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Motor 1
07-07-2025
- Automotive
- Motor 1
The 2025 Porsche Taycan 4S Cross Turismo Is the Ultimate Daily: Review
If the best daily driver sits at the center of a complex Venn Diagram, it might look something like the 2025 Porsche Taycan 4S Cross Turismo. EVs make for perfect everyday cars—both efficient and refined. And a Porsche is, well, a Porsche. Combine the two in a slightly lifted station-wagon body and add the most advanced suspension system on earth , and you've got something truly great. Porsche updated the Taycan model range extensively last year, with all variants getting performance and efficiency improvements. In the case of the 4S Cross Turismo, like we have here, Porsche upped power from 562 to 590 horsepower, and increased the EPA range from 215 to 272 miles. Proof you can have your cake and eat it too. (Note: The 4S Cross Turismo gets the larger 105.0-kilowatt-hour Performance Battery Plus standard, while the 4S sedan gets a 97.0-kilowatt-hour pack.) Quick Specs 2025 Porsche Taycan 4S Cross Turismo Battery 105.0 Killowatt-Hours (97.0 kWh Gross) Output 590 Horsepower / 523 Pound-Feet Range 272 Miles 0-60 MPH 3.6 Seconds Base Price / As Tested $127,295 / $165,655 What strikes me about the Taycan is how special it feels immediately. Where so many EVs have a high seating position, effectively pushed up by the battery pack, the Taycan sits low. The view forward, with a low cowl and a short hood that slopes toward the ground, is framed by bulging fenders reminiscent of Porsche's sports cars. The seats, with the optional 'Pepita' houndstooth-esque trim that comes with this non-leather interior, also get a special mention for looking and feeling incredible. Photo by: Chris Perkins / Motor1 Photo by: Chris Perkins / Motor1 Photo by: Chris Perkins / Motor1 The next thing that strikes you is just how quick it is. This 'slower' Taycan variant doesn't mean slow by any stretch of the imagination. And as with all Taycans, it's not just the 0-60 mph time that's impressive—in my experience, the Taycan is one of the quickest ways to get from A to B on a twisty road, and this one, with its fancy suspension, makes it even faster. Porsche Active Ride is a $7,390 option that replaces the traditional anti-roll bars with an electrohydraulic pump connected to each damper. The pumps regulate the pressure of the fluid in the damper and can put in 10,000 Newtons (2,248 pounds) of supplemental force at each corner of the car. With this, you have total control of all body motions, regardless of external inputs. Porsche uses the system to eliminate pitch, dive, and roll, and even has a setting in Normal mode where the car leans into corners, dives slightly under acceleration, and pitches slightly under braking. It's something of a party trick, as is a 'Comfort Entry' feature that rapidly raises the body as soon as you open the door. Both can be disabled, based on user preference, but in Sport and Sport Plus drive modes, the car keeps the body perfectly level. Photo by: Chris Perkins / Motor1 Pros: Quick Acceleration, Quick Charging, Incredible Active Ride Suspension The effect isn't like a magic-carpet ride here, but that's because of how Porsche tuned the system. The company sees the Taycan as a four-door sports car, not a luxury sedan, so while this EV has always been very comfortable, it's not quite as soft as a Panamera. What the Active Ride system does here is basically shrug off every single road imperfection you throw at it, and use its ability to add supplemental force to load all four tires evenly. It takes time to wrap your head around the system, and really, you have to push the car on a good, challenging road to really get it. When you do, it's wild. The grip is astounding, and road bumps are rendered totally insignificant. This sort of system could feel really disorienting, since we get a lot of sense of what the car's doing through the way the body moves. But, Porsche engineers worked like crazy to make sure it feels normal. The bottom line here is more comfort—and much better handling. No easy feat when even a standard Taycan rides and handles beautifully. Photo by: Chris Perkins / Motor1 