrid power to its portfolio, thought to this point, neither alt-fuel motivator has made its way into the brand's sports car lineup.<br /><br />Today's <a /frankfurt-motor-show/'>href="http://www.autoblog.com/frankfurt-motor-show/">Frankfurt Motor Show</a> effectively marks the second-generation of diesel power in the Panamera, and this updated 3.0-liter V6 features 300 horsepower (50 ponies more than last year) and a whopping 479 pound-feet of torque, available from 2,500 rpm. That power is achieved with a new higher-pressure, water-cooled turbo and redesigned engine internals that include a new crankshaft and pistons. The newfound increase is said to raise top speed to 161 miles per hour from 152, and drop the car's 0-62 mph time from 6.8 seconds down to 6.0. It also figures to be a better handler, with a new torque-vectoring rear differential borrowed from its gas-powered brethren and a reworked transmission for crisper shifts. The suspension has also been retuned, along with the updated 2014 visuals <a /2013/04/20/2014-porsche-panamera-s-e-hybrid-shanghai-2013/'>href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/20/2014-porsche-panamera-s-e-hybrid-shanghai-2013/">first revealed</a> at April's <a /shanghai-motor-show/'>href="http://www.autoblog.com/shanghai-motor-show/">Shanghai Motor Show</a>.<br /><br />No word yet on the North American sales prospects of this diesel Panamera, but we imagine that depends in part on how well the Cayenne diesel is selling.<p><a /2013/09/10/2014-porsche-panamera-diesel-frankfurt-2013/'>href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/09/10/2014-porsche-panamera-diesel-frankfurt-2013/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>2014 Porsche Panamera Diesel is something to torque about</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a /2013/09/10/2014-porsche-panamera-diesel-frankfurt-2013/'>href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/09/10/2014-porsche-panamera-diesel-frankfurt-2013/">2014 Porsche Panamera Diesel is something to torque about</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 10 Sep 2013 06:31:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a /2013/09/10/2014-porsche-panamera-diesel-frankfurt-2013/'>href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/09/10/2014-porsche-panamera-diesel-frankfurt-2013/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20716347/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a /2013/09/10/2014-porsche-panamera-diesel-frankfurt-2013/'>href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/09/10/2014-porsche-panamera-diesel-frankfurt-2013/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><div class="feedflare">

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