co n s i d e ra b l e m a ss i s q u i te exce p t i o n a l
FIRST DRIVES
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Once you’ve guided the Taycan
into the apex, its composure
is phenomenal
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@andrew_frankel
Price £135,000 (est)
Engine Front and rear electric
motors, over 90kWh battery
Power Over 700bhp (on overboost)
Torque Over 750lb ft
Gearbox 2-spd, direct drive
Kerb weight 2250kg (est)
0-62mph Less than three seconds
Top speed Over 155mph
Range 310 miles (Mission E, claimed)
CO 2 , tax band 0g/km, 16%
RIVALS Porsche Panamera Turbo S
E-Hybrid, Mercedes-AMG
GT 63 S
PORSCHE TAYC A N T U R B O S
More GT than sports car, but still the
m o st e nte r t a i n i n g E V ye t to g o i nto
production – and the most capable
AAAAB
Long wheelbase hampers outright agility but ensures room for four
it’s one of the most comfortable GTs
I’ve known and without question
the quietest. In the distance and
directions it is able to throw the net of
its abilities, it is an astonishing, even
an astounding, achievement.
Is this, then, the world’s firstm a i n s t r e a m e le c t r ic s p or t s c a r?
T he r e I mu s t s t op y ou. It i s s p or t i n g,
for sure, and far more so than any
other, but will Taycan owners set
alarms and go for pre-dawn blasts –
I mean whirrs – just because they
c a n? T h at I doub t. T he n a ga i n , it i s
not t h at k i nd of c a r, a nd nor w a s it
e v e r i nt e nde d t o b e s o. For now, t he
Taycan and its creators will have to
be happy with having created the
b e s t e le c t r ic c a r y e t t o go on s a le ,
and having done so by a mile.
ANDREW FRANKEL