Still, this Taycan has some dynamic shortcomings. The brake-pedal feel is inconsistent, as Porsche uses it to blend regenerative and friction braking. I think using the left pedal to control all vehicle braking is correct, rather than having one-pedal, lift-accelerator regen like a Tesla or Lucid. It's mostly a non-issue, and the car always stops fine, but it's something you notice. Porsche has also gone really aggressive with its optional rear-wheel steering across its whole lineup. Whereas before you barely knew the rear wheels turned at all, now it feels like the rear is castering around a little bit. Turn too sharply and the front grips, then the rear starts to turn. The car has so much grip, you get more steering than you initially anticipated, so you really have to slow your inputs on the wheel. I just wouldn't check that $1,340 box. But that's really all I can find fault with in how this Taycan 4S drives. Admittedly, you have to be pretty committed to the cause to spend the money on Active Ride, but if you can, I'd seriously consider it. Photo by: Chris Perkins / Motor1 Cons: Overly Aggressive Rear-Wheel Steering, Inconsistent Brake-Pedal Feel, Expensive To live with, the Taycan is even better than before. The interior is basically the same, including the secondary lower screen that controls climate and works as a trackpad for the upper screen. While physical climate knobs are always better than virtual, Porsche's screen works well. The infotainment system is super easy to use, too, though I prefer the slightly newer version in the new Macan. Porsche also spent a lot of time making the updated Taycan a better EV. It's one of the fastest-charging cars on sale today, and there's a helpful dial in the digital gauge cluster that shows battery temperature and maximum charging input possible. Use the built-in navigation's charging planner, and the car automatically preheats the battery for fast charging. Photo by: Chris Perkins / Motor1 At a busy Electrify America station, I saw a maximum of 237 kilowatts, and the speed didn't taper off that much even as the battery got full. It took me about 13 minutes to replenish 50 kWh of energy. Not even the maximum the car could've done, yet still deeply impressive. And over the course of around 600 miles, I averaged about 3.1 to 3.2 mi/kWh, which is not bad when you consider the performance potential. Being a Porsche, this Taycan was very expensive. The base price for a 2025 4S Cross Turismo model is $127,295, and as tested, this car was $165,655. There are many, many expensive options you could do without here, but no matter what, this is a pricey car, even if you're judicious with the configurator. But, money no object, I struggle to think of a better everyday car. Practical, efficient, beautiful, exceptionally good to drive, and so fast. You really can't ask for anything more. Competitors Audi RS6 BMW M5 Touring Lucid Air Gallery: 2025 Porsche Taycan 4S Cross Turismo Review 18 Source: Chris Perkins / Motor1 2025 Porsche Taycan 4S Cross Turismo Motor Two Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Battery 105.0 Killowatt-Hours Net (97.0 kWh Gross) Output 590 Horsepower / 523 Pound-Feet Drive Type All-Wheel Drive Speed 0-60 MPH 3.6 Seconds Maximum speed 149 MPH Weight 5,093 Pounds EV Range 272 Miles Charge Time 10-80% in 18 Minutes @320 kW Charge Type 320-kW DC Fast Charging Seating Capacity 5 Cargo Volume 18.7 / 45.7 Cubic Feet Base Price $127,295 As-Tested Price $165,655 On Sale Now Share this Story Facebook X LinkedIn Flipboard Reddit WhatsApp E-Mail Got a tip for us? Email: tips@ Join the conversation ( )
Motor Trend
03-07-2025
- Automotive
- Motor Trend
2025 Porsche Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo First Test: Fast Everything
