NEW Updated 2025 Taycan Reviews Are Here!

[DanK]

For sure that was edited. In the first part they forgot to open the cover. In the 2nd part (after the edit I am claiming happened) the door is magically opened. It’s an easy edit because the camera was on a tripod so it’s in the exact same location.

Possible, but simpler is that they just reversed the video, and it's actually an unplug.

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[Hirschaj]

Possible, but simpler is that they just reversed the video, and it's actually an unplug.

I'd expect to see the flap move if that were the case. It did not.

 

[Perry]

I'd expect to see the flap move if that were the case. It did not.

No, the cover definitely moves. You can see that it even bounces a bit if you go frame by frame. I think the reversed video theory is probably the most likely explanation.

 

[Boss Hogg]

video editing aside.... enjoying the reviews, good to see the new active ride impressing so much (I've optioned it so hoping it lives up to the hype), the overcompensating / leaning part is not so popular but that function can be switched on and off.

 

[Hirschaj]

No, the cover definitely moves. You can see that it even bounces a bit if you go frame by frame. I think the reversed video theory is probably the most likely explanation.

I have not done the frame by frame. I’ll take your word for it. ?

 

[RAHRCR]

 

[bluesky]

Seemed to me like the main takeaway was that the press junket to Spain was nice. Nobody really said anything interesting that we didn’t already know. One review noted some kind of glitch in the rear steering software. That was interesting.

This whole rollout is proceeding awfully slow. Is this how Porsche usually works? The Taycan refresh announcement was 2 months ago. The Turbo GT announcement 1 month ago. Why did it take so long to allow the press to drive and report? Because the weather wasn’t nice enough in Spain yet? Seems to me like this should all have been coordinated to happen at the same time to make a big splash. I still don’t have news of an allocation (7 months now). My case may be atypical, but the message I’m receiving is that Porsche isn’t really serious about selling this car (not keeping dealers informed, not keeping me informed).

And the configurator shows that you order up a J1.I or .II. I can’t tell whether that’s brilliant (amazingly agile assembly line) or idiotic (inefficient or error-inducing assembly line), or just lack of commitment to the refresh.

 

[RAHRCR]

Owners of the Gen 2 Taycan will ultimately appreciate that Porsche took their time to go from a few hand assembled 2025 Taycans to the ones that are produced in their fully automated factory. I don’t intend to buy a 2025 model but I am fascinated by their mid-cycle refresh from a technical and supply chain standpoint.

 

[MissionE]

I’d really be interested to hear what the people who said the rear wheel drive model was too slow have to say about the new updated motors… Because it seems like that model benefits the most from the reworked power.

 

[MissionE]

Owners of the Gen 2 Taycan will ultimately appreciate that Porsche took their time to go from a few hand assembled 2025 Taycans to the ones that are produced in their fully automated factory. I don’t intend to buy a 2025 model but I am fascinated by their mid-cycle refresh from a technical and supply chain standpoint.

What?

 

[Jonathan S.]

[...] Would an extra 50 miles of real world range be better? Yes, in all honesty... But it would have saved me perhaps 15mins on a 6hr+ journey. [...]

For many regions in the U.S., if the new Taycan really does gain an extra 50 miles of interstate range, which is about the summer<>winter differential, that will save more like an hour on a 3hr+ journey, given that about an hour is a reasonable time budget for any CCS1 stop.
Although if Tesla keeps adding Magic Docks stations (at least three I know of in southern New England over the last few months), sure, then more like 15 min of time savings.

 

[Imclueless]

Why would you?

If the car does what you need, it does what you need. And you saved 25k.

If it doesn't do what you need, don't waste 90k ?

We just used out GTS for a journey we never intended using it for (a 350 mile trip to Cornwall).

It's worked brilliantly. Would an extra 50 miles of real world range be better? Yes, in all honesty... But it would have saved me perhaps 15mins on a 6hr+ journey.

Most "range" challenges are psychological only.

Most but not all. I’m waiting for my turbo s and currently have an ix m60. Yesterday on a 450mile round trip my 2 most reliable chargers were out of action. In the end I used the very reliable Tesla chargers with 20 mile range… the extra range is vital for me or I would have bought the older S that are going for a song

 

[Murph7355]

For many regions in the U.S., if the new Taycan really does gain an extra 50 miles of interstate range, which is about the summer<>winter differential, that will save more like an hour on a 3hr+ journey, given that about an hour is a reasonable time budget for any CCS1 stop.
Although if Tesla keeps adding Magic Docks stations (at least three I know of in southern New England over the last few months), sure, then more like 15 min of time savings.

To be fair I hadn't really realised how poor US infrastructure is (compared to Europe).

I guess your low fuel costs make uptake slow and willingness to deploy chargers equally low.

 

[Jonathan S.]

To be fair I hadn't really realised how poor US infrastructure is (compared to Europe).

I guess your low fuel costs make uptake slow and willingness to deploy chargers equally low.

I don’t think the low fuel costs are the explanation since EV adoption has far exceeded CCS1 infrastructure.
Instead, any company contemplating investing in a functional CCS1 network is potentially undermined by the $2b that VAG has to spend (on indifferently maintained chargers that are also distributed among undersized stations) and $5b in 2021 NEVI funding that will finally start to be spent in earnest this year.
Many other regions have been undermined by other government programs. For example, looking at the PlugShare map for Vermont, why doesn’t a private network cover the interstates that are by skiers and other visitors coming from Boston and the greater NYC area? I suspect the answer is largely that the state is now having contractors build out a network with 2019 and 2020 funding, distributed among 17 stations, each with two 50kW chargers.

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