2026 Porsche Taycan GTS Sport Turismo

"From personal experience after test drives, and getting a 4S. 1. Get the bigger battery (Perfomance Battery Plus) 2. Sport chrono - the difference between Sport in regular cars and Sport+ with Sport Chrono is massive 3. Rear wheel steering - combined with Sport Chrono makes the car a proper sports car. I have taken a some people on spirited drives on twisty roads and even the ones with fast cars are shocked how fast the Taycan is around corners. And never skimp on tyres."

"Purchased one in January. Amazing car. Drives like a car, planted to the ground. Accelerates like a beast. I have a 4S CT. Features I love: \- Sport Chrono (you get the wheel to change modes on the steering wheel and I use it every time I start the car) \- RAS (incredibly useful, even more so in Europe I would imagine) \- 360 camera view. The Taycan cameras suck. This makes it tolerable. \- Premium package \- Sport sounds package. Love hearing the sound, even thought it is fake. Sue me. \- I have full leather but haven't seen one without. The interior of my car looks great."

"Updated 2025 Porsche Taycans See Their Range Improve by up to 50 Percent in Our Real-World Test >In-car range estimates were shockingly accurate in our range test, remaining within about 1 percent from start to finish. 💯"

"Also, the cruise control stalk looks the same, but Porsche frustratingly rearranged its use - I’ve built up the muscle memory for this new configuration, but still think the original was a much better arrangement. Drive Modes - For every day use I prefer Normal mode over Sport as the transmission is smoother, but I also prefer the Sport chassis settings. **It’s not possible to save that combination.** ADAS - This hasn’t been the pain I expected from driving other cars and I’ve not found it intrusive apart from Lane Keeping Assist which is easily switched off (I just press and hold the small button on the cruise control stalk for a few seconds every time I jump in). Surround View - The display comes on automatically when the car goes into reverse, which is often helpful but when you don’t want it there’s nothing to press on the screen to remove it - the only way I’ve found is to go back into neutral. **Am I missing something?** Matrix Headlights - These are brilliant (pun intended). I used to get flashed a lot in the 4S so I think the headlights were a bit bright for other drivers, but that’s hardly happened in the GTS with the matrix headlights doing their thing. They can’t ‘carve out’ a darker gap around vehicles waiting to pull out from junctions in the same way that they do when following or for oncoming vehicles."

"I’ve done the research, don’t own. Have a Porsche, talk to the workshop all the time - 2025+ is the most reliable. However, if you’re looking for a used one, I’m aiming for 2023+. Workshop said they were seeing less issues, and also Porsche allows you to lease cars up to 5 years old. I like that option cause financing only makes sense if there’s gonna be equity for you to benefit from in the end. If you finance, you might owe money since they depreciate so much. Therefore, for me, 2020 is out of the question, plus the battery warranty would be up in 2 years - 4S has the best value. Definitely enough speed and it’s valuable to the most people so it depreciates the least. Turbo S id pretty cool, but depreciates the most, and there’s only 192 miles of range - not sure about must haves. I’ll let people who have the car decide, but the workshop gives me taycan loaners all the time, so I’d say improved battery (waiting to charge, finding chargers sucks) - owning Porsche right now, don’t skimp out on a low purchase price. The maintenance will destroy you. At the very least make sure it’s a CPO. Make sure the battery warranty will last you a few years. (That’s the longest, most expensive repair in the shop)"