Pros True head-snapping acceleration Incredibly quick charging times Wagons, especially super sport wagons, rule Cons Almost overkill for the street User interface will annoy some folks If you must ask about the price ... We've had a fair bit of 2025 Porsche Taycan EV seat time at the test track lately, including our First Test of the 2025 Taycan 4S seven months ago, which established that car as the quickest-charging EV we had ever tested (5–80 percent charge in 18 minutes on a DC fast charger). Granted, charge time—while important when we're talking about electric cars—isn't remotely exciting, but our even more recent combined test of the Taycan Turbo GT and Taycan Turbo GT Weissach took care of any 'boring' factor: The Weissach edition accelerated to 60 mph in a MotorTrend -record-setting 1.89 seconds and laughed its way to the quarter-mile mark in 9.2 seconds at 150.1 mph. So we wondered what the 2025 Taycan Turbo S—the model sitting just below the Turbo GT in Porsche's Taycan hierarchy—can do. To make it a bit more compelling for nerds like us, we got our hands on a 2025 Porsche Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo wagon version to run the numbers on. The 2025 Porsche Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo impresses with a 0-60 mph time of 2.2 seconds and a quarter-mile in 9.8 seconds. It offers 938 hp, a rapid charge time of 17 minutes (5-80%), and costs $253,465 as tested. It's fast but not as quick as the pricier Taycan Turbo GT Weissach. This summary was generated by AI using content from this MotorTrend article Read Next And the Numbers Are? Undoubtedly big, beginning with our test Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo's $213,695 base price, let alone its as-tested sticker of $253,465. We're not even going to pretend this makes much, if any, logical sense for a lot of people, even the super-performance station wagon fanatics who get off on smoking just about every other car they're likely to encounter on the street on a given day, and doing so while loaded up with people and cargo. The 2025 BMW M5 Touring, for example, isn't quite as thermonuclear in terms of speed, but it's mega-quick and mega-fast in its own right, with a starting price of a mere $125,275, which looks like nothing compared to this Porsche's Monroney label. And before you ask, the as-tested price of the M5 Touring we took to the test track two months ago is $140,775, still a world away from the Porsche's. No, Mr. Accountant, We Meant the Performance Numbers Right, we just needed to get the price elephant out of the room first for the folks who need to ask. And if you need to ask or care what the answer is, well, we and our under-mattress savings account feel your pain. Regardless, this isn't a Buyer's Guide review, it's a First Test, so performance results are what we really care about in this context. The 2025 Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo is undoubtedly one of the most impressive expressions of the Wagon Queen Family Truckster concept, with Porsche's front and rear motor setup and the larger battery pack that's optional on some lesser Taycan models. With 764 horsepower (938 hp when using launch control) and 818 lb-ft of torque, put to the ground via all four 21-inch Pirelli P Zero tires, we recorded a best 0–60-mph time of 2.2 seconds and a quarter-mile time of 9.8 seconds at 143.5 mph. That's 0.31 second slower to 60 and 0.6 second/6.6 mph slower than the untouchable Taycan Turbo GT Weissach, which carries a starting price that's $18,300 more expensive. Compared to the Taycan 4S, which starts at $120,495, the Turbo S is a full second quicker to 60 and 1.6 seconds quicker in the quarter mile, with a speed advantage of 21.7 mph. If you know anything about drag racing, you know those deltas represent an eternity, and it all falls in line with Porsche's typical price/performance menu across its entire model range: spend tens of thousands more, get significantly better performance. In our case here, we achieved the best accelerative performance by selecting the Sport+ drive mode and disabling traction and stability control, with the battery showing 99 percent state of charge. We warmed up the tires first through a gentle slalom then stood on the brake and accelerator pedals at the same time to unlock launch control and access the powertrain's full output capability. You hear the AWD scratching a bit for traction as the launch sensation truly snaps your head rearward, violently so if you are unprepared for what is about to occur, but the Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo remains ruler-straight throughout the run, never