The conclusion of the CAR magazine long-term test: we spent five months living with a Porsche Taycan GTS Sport Turismo to find out its daily driver creds
– it is a Porsche, after all – it’s what it represents that I’ll miss more. The ease of use over many guilt-free miles will be my abiding memory. Because while every non-EV owner obsesses about range and charging and cold weather and weight and cost, the reality is that a good EV is brilliant at making your life easier. As an item of personal mobility, that gets you from A to B with no fuss, it’s great.
I’m lucky in that I have a charger at home and at the office. The car has to fit your lifestyle, but then that’s no different if you need a diesel – what the Taycan offered me personally was a superb car that covered 99 per cent of my journeys with zero fuss. And when it didn’t, like on a round-trip to Reading or Castle Combe, I just spent five minutes before I left planning a charge and timed it to work around my day.
The Stuttgart element is the icing on the cake – it’s what transforms the Taycan from white good to much, much more, elevating it above the mundanity that afflicts a lot of EVs. The fundamentals of the recipe are spot-on – electric propulsion, quick charging speed, low-slung estate shape – and then that’s sprinkled with a dash of Porsche specialness.. It’s the way it gives enough feedback and has sufficient handling nuance that makes it feel different to others out there.had it as well.
Criticisms? We had the odd glitch on the infotainment screen, where everything went black. And, minor point, if you ever need to change the battery on your keyfob, allow 20 minutes and make sure you’ve got nimble fingers. The rear legroom could also be better. A test with a similar sized Audi SQ8 made the Porsche feel cramped.? The ST is marginally better tuned into the tarmac, the CT rides with a bit more forgiveness. Either way, you’ll get one of the defining cars of the early EV era.
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