What kind of vehicle is the 2025 Porsche Taycan? What does it compare to?
The Taycan was Porsche’s first electric car, but the sedan doesn’t stray far from the design, performance, or driving experience you’ll find elsewhere in the Porsche lineup. Rivals include the Tesla Model S, Lucid Air, and Mercedes-Benz EQE.
Is the 2025 Porsche Taycan a good car?
Across the lineup the Taycan delivers great handling, good driving range, and some of the quickest road-trip charge times of any EV. Individuality, comfort features, and some of the especially innovative tech features come at a steep premium, so your budget is really the limit. The Taycan earns a TCC Rating of 8.6 out of 10. (Read more about how we rate cars.)
What's new for the 2025 Porsche Taycan?
The Taycan, which looks much like it did in previous model years, gets an extensive reengineering for 2025, adding driving range, speeding up road-trip charging, improving both performance and efficiency, and making various other improvements to the interface and feature set.
Battery sizes have been boosted to 89 kwh (82 kwh usable) for base Taycan and Taycan 4S sedans, while a larger 105-kwh (97 kwh usable) pack is optional on those versions and standard on the rest of the lineup. Up from last year’s 79- and 93-kwh packs, that’s just one of the factors that adds to driving range, which is now expected to top 300 miles in some versions.
There are now a dozen variants in the Taycan lineup by body style, performance level, and drive system, ranging from base rear-wheel-drive and 4S all-wheel-drive versions up to progressively higher-performance Turbo, Turbo S, and Turbo GT versions, with the latter two sedan-only. The Turbo GT can also be optioned with a Weissach package that lightweights the package, shedding more than 500 pounds, even tossing out the back seat.
A new rear motor unit for 2025 helps boost acceleration and efficiency throughout the lineup. Output numbers range from 402 hp and 272 lb-ft for the base version, up to 777 hp and 855 lb-ft of torque for the Turbo GT with Weissach—briefly up to 1,019 hp and 988 in its all-out launch-control mode. That equates to 0-60 mph acceleration times ranging from 4.5 seconds to just 2.1 seconds.
The Taycan is supercar-quick, and has the handling to match its immense power. For a Porsche it’s heavy, topping 5,000 pounds in many of the variants, but the Taycan has handling to match its immense power, with the agility of a lighter car. An air suspension and adaptive dampers make the ride forgiving, too, while a newly available active roll and damping system—termed Active Ride—will actually lean into corners and soak up choppy roads for even better ride comfort. On the exterior the Taycan is about the same size as a BMW 5-Series or Tesla Model S, but it plugs a different silhouette into that footprint—one that’s especially low, wide, and sleek. While the size and profile of the vehicle compares to Porsche’s Panamera, the low nose and rounded roof look borrowed directly from the 911. Cross Turismo versions instead sub in a long-roof wagon profile that adds a little cargo space and a lot more versatility, but all Taycans get a deep frunk that’s good for much more than a handbag. In any of its versions, the Taycan’s interior follows a clean and simple design, with one key departure: On many models there are four screens, including one for the passenger. Luxury-car features and upgraded upholsteries and trims aren’t necessarily included, but it’s all available at a rather steep price. All models come with firm, supportive front seats. Porsche covers the active-safety basics in every Taycan, including automatic emergency braking, active lane control, and parking sensors; for items such as adaptive cruise control, blind-spot monitors, and a surround-view camera system, you’ll need to pay extra. The base Taycan costs $101,395 and comes standard with a trio of screens including a 16.8-inch curved gauge display, a 10.9-inch infotainment touchscreen, and an 8.4-inch climate-control touchscreen. The Taycan supports Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, with the latter capable of tapping into deeper route-planning functionality. Other standard items include 15-watt wireless smartphone charging, ambient lighting, an air suspension with adaptive dampers, and a heat pump. The options list is vast and includes a polarized 10.9-inch passenger-side screen, a 5.9-inch backseat climate-control screen, and soft-close doors. Prices range up to $231,995 (to start) for the Turbo GT with Weissach Package—and past $275,000 if you load on the custom-appearance options. In Germany.How much does the 2025 Porsche Taycan cost?
Where is the 2025 Porsche Taycan made?