pulling the slightest way to one side or the other. It's simultaneously drama-free yet utterly thrilling, and it will make unsuspecting passengers either laugh out loud, scream with fear, or shout toward you with genuine anger for subjecting them to it in the first place, or all three in quick succession, though not necessarily in that order (based on our experiences with some of our significant others, for starters). Braking and Handling The Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo stopped from 60 mph in 105 feet, nothing exceptional at the sharp end of our testing archive but certainly quite good for a vehicle that weighs 5,282 pounds. For quick context, the M5 Touring stopped in the same distance despite weighing 174 pounds more. That says more about the BMW's braking prowess than it does the Porsche's. On our figure-eight handling course, the brake pedal's relatively long travel and the brakes' overall performance didn't, in the words of one of our test drivers, 'have the stopping power you normally expect from a fast Porsche, and we had to brake way early.' At times, the same sensation took hold when driving with spirit on public roads, leading us to be a bit more cautious than we need to be in most Porsches in terms of our approach to aggressive cornering and how much faith we had in scrubbing off speed prior to turning into those corners. As for the car's handling balance, there's loads of grip on the course's skidpad portion (0.98 g average), and the phenomenal power and torque warp the Taycan Turbo S down our short straights with phenomenal speed. It's easy to get into grinding understeer on corner entry but also easy to rotate the tail somewhat on the power for the exits. This balance-changing tendency left us feeling like we could better our 23.2-second figure-eight time (at 0.93 g average) by at least a tenth or two, if only we could drive a perfect lap without leaving something to be desired from our braking points and ability to get the Taycan turned as quickly and efficiently as possible. As far as how this hyperwagon's overall grip performance compares to the Turbo GT Weissach, the latter's best figure-eight lap measured 21.9 seconds at an average g of 1.03 g, but it's also lighter by a big 371 pounds and rides on stickier Pirelli tires. A non-Weissach Turbo GT posted a time of 22.0 seconds at 1.01 g (average), also while weighing less (172 pounds) and benefiting from grippier rubber. Of course, those two cars we tested previously are sedans and lack the Cross Turismo's extra daily practicality. Again, you get the performance you pay for in Porsche land. How much of that performance you can reasonably use in a car like this on public streets is always open to debate, but we aren't going to be the ones to encourage you to throw your driver's license away in pursuit of it. No, we're not talking about the price again. Not to end on a boring (yet hugely relevant) note, but recall at the beginning of this report when we referenced the Taycan 4S as several months back having claimed the quickest-charging EV crown? This Turbo S is the new record coholder. It charged from 5 to 80 percent on a DC fast charger in 17 minutes, besting the Taycan 4S by one minute and tying the non-Weissach Taycan Turbo GT that had subsequently taken sole possession of our top spot. The upshot for drivers, if it wasn't clear, is that along with all its mostly overjuiced performance, the 2025 Porsche Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo keeps the time between those LOL speed blasts to a literal electric-car minimum.
Car and Driver
26-06-2025
- Automotive
- Car and Driver
View Interior Photos of the 2025 Porsche Taycan 4 and Taycan Turbo Cross Turismos
The Cross Turismo has more rear headroom than the sedan, but the back seat still isn't super roomy.
Car and Driver
26-06-2025
- Automotive
- Car and Driver
2025 Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo Exterior Photos
The Taycan Cross Turismo is available in five variants. The Turbo (in green) is the penultimate version, while the 4 (in white) is the base model.
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Was This Half-Priced Porsche EV Worth the RIsk?
