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[Kalle_Taycan]

Hi there!
I’m just about to order a jet black RWD sedan, 2025. Can you Taycan jedi’s please rate/give me your opinions of the following options (1-10, 10 being highest value for the buck):

Rear Wheel Steering?
Massage seats?
InnoDrive incl adaptive cruise control?
Leather package?
Sport Chrono?
Surround View?

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[SergeyIndy]

Option preferences depend on your use case, but this is the right place to ask about them. One very valuable option that is now standard on the 2025 is Air Suspension that is worth a mention.

Otherwise, having all of the options above on my 2023 Taycan, this is how I would rate them in terms of "value for the money" that you are asking about using US pricing:

9: Rear Wheel Steering: $1.3k top performance value as it works at low and high speeds
8: Surround View: $1.6k is kind of a must have given really bad standard rear camera quality
5: InnoDrive incl ACC: $2.75k vs. $1.4k for ACC so compare features to see if it is worth to you
4: Leather Interior is a $4.1k-$4.7k premium over Standard that is very basic vinyl and plastic, so take a look at it in person before deciding to stay with Standard.
1: Massage Seats: $1.8k and lowest value compared to other options and is a nice to have.
0: Sport Chrono: $1.3k seems pointless for a Base model, see metrics below, since Launch Control does not have any more actual raw kW power in both battery configurations and most shockingly has less power in Launch Control than a previous gen. The torque curve is different for sure, but most likely just a different throttle map.

 

[whitex]

Hi there!
I’m just about to order a jet black RWD sedan, 2025. Can you Taycan jedi’s please rate/give me your opinions of the following options (1-10, 10 being highest value for the buck):

Rear Wheel Steering?
Massage seats?
InnoDrive incl adaptive cruise control?
Leather package?
Sport Chrono?
Surround View?

From my anecdotal ownership experience:

• Rear Wheel Steering - would order again, mostly for tight u-turns and parking lot driving, though I'm sure it helps at speed as well, just not as noticable (maybe I'd notice if I ever got a Taycan loaner and it had no RWS).
• Massage seats -I don't have them as they were unavailable on 18-way seats, so cannot comment.
• Innodrive - I have it, would probably go with ACC instead as I never use Innodrive. Caveat to that, I would double check whether front cross-traffic collision warning is still included without Innodrive - I do use that feature when pulling out from in-between cars. There was was talk in the past that front (not rear) cross-traffic radars were tied to Innodrive.
• Leather package - would order again, personal preference.
• Sport Chrono - AFAIK 2025's now have drive mode switch, which was half of the benefit for me (I switch modes when I drive depending what type of road or passenger & load). The other half of the benefit which AFAIK does not come with the base 2025 mode switch is Individual and SportPlus modes. I use those modes, so I'd probably order the SC option again. I never used the actual track timing features of SC.
• Surround View - definitely would get again. Rear view camera sucks on the Taycan, surround view helps offset that a little. I just find it useful almost every time I park.

 

[RAHRCR]

Hi there!
I’m just about to order a jet black RWD sedan, 2025. Can you Taycan jedi’s please rate/give me your opinions of the following options (1-10, 10 being highest value for the buck):

Rear Wheel Steering? 6
Massage seats? 5
InnoDrive incl adaptive cruise control? 0
Leather package? 8
Sport Chrono? 7
Surround View? 8

 

[W1NGE]

Hi there!
I’m just about to order a jet black RWD sedan, 2025. Can you Taycan jedi’s please rate/give me your opinions of the following options (1-10, 10 being highest value for the buck):

Rear Wheel Steering?
Massage seats?
InnoDrive incl adaptive cruise control?
Leather package?
Sport Chrono?
Surround View?

Surround - 10
RAS - 8
Massage - 5
ACC + Inno - 5 (ACC only - 6)
Leather - 10
SC - 7

 

[anonymouse]

Do please search the forum for the 500 previous posts on options, many of which contributors have written up in detail. Meanwhile:

Rear Wheel Steering? 7 if you live somewhere needing tight U-turns etc. 3 otherwise
Massage seats? 3
InnoDrive incl adaptive cruise control? 10 -relaxed highway driving, life-saving assistant the rest of the time
Leather package? 8
Sport Chrono? 10 - it is useless but no one will buy your Porsche without it
Surround View? 9 -,cameras are as weird as possible on Taycan so this helps

You will get strongly negative and positive views of ALK/Innodrive. Car forums tend to have a high proportion of “perfect” drivers. Such drivers can always see hazards better than the car’s sensors and in all weather, never have a moment’s inattention, correctly slow for every speed sign even if hidden by a truck, will intuitively understand local unsigned speed changes when driving across Europe, and can maintain an accurate and safe stopping distance for hours on a motorway without tiring. You will not require Innodrive if you are a perfect driver.

 

[anonymouse]

I would double check whether front cross-traffic collision warning is still included without Innodrive - I do use that feature when pulling out from in-between cars.

yes I believe it is not only part of Innodrive, but only available in factory fit rather than feature-on-demand Innodrive. at least in the previous model Taycan.

