Tag: porsche-taycan

By Matt Master

The Taycan in Blighty. What’s new?Well, nothing and everything. This is Porsche’s first fully electric car, and as such the first proper production EV from a legacy manufacturer that puts performance first. This could revolutionise the way the UK regards e-mobility.

Is it going to?

Not overnight, no, because at £116K on the road for this ‘Turbo’, it’s too expensive for the most of us, but then, so is a 911 GT3 and that’s still part of the conversation. And the Taycan is doing that all-important missionary job of softening up the cynics and inducting the masses. You’ll be seeing enough of these around in the next few months to start accepting them as part of our motoring landscape. Which in this instance means a silent 680bhp and 0-124mph in 10.6 seconds is the new normal. Porsche’s normal at any rate.

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By Scott Evans Words; William Walker Photos

The 2020 Porsche Taycan is quick—and fast. It beat even the mighty Tesla Model S P100D Ludicrous in the quarter-mile after closing a tenth of a second gap at 60 mph and never looking back.  That’s great for bragging rights, but all that accelerative force doesn’t mean squat when you’re sitting in traffic. That’s when one’s thoughts turn inward.

Short question long, what’s the interior of the Taycan, the place where you’ll spend all your time, like to live in?

With a current starting price of $114,340, the Taycan needs to deliver on comfort and technology to fully justify its price tag. (Technically, the tag is $105,150, but until June 2020 you can’t order the car without $9,190 of options in the form of a panoramic glass roof, larger battery, and advanced portable charger.)

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