After years of looking ahead in 2019, Porsche finally presented its first fully electric car, the Taycan. With this, the brand opens, among other things, the attack on the extra fast versions of the Tesla Model S. However, what they do not yet have at Tesla, and soon at Porsche, is a station wagon variant. The car probably listens to the name Taycan Sport Turismo. Time to take a look at this newcomer.
You can safely say that the Porsche Taycan knows how to keep the mood far before its unveiling. As early as September 2015, Porsche presented a look ahead in the form of the Mission E that left little to the imagination. When the canvas of the Taycan was pulled four years later, it turned out that most of the Mission E had been transferred to the Taycan. That is why it was certainly worthwhile to take another look at the Mission E Cross Turismo concept car from 2018. After all, that is a harbinger of the car that you see here, the Porsche Taycan Sport Turismo. The larger Taycan has also been spotted as a camouflaged test specimen. Based on this, it can be stated with great certainty that these impression photos give a good impression of the electric newcomer. From the front we see the Sport Turismo, the back shows a possible higher-standing version (Cross Turismo).
Like the Panamera Sport Turismo, the Taycan Sport Turismo can best be described as a station wagon or shooting brake based on the existing car. The appearance of the Taycan Sport Turismo does not, therefore, contain any major external surprises. The normal sloping roof line of the regular Taycan makes way for a higher and more abrupt ending. In addition, in this case Porsche chooses to involve the rear window in the loading opening; that is not the case with the ordinary Taycan. At the Sport Turismo we are therefore dealing with a five-door Taycan for the first time. The luggage space in the Taycan is normally 366 liters in the rear. Count on it that you’ll see the biggest difference there with this Sport Turismo. The headroom for the passengers in the rear will naturally improve as well.
Incidentally, the naming of this “Taycan station” needs some explanation. After all, it is not yet known at the time of writing whether the extension of the Taycan range is named Sport Turismo or Cross Turismo. The name Cross Turismo can return if the more adventurous Taycan also comes up. After all, that name was on the aforementioned concept car. Sport Turismo seems to be the more logical choice for the “regular” larger Taycan. We already know that from the Panamera.
Taycan DNA
It should come as no surprise that the Taycan Sport Turismo gets a similar drive as the four-door Taycan. Count on driving on both the front and rear wheels by means of one electric motor per axle. The entry-level version becomes the 4S, when the Sport Turismo is fully in line with the Taycan range. Then the 530 hp electric motors release on the front and rear wheels. The 4S is standard with a 79.2 kWh battery pack, which can be driven to a full load according to the WLTP cycle 407 km.
In terms of power, the Turbo adds a nice shovel and squeezes out 680 hp. The superlative is the Turbo S, with 761 hp. The Turbo speeds up to 100 km / h in 3.2 seconds, the Turbo S only needs 2.8 seconds for this. Both variants have the larger 93.4 kWh battery pack as standard, with the higher load capacity of 270 kW. Thanks to the larger battery pack, the Turbo and Turbo S, despite their higher power, still have a comparable range of 4S to 450 and 412 km (WLTP). The 4S can also be optionally equipped with the larger battery pack and then – in addition to an additional 40 hp – the best range: 463 km. For the Taycan Sport Turismo some details will undoubtedly be something else. Everything will become clear later this year, because then we expect the official unveiling.