The Porsche stand at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show houses the new Panamera S Hybrid model. After the success of what was an evolution in the Porsche family, the Panamera is going green and will be Porsche’s next production hybrid model after its Cayenne. It would be easy to be cynical about anti-pollution norms and traditional sports car companies going hybrid, but Porsche is undertaking the process very well and is sacrificing nothing in the meantime.

The sedan experiment has paid off and now we can get the Panamera S Hybrid with 380 hp. Hardly a compromise on a model which consumes just 6.8 l/100 km of fuel. CO2 emissions are down to 159 g/km. Next to the new hybrid, Porsche brought along an ‘ancestor’ in the form of the Semper Vivus from 1900 defined by the company as history’s first full hybrid.

The Porsche stand at Geneva also hosted the Porsche 918 RSR in a European debut for this model, the Cayman R (also a European first), and the new 911 and Boxster S Black Edition models.

Porsche 918 RSR and Panamera hybrid live at 2011 Geneva Motor Show

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