Many people spend New Year's Eve enjoying overpriced experiences at bars and restaurants, paying five or even 10 times normal rates for the exact same thing but with sparklers. Not me. I said farewell to '24 by buying a stupid car from far away to save money, then driving it all the way home. For the past year my wife and I have been daily-driving a 1991 Bentley Turbo R. But as fun as that has been, for the last few months I have really been missing having an EV. For Los Angeles's warm, traffic-filled streets and stop-go traffic, EVs make total sense—and certainly for residents with a Level 2 charger at home. I'll update you on the total costs of driving a 33-year-old Bentley for 12 months soon. But, as I contemplated what to buy next, I noticed that the Porsche Taycan experiences depreciation in a way that reflects the greater market forces acting on the EV industry as a whole—definitely not on its merits as a quality automobile. The realization dawned that a well-chosen Taycan could provide a one-stop solution to my three-pronged problem: wanting to drive an EV, to have an interesting car, and also to buy something I would not be able to afford new. First I rented a Taycan through Turo for a few days to let my wife get some seat time and to check out how it had held up under the enhanced wear and tear of working as a rental. That was enough to commit to the general idea of purchasing one. As is the case with most of our family car purchases, the specifics would be left up to me. But my better half made one limiting rule: It would need to be a wagon. I couldn't disagree—not only is the long roof Taycan Cross Turismo better looking than the sedan, it features more rear-seat room, better rear visibility, tons more usable cargo space, and comes standard with the long-range battery, AWD, and height-adjustable air suspension. In the used market, the premium for a Cross Turismo against a same-year rear-wheel-drive base model variant is between $10,000 and $12,000. I need to add a quick sidebar here: If you do want the sedan, then the base, rear-wheel-drive Taycan is a crazy good value. It's basically an electric, four-door Cayman, and it might be the best used buy in the entire Porsche range right now, with $50,000 enough to buy a low-mile example in a good color. But I needed a Cross Turismo. So I mounted an online search for the cheapest examples in the country and found a suitable candidate almost immediately. It's a 2022 Taycan 4 Cross Turismo, fresh off lease with all of the standard features, plus 18-way adjustable seats, rear-axle steering, co-driver screen, Bose stereo, and the full extended two-tone leather interior. It was also in Detroit—so around 2300 miles from my house—but I will tell you about the journey in another story. When new, this Cross Turismo had an MSRP of $139,000 as optioned, plus tax. Two and a half years, and 26,000 miles later, I sent a wire for $64,800, plus tax—just 47 percent of the car's original value. This car came with another huge bonus thanks to Porsche's Certified Pre-Owned warranty: three years of unlimited-mile, bumper-to-bumper coverage, with the option to extend this to a fourth year for $2700. Was it perfect? No, and some cosmetic issues contributed to the low price. There was a six-inch scratch on the front bumper, some rock chips, and some of the black plastic trim had faded. The gray leather on the driver's seat was also a little dingy, I presume from the first owner's dark suit pants. All of these issues would later be remedied by my team at Westside Collector Car Storage and some Ammo Reflex ceramic coating. The car is now back up to 99 percent cosmetically. It certainly doesn't feel less than half as good as a brand-new example. The 18-way seats are phenomenal, and the driving position is low, with the view forward framed between the fenders as it should be in a Porsche sports car. The Cross Turismo gets standard air suspension, so it feels more like a small Panamera than a big Cayman, if that makes sense. I would never have paid for the optional passenger display screen in a new car, but it is actually brilliant for road-tripping—I can leave the Porsche route planner showing while using Waze or Google Maps on the main display at the same time. (I don't believe you can do this on the facelifted Taycan, which has an active filter so the driver can't see the passenger screen.) The active lane centering is far from perfect, but it did relieve the tension in my hands and wrists over hours and hours of monotonous adaptive-cruise-control driving, mostly at 74 mph to maximize range. There were some hiccups: a headlight error warning, when no error existed in practice. I also encountered two phantom braking incidents when the ADAS detected something that wasn't there and dropped the anchors. Several times I was warned to take over driving when ADAS was disabled, and twice a pop-up informed me that the automatic emergency braking was unavailable due to dirty sensors. In fairness, this was in the Midwest in wintry conditions. I have already booked an appointment with my local Porsche dealer for some open recalls. I'm going to get a new portable charging cable, despite never having used the one that comes with the car, and there will be software updates for a variety of systems, which may resolve the ADAS issues. The quality of paint, bodywork, wheels, and interior are all tip-top. I am really looking forward to using this car for the next few years and seeing how it holds up. Is the Taycan the Porsche of EVs, the EV of Porsches, or both? How much use will I get from the unlimited-mileage warranty? And, the big question, how much will the thing be worth when I'm done with it? So that's two years in a row starting January with a new and potentially ruinously expensive car purchase. One more will make it a fully fledged tradition. But, for me, this is a better way to start the year than wearing a party hat at an overpriced dinner. Or, even worse, by staying home and doing nothing at all. Wish me luck! You Might Also Like You Need a Torque Wrench in Your Toolbox Tested: Best Car Interior Cleaners The Man Who Signs Every Car
