2023 Panamera Turbo Interior

The interior of the Porsche Panamera Turbo matches the asking price, which is always a good sign. Turbo S models get the full leather treatment inside and the more upmarket and supportive 14-way power-adjustable front seats as standard. We're also big fans of the standard four-seater layout. Rear passengers get a functional partition with cupholders and storage space. You can also add a rear-seat entertainment system as an optional extra. The Executive has eight-way power adjustment and their own individual climate zones to improve the seating comfort and quality of life of the CEO being chauffeured in a hurry.

Up front, it's a mix of old and new. You get a beautiful analog lap timer sitting proudly on top of the leather-wrapped dashboard. The instrument cluster may be digital, but the tachometer still sits proudly in the middle. The center console is dominated by a 12.3-inch infotainment display, from which you control everything. Thankfully, Porsche also includes shortcut buttons for the main features, while the climate-control buttons are still separate. The major driving controls, like the adaptive suspension and dynamic traction control, are housed around the shifter, but these haptic-feedback touch controls feel a generation from finished. We love the idea, but you don't always get the response you want.

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Seating and Interior Space

The 4-door - or 5-door, if you count the hatch - Turbo S Panamera comes standard with 14-way adjustable front seats with a memory function. Our tester had the 18-way adaptive sports seats for $1,550. The Panamera's cabin is a comfortable and spacious place to spend time, though the seats might be a little stiff. We figure a couple of thousand miles in this thing would soften those up. They are multi-way adjustable with thigh bolsters and under-knee support, which makes racking up those miles a drama-free affair. Upgrade to the Executive model and the Porsche Panamera Turbo's rear seats gain 5.9 inches of extra interior space for passengers' legs

There's plenty of space for storage in the doors and armrests, and all the controls are within easy reach. The Panamera fits two in the back in comfort with an armrest and console screen between them. It can be optioned with a third seat back there, but our sense was that it would get a little tight. Those seats are powered and recline, and a rear-seat entertainment system is optional.

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Interior Colors and Materials

In terms of standard interior colors, the Porsche Panamera Turbo offers four no-cost leather options: Black, Agate Grey, Marsala, and Saddle Brown. The dual-tone options cost $530 but are well worth the investment. Available options include Black/Bordeaux Red, Marsala/Cream, Black/Chalk, Saddle Brown/Luxor Beige, Black/Saddle Brown, and a blend of Black and Luxor Beige.

The more upmarket Club Leather option adds $1,860 to the price and is available in Cohiba Brown and Truffle Brown. The interior trim depends on the leather you opt for, but the Anthracite Birch, Paldao, and Dark Walnut all look classy. You can always opt for the more modern Brushed Aluminum at no extra charge or pay $1,000 to have the dash trimmed in carbon fiber, as was the case with our test vehicle. A multifunction GT Sport steering wheel is standard and it comes in leather, but can optionally be finished in Race-Tex or with matte carbon fiber trim.

Porsche offers a wide variety of interior customization options. You can go as far as changing the color of the seatbelts and even the color of the lap timer on top of the dashboard.

2023 Panamera Turbo Trunk and Cargo Space

This might just be the most practical luxury express in existence. As standard, you get a 17.6-cu-ft of trunk space in the Porsche Panamera Turbo, but that's only half the story. You can't fold the rear seats forward in most other full-size luxury sedans, but you can in the Porsche. This increases the cargo capacity to 47.3 cubes in the standard-wheelbase model and 52.6 cubes in the Executive. The Panamera's hatch also makes it easier to access the luggage compartment. The standard-wheelbase hybrid has a 14.2-cu-ft trunk, increasing to 43.8 cubes with the rear seats folded. The Executive hybrid offers 49.1 cubes with its rear seats folded.

Interior storage is excellent, thanks to the four-seater configuration. Front passengers get dual cupholders, a glove compartment, and a storage space underneath the armrest. Instead of a middle seat, rear passengers get two cupholders, a storage compartment, and access to climate control buttons in the case of the Executive model.

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2023 Panamera Turbo Infotainment and Features

Features

The Panamera Turbo S is a high-end model, which means you do get a lot as standard. It comes with dual-zone climate control, a pollen filter, tinted thermally-insulated glass, 14-way power-adjustable heated front seats with memory, heated rear seats, a head-up display, keyless access with a push-button start, a digital instrument cluster, a multifunction GT Sport steering wheel with shift paddles, auto-dimming rearview and side mirrors, and two rear USB charging ports.

Safety-wise, it has adaptive cruise control, front and rear park assist with a reverse camera, lane-keep assist, and traffic-sign recognition. Executive models add four-zone climate control, eight-way power-adjustable rear seats with memory, ambient lighting, and a power sunblind for the rear compartment and rear windows.

Infotainment

Porsche's 12.3-inch infotainment system remains a clunky system that can be difficult to figure out, but it gets more effortless in the long term. Wireless Apple CarPlay and wired Android Auto are standard, and the infotainment system also comes with Bluetooth connectivity, USB connectivity, an aux input, connected navigation, voice control, HD Radio, and SiriusXM. It's connected to an impressive 14-speaker Bose surround-sound system, but you can upgrade to a 21-speaker Burmester 3D surround-sound system. A rear-seat entertainment system is also available for an additional $1,610.

We love that the Apple CarPlay screen is inset in the larger screen. That means you can jump back and forth between your podcasts and the native functions like navigation and phone. There are also screens for drive modes where you can change your individual preferences, as well as climate functions, which also have redundant controls. There's a separate function for all the safety features too, where you can turn them on and off individually and take a look at 360 degrees of cameras. In our time with the car, it all worked properly and quickly.