How Important Are These Performance Features?

[MKM]

I'm buying a car that lack the following features:

Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control
Porsche Torque Vectoring (PTV/Limited Slip Differential)
Rear Axle Steering

How important is the following features in making a decision of being a car?

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[whitex]

Taycan has many options. People order all kinds of combinations because different options are important and/or worth the money to them. For example, to me, I like to have them all. My wife couldn't care less about about PDCC or PTV, but would care about RAS. I know people who specifically avoided RAS. This applies to any and every option of the Taycan - there is no universal option everyone wants or doesn't want.

So the question really is, how important are these features TO YOU?

 

[MKM]

Taycan has many options. People order all kinds of combinations because different options are important and/or worth the money to them. For example, to me, I like to have them all. My wife couldn't care less about about PDCC or PTV, but would care about RAS. I know people who specifically avoided RAS. This applies to any and every option of the Taycan - there is no universal option everyone wants or doesn't want.

So the question really is, how important are these features TO YOU?

RAS I was keen about but was not in the car combination I found as I'm looking into used market.

But I'm not sure what
Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control and Porsche Torque Vectoring (PTV/Limited Slip Differential) actually do?

 

[whitex]

Simple explanation, PDCC is an active roll bar that limits the car's side-to-side roll when cornering. PTV helps with cornering by applying more torque to the outside wheel than inside wheel.

 

[MKM]

Simple explanation, PDCC is an active roll bar that limits the car's side-to-side roll when cornering. PTV helps with cornering by applying more torque to the outside wheel than inside wheel.

Now they sound important, but is the car not properly functioning whithout them then?

 

[whitex]

Define properly functioning. Most cars in the world don't have those features, yet they will still drive from point A to point B just fine.

 

[MKM]

Define properly functioning. Most cars in the world don't have those features, yet they will still drive from point A to point B just fine.

I mean with taycan speed and weight, would it be stable in cornering etc?

 

[chun]

Yes, the car will properly function without those features. Yes it will be stable in corners, all will be fine, it's not a jeep.

Will it drive better with those features? Yes it will.

Will you notice you won't have them? Unless you go from one that has it to one that doesn't, you won't.

In switzerland, with park places being tight as fk, lack of RAS would be devastating for sure, as it increases maneuverability at low speeds quite a lot since taycan is as wide as legally allowed on roads pretty much

 

[Midlifecrisis]

You will get a mix of opinions on here ranging from “they aren’t important, my car is great without them” through to “they are essential, it isn’t a proper Porsche without them”. If you don’t intend to drive on a track, they probably won’t make much difference - drive the car and see if you like it would probably be the best advice. Mine has none of them and is great!

 

[Dabz]

I recently spent a week in a Taycan with RAS, have gone back to mine which doesn't have it and until this post I forgot about it.

 

[W1NGE]

I'm buying a car that lack the following features:

Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control
Porsche Torque Vectoring (PTV/Limited Slip Differential)
Rear Axle Steering

How important is the following features in making a decision of being a car?

If this is your first Porsche (saloon / Cross / Sport Turismo) then the honest answer is that you won't miss these items as the standard car is so well setup in terms of handling, performance, braking and so on.

PDCC - An expensive option (now superseded with Porsche Active Ride) but non-essential but remains desirable. If you want to track then seek it out.

PTV - Useful in various scenarios but non-essential. Desirable.

RAS - Useful in various scenarios - tight parking manoeuvres but rear wheel turn is only 1 deg so not "massive". Desirable.

Make sure that whatever variant you get has air suspension, performance battery plus (extra range") and power steering plus (PSP) at a minimum.

 

[kempez]

If this is your first Porsche (saloon / Cross / Sport Turismo) then the honest answer is that you won't miss these items as the standard car is so well setup in terms of handling, performance, braking and so on.

PDCC - An expensive option (now superseded with Porsche Active Ride) but non-essential but remains desirable. If you want to track then seek it out.

PTV - Useful in various scenarios but non-essential. Desirable.

RAS - Useful in various scenarios - tight parking manoeuvres but rear wheel turn is only 1 deg so not "massive". Desirable.

Make sure that whatever variant you get has air suspension, performance battery plus (extra range") and power steering plus (PSP) at a minimum.

Echo this. I've now driven cars with and without a combination of these. My opinions

PDCC - only really noticeable on a track imo (or if you are driving too fast for the road!). Also, it enhances the weird feeling of 'gliding' along, that some people get in a Taycan and made my daughter feel really sick, compared to my car that doesn't have it and she doesn't feel sick

PTV+ - excellent and makes a difference imo. On terrible surfaces or very slippery situations I feel that this has actually saved my bacon, even at low speeds when I would not have considered it would be needed.

RAS - makes the turning circle smaller is the biggest thing I've noticed, and *maybe* it stabilizes at speed but imo hard to judge. I would spec it again but it isn't as noticeable as PTV+

Side-note - RAS takes a bit of getting used to as sometimes when you park when you first get the car, it doesn't quite reverse the way you think it will!

 

[f1eng]

I'm buying a car that lack the following features:

Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control
Porsche Torque Vectoring (PTV/Limited Slip Differential)
Rear Axle Steering

How important is the following features in making a decision of being a car?

It depends on the sort of roads you drive and how sporty your driving.
On twisty country roads those options are a BIG improvement IME. Personally, for my taste and the roads around here, I would rather have a 4S with those options than a turbo without, the chassis tweaks are felt on every drive, full power rarely.
If you drive straight multi-lane roads with traffic lights you may feel the opposite.

 

[BjörnfromHamburg]

RAS gives you every-day smaller turning circle. Very handy and useful to me.
I have the other options as well and makes the Taycan even more a driving machine than it already is.
Though only noticeable while driving ambitious.

 

[kempez]

It depends on the sort of roads you drive and how sporty your driving.
On twisty country roads those options are a BIG improvement IME. Personally, for my taste and the roads around here, I would rather have a 4S with those options than a turbo without, the chassis tweaks are felt on every drive, full power rarely.
If you drive straight multi-lane roads with traffic lights you may feel the opposite.

I found PDCC a little unnecessary at road speeds...plus it doesn't give that little bit of roll that indicates a tyre is about to let grip go. It is amazing though, but an expensive option IMO

With you on the other 2!

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