Thinking of the Taycan
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Thinking of the Taycan
I've been absent from the Porsche scene for a bit and looking to renter with buying my wife a Taycan. We test drove a 2024 base model and she thought it was sluggish (she currently has a Model 3 Performance). So now with the 2025 arriving, I heard they were able to get another 0.6 seconds off the base (haven't found numbers on the improvements for the 4S for 2025 yet). Just wanted to ask if anyone has test drove the 2025 and the general sentiment on the base vs 4S model.
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Haven’t test driven the 2025 but we had a 2023 base loner car and wow was it a dog. Even a full second faster to sixty wouldn’t seem fast enough. I’m sure the turbo guys would feel the same about our 4s though…so to each his own.
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If she's used to a M3P it'll be tough to find similar acceleration in a lot of other cars. When I had my P100D the only thing that was a close match was the Taycan Turbo. Once you get over that though, you'll find the lack of immediate adrenaline rush is compensated by just about everything else in a Taycan.
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Some people gravitate specifically to the base because it's the only way to get a RWD Taycan. Others want to keep weight as low as possible and one less motor helps.
Most, it seems, to go 4S or higher.
Most, it seems, to go 4S or higher.
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This is the first I have seen and should provide some insight.
https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/th...t-drive.19775/
https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/th...t-drive.19775/
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