Porsche Taycan

Like the exterior design, the interior of the Porsche Taycan also has a clean-looking layout, which though succeeds in giving it a way-ahead-of-its-time feel. Porsche has resorted to the use of screens for various functions in the instrument console and the touchscreen infotainment system, which offer excellent graphics and are intuitive to use.

While the upper layer of the dashboard of the Porsche Taycan has an almost vertical design, with the infotainment system integrated into the middle, the centre console has a cascading design in an inclined manner. There is an additional touchscreen placed in a slanted manner below the central AC vents, which serves as the pad for controlling drive and climate functions. The centre tunnel ahead of this screen also looks clean and gets minimal but essential buttons. One can choose between a host of options for the upholsteries for the cabin and seats as per his preference.

The Porsche Taycan looks like how a modern-day electric vehicle designed for the future should look like. The overall design of the Porsche Taycan makes it look ahead of its time, which gives it a high score on the factor of desirability, even among those who are pure fans of traditional Porsches with IC engines.

The coolness quotient of the Porsche Taycan is evident right from the front profile, where the all-electric grand tourer has a clean and futuristic look. The highlight of the front profile has to be the wraparound design for the headlamps, which engulf wide-looking LED projectors along with quad daytime running LEDs. The lower extensions of these housings stretch down towards the corners of the front bumper. There is no functional grille here, with the Porsche Taycan having a clean and slanted bonnet ending up at the minimalist-looking front bumper with a compact air dam in the middle.

Like all the other Porsches, the Taycan also has a clean-looking side profile with minimal visual drama. There are smooth haunches over the front and rear wheel arches, which add an essence of muscularity to the overall design of the Taycan. The flap-type door handles, clean design for the alloy wheels and air passages integrated into the front bumper and fenders make the already smooth design of the Porsche Taycan even more aerodynamic. At the back, the coupe-like roofline of the Porsche Taycan flows downwards to the squatted rear profile. Here, the Taycan has a futuristic appeal, with slim LED tail lamps adjoined by an LED light bar. 

Like a true, traditional Porsche, the Taycan also is one great car to drive, with almost flawless driving dynamics. This all-electric grand tourer comes standard with adaptive air suspension, Porsche Active Suspension Management, Smart Lift, Rear Axle Steering, Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control Sport, Torque Vectoring Plus and 4D Chassis Control. All these features, in combination with drive modes, active aerodynamics and launch control, resulting in a scintillating driving experience never seen before in a high-end grand tourer. 

The base-spec Porsche Taycan comes with a rear-mounted electric motor powering the rear wheels, though the higher variants come with a dual-motor setup giving it an all-wheel drive configuration. In the base-spec Taycan, the electric motor produces a maximum power output of 326 PS and a peak torque output of 345 Nm. The 79.2 kWh lithium-ion battery pack of the Porsche Taycan delivers a maximum drivable range of 302 km, which can be charged in 8 hours using the standard AC charger available with the car. 

One can find all the possible safety features expected in a high-end, premium, luxury offering in the Porsche Taycan. This all-electric grand tourer from Porsche gets airbags all around, ABS with EBD, traction control, vehicle stability control, hill hold assist, hill descent control and a wide suite of ADAS features.

Unlike the Porsches with IC engines we all are used to, the Porsche Taycan has a very different driving experience. While it rides and handles the way a Porsche should do in the first place, the silent and high-tech powertrain is a wholesome experience which opens new doors for Porsche lovers.