This may not be the Porsche everyone has been waiting for, but it's definitely the one everyone
will remember.
The Porsche Taycan is the brand's first fully electric vehicle.
Ahead of its Australian launch later this year, Carsales is giving you a preview.
And the good news is it looks just like a normal Porsche, and that's just one reason
to get excited.
Instant torque, a top speed of 260 kilometres per hour, and a sprint from 0 to 100 kilometres
per hour in 2.8 seconds.
Repeatable performance and steadfast spirit, the Taycan is a Porsche through and through.
First an SUV and now an EV.
Whoever said you can't teach an old dog new tricks?
The Taycan is Porsche's first fully electric vehicle.
For us the Taycan presents different values, innovation, tradition, but in a very unique
Porsche way.
And we will see obviously more in this space going forward.
So what are we getting in Australia?
So we're launching with three different variants from top to bottom, the Taycan Turbo S, we
have the Taycan Turbo, and the Taycan 4S.
They're all all-wheel drive, two electric motors, one on the front axle, one on the
rear axle, and they all feature a two-speed transmission at the rear axle.
Two different battery sizes, so we have the performance battery plus on the Turbo S and
on the Turbo standard, and the 4S comes standard with a performance battery.
The main differences are in the specification level and the performance obviously.
And for non-Porsche people, which if there are such a thing, let's talk about the naming
conventions, a Turbo and Turbo S, but clearly there's no Turbo.
That's true.
It is obviously aligned with our normal model hierarchy and for our customers that's obviously
what we wanted to stick to also with the Taycan, and yes, agreed there's no Turbo in an electric
car.
Porsche Australia expects early sales will be split evenly among the three models, but
they concede that eventually, Taycan buyers will want the best of the best, the Taycan
Turbo S.
So yeah, what's under the bonnet?
The Turbo and Turbo S come with the performance battery plus, 93.4 kilowatt hours of capacity,
the 4S comes with the performance battery, which equates to 79.2 kilowatt hour of capacity,
and the performance battery plus is optional on the Taycan 4S.
In regards to charging time that obviously strongly derives on the source of charging.
Performance battery plus...
Usual range is over 400 kilometres on all variants.
On each side of the vehicle, an AC port and on the passenger side, also, the DC charging
ports offer convenient accessibility, an ideal scenario with the battery in the best stage,
we are talking probably about 100 kilometres of range in around six minutes at the respective
charges.
Tell me about the interior changes.
Yeah.
Definitely.
The interior has changed quite a bit.
Completely new interior design as well.
Seating capacity is standard as four seaters, the rear has usually two individual seats,
there is obviously the option for an additional third seat in the back seat, so you can use
it as a five seater as well.
Porsche Advance Cockpit is completely revamped and definitely made more innovative.
The Porsche Communication Management, PCM, including online navigation, is also part
of the Porsche Advance Cockpit, 10.9-inch display with touchscreen functionality.
That Porsche exhaust note has been known to bring tears to the eyes of men and women worldwide,
what now?
Yeah, the soundtrack is obviously a little bit different to what we know today.
There's an option actually on the Taycan Turbo S that we have here, Porsche electric sports
sound, to get a Porsche specific electric sound of the Taycan.
The high-tech revamp may tread a fine line with traditionalists, but that's unlikely
to matter, at least 50% of local expressions of interest comes from buyers new to the Porsche
badge.
The others, they're most likely to be 911 or Cayenne owners now willing to bring an
EV into the fold.
The Taycan is definitely a true sports car for RC performance, doesn't compromise on
the sports car character, performance figures are in line with a GT2 RS, which is obviously
one of our pinnacle cars in regards to performance.
So it's a Porsche through and through, and we are very excited about the sporting mobility
that car can deliver.
And so are we.
The Porsche Taycan will be in showrooms from early December.