 

[WuffvonTrips]

Rear Wheel Steering- I've always assumed that its benefit at low speeds is often overstated on this forum. I recently had a loaner 4CT while my Turbo CT was in for warranty work (brake hoses), and when I saw this thread I realised I hadn't thought about whether it had RWS like on my own car, so I've just checked that very car on my dealer's approved used listing and see it does not have RWS. Based on my experience of several hours around town in very familiar locations, using tight parking spaces and with sharp turns on and off my drive, I noticed no difference in manoeuvrability between the cars. I feel that there definitely would be a performance difference in sportier driving, but in fairness I've no comparative experience of that without RWS.

I regard Surround View as essential for keeping wheels away from kerbs and any manoeuvring/ parking in tight situations (which is the norm in the UK for a vehicle of Taycan dimensions).

 

[Kalle_Taycan]

Option preferences depend on your use case, but this is the right place to ask about them. One very valuable option that is now standard on the 2025 is Air Suspension that is worth a mention.

Otherwise, having all of the options above on my 2023 Taycan, this is how I would rate them in terms of "value for the money" that you are asking about using US pricing:

9: Rear Wheel Steering: $1.3k top performance value as it works at low and high speeds
8: Surround View: $1.6k is kind of a must have given really bad standard rear camera quality
5: InnoDrive incl ACC: $2.75k vs. $1.4k for ACC so compare features to see if it is worth to you
4: Leather Interior is a $4.1k-$4.7k premium over Standard that is very basic vinyl and plastic, so take a look at it in person before deciding to stay with Standard.
1: Massage Seats: $1.8k and lowest value compared to other options and is a nice to have.
0: Sport Chrono: $1.3k seems pointless for a Base model, see metrics below, since Launch Control does not have any more actual raw kW power in both battery configurations and most shockingly has less power in Launch Control than a previous gen. The torque curve is different for sure, but most likely just a different throttle map.

Big thanks! SC is the one I’m least interrested in paying for, but seems it is bundled with other options (Sweden), so I’m pretty much forced to get it.

InnoDrive - I def want the ACC and lane assist as I’ll be doing many miles on the motorway. Makes you drive much more relaxed imo.

Do please search the forum for the 500 previous posts on options, many of which contributors have written up in detail. Meanwhile:

Rear Wheel Steering? 7 if you live somewhere needing tight U-turns etc. 3 otherwise
Massage seats? 3
InnoDrive incl adaptive cruise control? 10 -relaxed highway driving, life-saving assistant the rest of the time
Leather package? 8
Sport Chrono? 10 - it is useless but no one will buy your Porsche without it
Surround View? 9 -,cameras are as weird as possible on Taycan so this helps

You will get strongly negative and positive views of ALK/Innodrive. Car forums tend to have a high proportion of “perfect” drivers. Such drivers can always see hazards better than the car’s sensors and in all weather, never have a moment’s inattention, correctly slow for every speed sign even if hidden by a truck, will intuitively understand local unsigned speed changes when driving across Europe, and can maintain an accurate and safe stopping distance for hours on a motorway without tiring. You will not require Innodrive if you are a perfect driver.

I am without a doubt a perfect driver in all senses, weathers and hours… But as you say, if tech can save not only my life but also other’s it’s the best investment you can make.

Do please search the forum for the 500 previous posts on options, many of which contributors have written up in detail. Meanwhile:

Rear Wheel Steering? 7 if you live somewhere needing tight U-turns etc. 3 otherwise
Massage seats? 3
InnoDrive incl adaptive cruise control? 10 -relaxed highway driving, life-saving assistant the rest of the time
Leather package? 8
Sport Chrono? 10 - it is useless but no one will buy your Porsche without it
Surround View? 9 -,cameras are as weird as possible on Taycan so this helps

You will get strongly negative and positive views of ALK/Innodrive. Car forums tend to have a high proportion of “perfect” drivers. Such drivers can always see hazards better than the car’s sensors and in all weather, never have a moment’s inattention, correctly slow for every speed sign even if hidden by a truck, will intuitively understand local unsigned speed changes when driving across Europe, and can maintain an accurate and safe stopping distance for hours on a motorway without tiring. You will not require Innodrive

Rear Wheel Steering- I've always assumed that its benefit at low speeds is often overstated on this forum. I recently had a loaner 4CT while my Turbo CT was in for warranty work (brake hoses), and when I saw this thread I realised I hadn't thought about whether it had RWS like on my own car, so I've just checked that very car on my dealer's approved used listing and see it does not have RWS. Based on my experience of several hours around town in very familiar locations, using tight parking spaces and with sharp turns on and off my drive, I noticed no difference in manoeuvrability between the cars. I feel that there definitely would be a performance difference in sportier driving, but in fairness I've no comparative experience of that without RWS.

I regard Surround View as essential for keeping wheels away from kerbs and any manoeuvring/ parking in tight situations (which is the norm in the UK for a vehicle of Taycan dimensions).

Some owners are claiming it feels like parking a small car, wit RWS. Thanks for your input!

 

[anonymouse]

Some owners are claiming it feels like parking a small car, wit RWS. Thanks for your input!

