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It sounds like you and I had parallel experiences and share the good fortune to drive a 992 GT3! Congratulations on picking up a RWD. I’m getting one for April delivery. Can’t wait. :)

I’m not sure what you’re getting at here. You claimed that the Taycan RWD isn’t fast, and are now backing that claim up by comparing it to what is - by almost any measure - a very quick car and perhaps the fastest hot hatch you can buy. And even that comparison falls flat because, as I said, the...

115 trap speed in the quarter mile isn’t fast in your book?! It’s hard to believe that you’re seriously comparing to a hot hatch. For a laugh, though, I’ll bite. The Golf R is properly quick. It does 111 in the quarter - well behind the Taycan RWD. The Veloster does 104, the Suburu WRX STI 102...

Let us know how you like the RWD after you drive it today!

Yes, thank goodness re: ADMs - I checked a couple of local dealers and I’m getting 2-3% off MSRP offers for a RWD build slot without even trying. I’ll keep looking and see where I end up. In Porsche land, you pay a big premium for the chassis, steering, and driving feel that comes with the...

Hopefully not in a Taycan RWD, lol :)

Respectfully, the safety of AWD vs RWD is more nuanced than that. If you’re talking about an oversteer-prone, high-torque, RWD car with limited electronic stability systems, then sure - jumping on the power mid-corner or other displays lacking in finesse may not end well. But that’s a world...

Congratulations on your new Taycan! I can’t wait to hear your first impressions.

Thanks for the terrific question - perhaps it's just a detail, but I drove the Taycan (RWD) not the Taycan 4. The power delivery was altogether different than the 4S and Turbo that I'd driven previously. In the base Taycan, from a stop or low speed, pinning the accelerator induces only a mild...

Thank you, and good advice! PDCC is one of the more divisive options. I’m not sure you need it in a Taycan given that the weight is so low down. I’d be surprised if there’s much body roll. Different story with SUVs, etc. I did spec it on the Panamera GTS and am glad I did - the car really dives...

You’ll recall my comment that, at speed, the Taycan RWD felt like it pulled about as hard as my 473 hp Panamera GTS. I wanted to sanity-check that impression and looked into some instrument testing. Lo and behold: The base Taycan has a trap speed of 115 in the quarter mile. That’s seriously...

Plus, the 5.1 time is misleading. It’s only slow from a dig. Hit it at 40 or 50 mph and it feels about as fast as my Panamera GTS, which costs about 1.5x as much. A lightly optioned RWD is a lot of car for the money, IMO. Sure there are cheaper, faster cars - but few that are imbued with that...

I get that, for sure - I’m simply shocked by how good the base is.

Sure, and that’s what was amazing - Porsche blended the regenerative braking to real braking seamlessly. Didn’t feel that way on the 2020 models I drove - at least as memory serves!

Hi, all - I drove the base Taycan today, and was blown away. I didn’t expect to be. If anyone worries whether it’s enough car, fear not: It’s exceptional. The Taycan impressed me in ways that I didn’t expect, despite having read (and watched) a host of reviews. I suspect that the base is the...