Best for: Luxury
Porsche has hit the EV market with exactly the sort of impact you would hope that an industry powerhouse of its stature might make, even if it wasn’t with the sort of car you would expect it to make that statement with.
Instead of being a true sports car in the traditional sense, the Taycan is a four-door fast grand tourer that’s slightly smaller than the existing Panamera but is certainly not the lesser car of the two.
The Taycan possesses fine body control, rare balance, superbly calibrated operating controls and palpable steering precision. That it rides extremely well on its air suspension only adds to its appeal and was a key factor in our decision to award the Taycan the full five stars after an exhaustive road test.
In fact, were it possible to drive blindfolded and with noise-cancelling headphones on, you would still know instantly that the Taycan was a Porsche. From the steering weight and feel to the unerring agility and expensively calibrated damping, the Taycan marks itself out as a true product of Zuffenhausen.
The Turbo S musters 751bhp, costs almost £140,000 and is surely one of the quickest real-world cars on the planet, especially when you factor in its 2.6sec 0-60mph time. There are also Sport Turismo and Cross Turismo versions, which add estate and off-road flavours respectively to the Taycan recipe.
If that’s not enough, the more hardcore Taycan Turbo GT pushes things up to 11. It pumps out no less than 1094bhp, which gives it almost hypercar-esque acceleration. It takes just 2.2sec to travel from 0-62mph.
