"More impressive on the highway, though, is that the Taycan Turbo proved remarkably eager at any speed. Most EVs accelerate quickly between lights around town, but get up to highway speed and suddenly they don't feel so lively. That's not the case with Taycan, which surges forward with aplomb given any opportunity. That two-speed transmission, it seems, pays off."
-- Tim Stevens, Roadshow by CNET
It's the amount of power that is astonishing. Off-the-line acceleration, midrange acceleration, top speed -- all wonderful. Cruising along at say, 85 mph, I stand on the accelerator and bolt to triple-digit speeds effortlessly and immediately. Brutal, violent, pick your adjective.
"The Taycan is more than just straight-line fun, though. It carves through corners like a, well, like a Porsche. The car weighs around 5,120 pounds, or about as much as a loaded Cayenne, but the weight is mounted low enough to make the Taycan have the lowest center of gravity of any vehicle Porsche has built. Driving it at what I think is a pretty good clip, it never wavers. After two and half hours of really rapid motoring I still have 35 percent battery left. It's all so effortless. In fact, I think I'm pushing it pretty hard until that night at dinner I tell the Porsche engineers how fast I was going through various corners. They just laugh. 'You aren't pushing the car nearly hard enough!' These guys certainly have confidence in this car."
-- Wes Raynal, Autoweek
"The first thing that strikes you from behind the wheel is the naturalness of the controls. From the intuitive feedback transmitted through the steering wheel to the reassuring pressure of the brake pedal as it provokes deceleration, there's a surprisingly analog feel to this definitively digital car.
"Powered by a 93.4-kilowatt-hour battery that motivates two synchronous electric motors (one up front, the other driving a two-speed multi-plate clutch gearbox at the rear), the Taycan accelerates with an effortless forward motion that is easily and accurately modulated with the right pedal."
-- Basem Wasef, Motor1
"The Taycan's ancillary performance systems complement the high-speed powertrain well. The steering is up to Porsche's standards, which is to say that it's light and direct with just a few degrees of on-center before the Taycan darts into the direction that the driver intended. It's sharp and well weighted, dialing up more heft in Sport and Sport+ modes that felt on-point for the direction that we wanted.
"Same goes for the suspension and stupefying massive front rotors that measure 16.5-inches, which work in tandem to deliver a sports-car experience despite the team-bus weight.
"The suspension is firm but compliant, and wafts over big divots in pavement without crashing or wafting on the tall 20- or 21-inch tires. Part of that may be due to the optional PDCC and air suspension geometry. The other part? Tuning and, perhaps, magic."
-- Aaron Cole, Green Car Reports
"Like every electric vehicle, the Taycan is Teflon smooth and library quiet in its power delivery. Until you perform a launch-control start, that is. With the front and rear electric motors combining for a 2.5-second zap of 750 horsepower and 774 lb-ft of torque, the Taycan's launch is every bit as unhinged as a Tesla Model S's Ludicrous mode. The thrust will wrap your lungs around your spine and sink your lunch into your legs, and just as your mind is catching up with your body, the rear motor's two-speed transmission literally smacks you in the back of the head with an additional punch."
-- Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver
"The Porsche Taycan is, in a straight line, an absolute monster.
"The acceleration doesn't stop. Even at Autobahn speeds, banging the right pedal yields so much torque at the wheels that it really doesn't take a whole lot of road to get the Taycan up to its 161 mph top speed.
"Actually, we were able to get the car up to 166.5 mph, so it seems that Porsche's top speed number is a bit conservative."
-- David Tracy, Jalopnik
Kicking things to Sport or Sport Plus mode turns the Porsche into an electric animal, a steely-eyed Terminator. It utterly changes one's experience of passing slower cars, even compared with two-seat gasoline supercars, which still need a few beats to respond to throttle commands. In the Taycan, passing becomes more like teleporting: Other cars disappear, and you wake up in a new ZIP code, waiting for your physical molecules to pull themselves back together."
-- Lawrence Ulrich, Autoblog
Damn.
C'est pas mal unanime, on a affaire avec une réussite exceptionnelle de chez Porsche. Wow, je veux vraiiiiiment essayer ça.
