I find this amazing

[Mike in CA]

The recent issue of Car & Driver features their “EV of the Year” and a Taycan 4S was Porsche’s representative in the contest. As it turned out, the Mustang Mach-E was the winner. It actually seems like a very nice vehicle and, taking everything into consideration, it’s probably a reasonable choice for the award. But I digress.

In the same issue there was a comparison test between a BMW M2 CS and a PDK equipped Porsche Cayman GTS 4.0, which the Porsche won. The inclusion of this test in the same issue made it easy to compare some performance statistics between the 4S, a 4 door GT and a true sportscar, the Cayman 4.0.

I found it interesting that the two cars had identical tested 0-60 times, were within a tenth of a second of each other in the ¼ mile and within a hundredth of a G on the skid pad. But what I found truly amazing was that the PCCB equipped 4S actually stopped 2 feet shorter (147 to 149) from 70 MPH than the Cayman GTS, despite weighing nearly 1 ton more. Porsche brakes!

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[Mike in CA]

Car & Driver has been in the tank for advertising brands since I was a teen, 50 years ago.

I suppose there's an argument there as to why they chose the Mach-E as EV of the year, but I don't think it casts any shade on my main point, which was the comparison of braking distances between the Taycan and the Cayman. After all, those are both Porsches.

 

[feye]

The recent issue of Car & Driver features their “EV of the Year” and a Taycan 4S was Porsche’s representative in the contest. As it turned out, the Mustang Mach-E was the winner.

The Mach-E had really good reviews - maybe a worthy winner?

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