Taycan (Mission E) interest?
09-03-2018, 02:21 PM
#31
Personally have tons of interest in lots of things from porsche besides my future GT3RS. Daily my big da... *gag* sorry, i tried sounding like you, but it actually made me sick.
09-03-2018, 07:45 PM
#32
It just makes no sense to me for Porsche to make a whole new model (Taycan) if all it is, in essence, is a electric Panamera wagon jacked up on knobby tires.
Maybe this is just wishful thinking, but the journalists who reviewed the Cross Tourismo on YouTube said Porsche told them this early prototype weighs about 1,000lbs more than the production car will weigh and has a lot of testing equipment in it. Perhaps that’s the main reason for the bodywork and lifted suspension and tires? And perhaps Porsche is being intentional about holding back the styling of the production car for a big reveal? I sure hope so.
If not, then why not just call it the Panamera E?
09-03-2018, 08:57 PM
#34
09-03-2018, 09:27 PM
#35
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Put a deposit on it (the car version, not the cross-whatever). Will be a good replacement for the 911 Turbo S as a daily when kids grow too big to fit comfortably in the back of the 911. Electric cars are perfect for a short-trip daily driver that's not tracked - practically no drawbacks,
maybe just the lack of engine noise.
maybe just the lack of engine noise.
" the sound you hear under full throttle is a mixture of actual intake and exhaust noise and a pre-recording played through the car’s speakers. These systems are evil."
https://www.whichcar.com.au/features...t-engine-noise
Last edited by Perimeter; 09-03-2018 at 09:51 PM.
09-03-2018, 09:33 PM
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Put a deposit on it (the car version, not the cross-whatever). Will be a good replacement for the 911 Turbo S as a daily when kids grow too big to fit comfortably in the back of the 911. Electric cars are perfect for a short-trip daily driver that's not tracked - practically no drawbacks, maybe just the lack of engine noise.
09-03-2018, 10:11 PM
#37
Had a small deposit down 2 or so years ago when the prototypes where circulating the internet. Then spy photos showed the car to look very similar to a Panamera. While I have no issues with the Panamera, it is not my cup of tea so took deposit back and put it towards a Fisker E-motion instead. Now, if the actual car more closely resembles the mission E, I'm back in.
09-03-2018, 10:40 PM
#38
I think its gonna be an awesome car but all my buddies are in the oil business down here in Texas and I would catch to much grief so I’m doing my best to stimulate the local economy with Cayenne Turbos for daily drivers and 911 variants changing all the time with latest income a GT3 Touring car. When I was in Stuttgart this summer I saw the new Taycan plant up close and its very large compared to the 911 plant. Huge investment.
09-04-2018, 06:51 PM
#42
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I'm very anti-Porsche-non-sports cars, however the Taycan Cross Turismo does tick all the right boxes for me as a daily driver (aside from the ridiculous name).
09-04-2018, 07:51 PM
#44
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I've got a deposit down and will wait and see what the final car looks like and the cost, then make the decision...It could be a cool "rain car" in the winter out here in CA...