Decision on buying Facelift or Pre-Facelift

[4thPcar]

100% facelift. Older Taycans are riddled with problems. Get the best car you can afford.

I believe the false impression of being "riddled with problems" is driven by the complaints that make their way to this forum, because owners found this outlet to vent frustration or seek guidance..

I've not had any problem and I ran a poll some time back on this site revealing the vast majority of owners have similar good experience with their MY 20-22 vehicles.

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[Fantasmos]

I believe the false impression of being "riddled with problems" is driven by the complaints that make their way to this forum, because owners found this outlet to vent frustration or seek guidance..

I've not had any problem and I ran a poll some time back on this site revealing the vast majority of owners have similar good experience with their MY 20-22 vehicles.

No one logs to an auto forum to say “nothing really happened with the car today, unplugged, went to the office, had a dinner after that. On the way home picked some groceries and they fit the trunk just fine” ?

 

[kele]

I believe the false impression of being "riddled with problems" is driven by the complaints that make their way to this forum, because owners found this outlet to vent frustration or seek guidance..

I've not had any problem and I ran a poll some time back on this site revealing the vast majority of owners have similar good experience with their MY 20-22 vehicles.

This is of course a good point and rings true to me. A few counter points for my specific use case:
1. I want to keep the car for 6-7 years, so I want to buy as new as possible to make sure that I don't hit a severe battery degradation and get too close to the end of battery warranty. For CPO I would be looking at 2024 MY, and truth to be told the price difference between 2024 and 2025 is not that significant. Well optioned 2024 RWD are going at around $100k and I'm yet to see a dealer who would negotiate price of a CPO car. Meantime I'm getting up to 7% MSRP discounts for a loaded 2025. Saving $20k, taking all the other benefits of the 2025 model, doesn't seem like a good deal to me.
2. I drove the 2025 model today. Up to this point I only tested gen1 Taycans and to be honest I didn't expect that anything would feel different. I was wrong. The car feels much, much better. It feels lighter, more responsive, more dynamic. I was blown away. Driving the 2024 car made me think "it's a really cool car!", driving 2025 made me feel "what an incredible machine!".

To each their own, but if OP is in a similar situation, 2025 may make more sense.

 

[ShiftyWolf]

Driving the 2024 car made me think "it's a really cool car!", driving 2025 made me feel "what an incredible machine!".

The beauty of choice and it's great that you are getting what you want.

Ref battery deg, I think there have been enough studies now that people should feel comfortable that their battery SOH will remain high enough to last well beyond the car's lifetime. Charging infrastructure and limited experience fixing battery pack issues seem to be more real issues at this point.

All that aside, the Taycan is a really cool drive.

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