Design Excellence
From a design standpoint, the Taycan is instantly recognisable as a Porsche, but one reinterpreted for the brave new world of electromobility in the 21st century.
On that note, the Taycan’s interior is just as progressive as its exterior lines and electric powertrain. The first thing you’ll note is the instrument cluster, a free-standing, curved 16.8-inch screen. When in use, information is displayed in circular ‘pods’, and its wing-shaped design is also reminiscent of other Porsche sports cars, such as the 911.
Just to underscore how digital and futuristic the Taycan is, that instrument cluster is joined by another pair of screens, a 10.9-inch Porsche Communication Management touchscreen infotainment system and a supplemental 8.4-inch touchscreen just below that controls various functions like the climate control. If that’s not enough screens for you, an optional 10.9-inch screen can also be specified for the front passenger.
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Drives like a Porsche
However, it takes more than a familiar roofline, signature rump or up-to-the-minute interiors (with a healthy nod to heritage) for a Porsche to qualify as a Porsche. That is, it must also drive like a Porsche should. From the Taycan with its 476PS Performance Battery Plus output to the crushing Taycan Turbo S with its 761PS, there’s pace everywhere to be found in the Taycan lineup.
But even that is not enough to qualify the Taycan for true ‘Porsche-ness’. Every Porsche has a certain something about them, an unquantifiable, almost magical ability to turn any drive into an occasion.
Take even the briefest spin in the Taycan and you’ll find that going electric has done nothing to diminish the fabled Porsche soul. In fact, in many ways, the Taycan’s electric nature has enhanced it.
Even in the case of the Taycan, the newest member of Porsche’s electric vehicle family, it can accelerate from a standstill to 100km/h in just 5.4 seconds with Launch Control enabled. It’s also worth mentioning that time out in the real world feels even quicker than the numbers might suggest, thanks to the always-on surge provided by its electric powertrain.
That’s certainly something you’re going to have to get used to, specifically, being thoroughly spoiled by the virtually instantaneous availability of torque in every Taycan—357Nm for the Taycan and up to 1,050Nm in the Taycan Turbo S.