Porsche Taycan GTS and Taycan 4 complete the range

With 16 variants, the variety is already quite confusing. Prices start at £117,500

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By: Stefan Leichsenring

Nov 12, 2024 at 12:38pm ET

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Porsche is presenting new versions of the revised Taycan model series: the Taycan GTS as a sports saloon and Sport Turismo and the Taycan 4 as an estate. The three new models are now available to order and will be rolling out to dealerships from the beginning of 2025. This completes the revised series from the beginning of 2024, as Porsche writes - so no further versions are to be expected.

With 16 engine-battery-body variants, the Taycan range is already so well stocked that it threatens to become confusing. When Porsche presented the new Taycan in February 2024, there was only talk of "extensive updates" and "revised versions", but now Porsche is even referring to the newcomer as a new generation. In any case, there was more power, more range and even faster charging.

Porsche Taycan GTS

But now to the three newcomers, or rather two and a half, because the Sport Saloon and Sport Turismo are counted separately for the GTS. The GTS offers up to 700 PS peak power when using Launch Control. This makes it the fastest model below the turbo derivatives. Prices start at £117,500 for the sports saloon and £118,300 for the Sport Turismo.

Gallery: 2025 Porsche Taycan GTS

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With the aforementioned 700 PS, the new GTS still offers 102 PS more than its predecessor. By pressing the push-to-pass button, you can also call up 95 PS for ten seconds. A countdown timer indicates how long the boost is still available. The 62 mph mark is reached in 3.3 seconds, 0.4 seconds faster than its predecessor. The range is increased by over 74 miles to up to 390 miles. The GTS always has the larger of the two batteries with 97 kWh net on board.

Porsche Taycan 4

The Taycan 4 is also new to Europe, but excluded from the UK market, as a sports saloon for €106,200 in Germany. Porsche recommends it if you want to "combine the high efficiency of the entry-level Taycan with all-wheel drive". The motor-battery combination was previously offered in the Cross Turismo and is now also available in the sports saloon.

Gallery: 2025 Porsche Taycan 4

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The performance is the same as that of the Taycan with rear-wheel drive: depending on whether you order the smaller battery with 89 kWh or the larger one with 97 kWh, Launch Control results in an overboost output of up to 408 or 435 PS. The range is 347 or 400 miles. This puts the all-wheel drive vehicle only around 22 miles below the values of the corresponding rear-wheel drive models. Why an all-wheel drive if the performance is not higher? Of course, because of the better traction. This leads to a 0.2 second shorter sprint time (4.6 instead of 4.8 seconds), although the all-wheel drive model is around 80 kilos heavier.

Apart from this, the new models have the design and extended standard equipment that were presented at the beginning of 2024. The drive was upgraded in all models at that time with a new rear axle motor that is up to 109 PS more powerful. There is also a modified inverter, larger batteries, a revised thermal management system including an improved heat pump and a modified recuperation strategy.

The all-wheel drive strategy has also been improved in favour of power consumption. The front electric motor is now "electrically decoupled" more often when it is not needed. Direct current can now be used to charge with up to 320 kW, and the maximum recuperation power has even increased to up to 400 kW, which is higher than the charging power.

All powertrains at a glance

With the two new motors, the number of Taycan powertrains increases to eight. Since the three cheapest versions come with two different batteries, there are even eleven engine-battery combinations. The range has become so extensive that a table is no longer sufficient. Here are the four powertrains below the models with "Turbo" in the name . As before, we have summarised the two battery variants in one column:

	Taycan	Taycan 4	Taycan 4S	Taycan GTS
Drive (82 kWh)	RWD 408 PS	AWD 408 PS	AWD 462-544 PS	-
Drive (97 kWh)	RWD 435 PS	AWD 435 PS	AWD 517-598 PS	AWD 605-700 PS
0-62 mph	4.8 sec.	4.6 sec.	3.7 sec.	3.3 sec.
Top speed	143 mph	143 mph	155 mph	155 mph
Power consumption	16.7-20.0 kWh	17.6-20.7 kWh	17.7-20.9 kWh	16.4-20.7 kWh
Net battery	82 or 97 kWh			97 kWh
Range (82 kWh)	313-367 miles	297-347 miles	295-346 miles	-
Range (97 kWh)	360-421 miles	345-400 miles	341-399 miles	343-390 miles
DC charging power	up to 270/320 kW			up to 320 kW
DC charging time	18 min (10-80%)
DC charging speed	3.2 or 3.8 kWh/min			3.8 kWh/min
Charging price	£86,500	€106,200 (na UK)	£95,900	£117,500

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And now the variants with "Turbo" in the name (and of course without a turbo under the bonnet). There are also four of these, if you count the Weissach version. The large battery is always installed in these engine versions, which simplifies the table:

	Taycan Turbo	Taycan Turbo S	Taycan Turbo GT	Taycan Turbo GT Weissach
Powertrain	AWD 707-884 PS	AWD 775-952 PS	AWD 789-1033 PS	AWD 789-1033 PS
0-62 mph	2.7 sec.	2.4 sec.	2.3 sec.	2.2 sec.
Top speed	162 mph		180 mph	190 mph
Power consumption	18.0-20.5 kWh	17.9-20.5 kWh	20.7-21.6 kWh	20.6-21.3 kWh
Net battery	97 kWh
Range	346-391 miles	347-391 miles	328-344 miles	334-345 miles
DC charging power	up to 320 kW
DC charging time	18 min (10-80%)
DC charging speed	3.8 kWh/min
Charging price	£134,100	£161,400	£186,300	£186,300

Bottom line

The Taycan GTS and Taycan 4 are two more variants to the already well-stocked Taycan range. There are now eight Taycan powertrains and eleven motor-battery combinations. The range of models has now become so complex and confusing that we had to split up our table, something we have never had to do with any other model. This does not even include the Sport Turismo and Cross Turismo body variants.

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