I have certainly done A few spectacular U-turns with my RWS-equipped Sport Turismo. It is a huge car. I’ve not done a comparison though, as I got it bundled into the car. Suggest you borrow one with and one without from the dealer and tell us what you find!
(I did though do a proper comparison between Bose and Burmester - the latter is hugely better, placing the soundstage at eye level rsther than in your knees, with better clarity throughout.)

 

[f1eng]

Hi there!
I’m just about to order a jet black RWD sedan, 2025. Can you Taycan jedi’s please rate/give me your opinions of the following options (1-10, 10 being highest value for the buck):

Rear Wheel Steering?
Massage seats?
InnoDrive incl adaptive cruise control?
Leather package?
Sport Chrono?
Surround View?

I chose rear wheel steering for the low speed corner response and high speed stability. My car also has torque vectoring and active anti roll bars and handles markedly better than a car without those 3, though which of the 3 chassis options gives the biggest gain, I am not sure. 8

Massage seats are the most popular option I chose with my wife and family and I find them great on long trips (not that I take many). 9

I prefer a standard cruise control to adaptive and am old enough to have never driven a car with any sort of other device over-riding me so don't really know about innodrive, which I couldn't have anyway since I did not want adaptive cruise. I can confirm normal cruise is better for my use case than the adaptive cruise in my other car, which has been of benefit once in the last 3 years and at all other times an exasperating interference. 0

I chose leather because I didn't like the colours available in standard trim, so have no experience of standard ownership, though I did sit in a standard trim car and it has leather everywhere crucial and the rest was OK, just black. 6

I got sport chrono but rarely use it. 4

Surround view is great in such a vast car, I am glad I chose it 10

 

[WuffvonTrips]

Some owners are claiming it feels like parking a small car, wit RWS.

There are undoubtably undoubtedly times when it makes a difference between making a turn in a single pass and not doing so, though the turning radius reduction is only 5%. Another point to consider- at least for me personally, it also took me a while to adjust to the rear of the car swinging differently than I'd been used to with just front steer, which needs to be considered when getting close to kerbs.
That said, I would specify the option every time for its intended handling benefits (and can also vouch for the combined benefit of Torque Vectoring as mentioned above by @f1eng. I've no experience of the ARB option to comment)

 

[W1NGE]

Big thanks! SC is the one I’m least interrested in paying for, but seems it is bundled with other options (Sweden), so I’m pretty much forced to get it.

InnoDrive - I def want the ACC and lane assist as I’ll be doing many miles on the motorway. Makes you drive much more relaxed imo.


I am without a doubt a perfect driver in all senses, weathers and hours… But as you say, if tech can save not only my life but also other’s it’s the best investment you can make.



Some owners are claiming it feels like parking a small car, wit RWS. Thanks for your input!

RAS (to give it the correct acronym) is a small benefit when parking and reduced turning circle (1' I think). I've had it on 2 Taycans now and on the first wasn't 100% convinced it was installed. I've since had 2 J1.2 loaners and neither had it and I was none the wiser.

Claimed additional stability at speed.

If budget is tight I would skip in favour of PTV+ and surround. I was shocked at how poor the J1.2 loaners were with the basic reversing camera only (absolutely sh!te).

 

[captainhoo]

Do please search the forum for the 500 previous posts on options, many of which contributors have written up in detail. Meanwhile:

Rear Wheel Steering? 7 if you live somewhere needing tight U-turns etc. 3 otherwise
Massage seats? 3
InnoDrive incl adaptive cruise control? 10 -relaxed highway driving, life-saving assistant the rest of the time
Leather package? 8
Sport Chrono? 10 - it is useless but no one will buy your Porsche without it
Surround View? 9 -,cameras are as weird as possible on Taycan so this helps

You will get strongly negative and positive views of ALK/Innodrive. Car forums tend to have a high proportion of “perfect” drivers. Such drivers can always see hazards better than the car’s sensors and in all weather, never have a moment’s inattention, correctly slow for every speed sign even if hidden by a truck, will intuitively understand local unsigned speed changes when driving across Europe, and can maintain an accurate and safe stopping distance for hours on a motorway without tiring. You will not require Innodrive if you are a perfect driver.

Absolutely echo this opinion, If you drive long distances Inno Drive is a nice upgrade to ACC. If you’re trying to stick to a budget, you can upgrade to Inno drive later on via FOD (function on demand) if you have spec’ed ACC. This may be a good option for you because Porsche often has trial free trial period for FOD.

My car has over £30K in options but it’s missing surround view and I absolutely miss this.

+1 for Sport Chrono, most people won’t buy a second hand Taycan without it.

I also recommend upgrading to Bose if you have not already ticked that box.

Full leather, I think for a car in this price range is kinda expected. If unsure stop by a Porsche Centre and see examples with and without it.

Good luck ??

 

[jkoya]

Rear Wheel Steering?
Massage seats?
InnoDrive incl adaptive cruise control?
Leather package?
Sport Chrono?
Surround View?

I have all these options on our Cross Turismo (except have compass instead of chrono) and I absolutely love the Massage Seats. I've had some lower back pain for a while now and the Shiatsu setting of the massage seats really help. Me personally, I would get them again..

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