Porsche Taycan (2019 – present) | Expert Rating

Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9 / 10
“The Porsche Taycan is arguably the most desirable electric car on the planet.”
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Model reviewed: 4S 2021
Score: 9 / 10
“This 4S is the most affordable version of the Porsche Taycan EV – and it’s the best yet. That’s because it still offers superb performance and genuinely engaging handling, yet it mixes this with a great blend of ride comfort and refinement.”
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Model reviewed: 4WD
Score: 9 / 10
“The rear-drive Taycan’s lower price makes it even more appealing than the more expensive editions, since it never feels anything but plenty quick enough for British roads anyway, and the beautiful cabin quality remains.”
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Model reviewed: 4S
Score: 9 / 10
“It’s rare to drive a car that feels truly revolutionary, but that is exactly what the Porsche Taycan is – a vehicle that shows how much fun a plug-in future can be.”
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Model reviewed: Turbo S
Score: 9 / 10
“The new Porsche Taycan could well be the finest and most complete electric cars we’ve ever driven.”
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Model reviewed: Sport Turismo estate range
Score: 9 / 10
“The Sport Turismo estate is perhaps the best version of the Porsche Taycan yet, with sleek looks, all the performance of the saloon and a tad more practicality.” (Dan Trent)
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9 / 10
“Rather than electrify an existing SUV, saloon or coupe the Porsche Taycan is something new in its own right – a four-door, all-electric sports car that radically reinterprets Porsche’s values for the electric age. Stylish, fast, fabulous to drive and hugely desirable, it’s the EV to be seen in.”
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Model reviewed: GTS Sport Turismo
Score: 9 / 10
“This is a compelling version of the world’s best EV, albeit, as with any Taycan, at a price – and it’s a bit rum to be charged £210 more for a public-charger cable or the same again for power-folding door mirrors. At a push, I would still prefer the 80kg-lighter rear-driven car, too, but the general Porsche Taycan appeal is as strong here as ever.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 10 / 10
“The Porsche Taycan remains the defining electric car of its age for interested drivers. It has outstanding dynamic appeal and involvement, which a direct rival has yet to even approach let alone surpass.”
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Model reviewed: RWD 2021
Score: 10 / 10
“Porsche Taycan is the most enjoyable EV on sale.”
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Model reviewed: 4S
Score: 10 / 10
“The Porsche Taycan 4S finds itself in an enviable sweet spot. And if you’re in the market for a fast, practical and talented electric sports car, it remains the smart choice by quite a margin.”
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Model reviewed: Turbo S
Score: 9 / 10
“I think this handsome thing is the world’s best electric car.”
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Model reviewed: Taycan Turbo S
Score: 10 / 10
“The Porsche Taycan Turbo S is an incredible technical achievement. It does the things we all enjoy about driving – accelerating, braking, going around corners – with supreme alacrity, and features a massive well of capability largely untapped by normal driving.”
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Model reviewed: Taycan Sport Turismo
Score: 10 / 10
“We’ve already heaped praise on the Porsche Taycan, and the Sport Turismo delivers everything the four-door does plus a little more. Despite looking as good if not better, the boost in practicality is much more than just a slight bump in boot space.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 10 / 10
“Much more than merely a great electric car or even a great car, the Taycan 4S is a great Porsche. And the Tesla Model S might claim to drive itself, but even the entry-level Porsche Taycan instead entices you to drive it. There’s always adaptive cruise for the boring roads.” (Ben Miller)
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Model reviewed: Range review
Score: 8.6 / 10
“The Porsche Taycan is a fully electric four-seater saloon that’s great to drive, has a smart interior and supports ultra-fast charging.”
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Model reviewed: Taycan Sport Turismo
Score: 9 / 10
“With plenty of performance through all the models, the mid-level GTS is the sweet spot of the Sport Turismo line-up.” (Mat Watson)
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Model reviewed: Four-door saloon
Score: 10 / 10
“This least expensive Porsche Taycan is the best one to drive.”
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Model reviewed: Turbo
Score: 8 / 10
“The Porsche Taycan sets a new benchmark for electric vehicles in terms of the level of driver interaction it offers; it’s also stylish, fast and hugely desirable – the EV to be seen in if you’re a keeping up with the Joneses type.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9 / 10
“With a long range, savage performance and arguably the best handling of any four-door coupe – electric or otherwise – the Porsche Taycan is a landmark car.” (Richard Ingram)
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Model reviewed: Taycan Sport Turismo
Score: 9 / 10
“The third Taycan bodystyle does away with the off-road pretensions of the Cross Turismo and is available with the full range of the model’s powertrains.”
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Model reviewed: Taycan Sport Turismo
Score: 9 / 10
“The Taycan GTS is the best EV yet in both saloon and Sport Turismo forms. The numbers are still big, but Porsche has gone some way to cracking electric performance car enigma.”
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Score: 8 / 10
“The Taycan steers better, accelerates harder and is built better than the competition, but its weight ultimately undoes its claim as a sports car.”
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Score: 7 / 10
“The promise of adding rear-drive thrills to the Taycan’s already formidable dynamic repertoire falls rather flat in reality.”
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Score: 8 / 10
“The Porsche Taycan is creating shockwaves in the electric car world. It’s phenomenally good to drive, has a superb interior and is practical enough to use as your main family car.”
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Model reviewed: Taycan Sport Turismo
Score: 9 / 10
“Whichever Taycan you pick, you’ll have a high-quality interior with easy-to-use infotainment and rapid charging capabilities. Its range isn’t as great as some rivals such as the Tesla Model S and Ford Mustang Mach-E, but the optional higher capacity battery will give most versions a range of over 300 miles after a range of updates in early 2022.”
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Model reviewed: 4S
Score: 9 / 10
“If ever you were going to be swayed by an electric car, at least of those made to date, the Porsche Taycan 4S surely is it. Like the Taycan Turbo, its ride and refinement are sublime, but its steering is sharper still. It is no less easy to live with, but its feel is a little more that of a Porsche.”
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Model reviewed: RWD
Score: 10 / 10
“The Porsche Taycan RWD has a purity that will appeal to keen drivers.”
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Model reviewed: Taycan Sport Turismo
Score: 8 / 10
“The Taycan Sport Turismo handles as beautifully as it looks, but we’re not convinced it sufficiently outperforms the Cross Turismo.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“Stuttgart’s first EV is a proper Porsche – massively fast, great to drive, quick to charge and practical enough to use every day.”
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Model reviewed: 4S
“And the brakes are terrific, even though you’re actually seldom using the discs because this car summons so much force from regeneration alone.”
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Model reviewed: Taycan Sport Turismo
Score: 10 / 10
“Combining the Porsche Taycan Coupe’s driving qualities with the added practicality of the Cross Turismo, the Sport Turismo should be a well-rounded package. The slightly bigger boot, roomier rear seats and greater visibility have barely compromised the performance, and we suspect the 4S will give the best balance of price and pace when it arrives.”
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Model reviewed: GTS saloon
Score: 10 / 10
“The Porsche Taycan GTS is a very appealing package, thanks to its additional pace over the 4S, along with its slightly more aggressive styling and the fact that it comes with some desirable extra kit. And it’s currently the Taycan that covers the most miles on a charge.”
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Score: 10 / 10
“If you’re looking for all the usual electric car benefits but want real driving pleasure, the Porsche Taycan is the car for you.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
“Porsche has proved that it’s possible to make an electric car that not only goes fast in a straight line but is also truly rewarding to drive in other respects, feeling every bit as sporty as other models in its range.”
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