2020 Porsche Taycan Turbo S Review: Simply Electrifying

Auto123 reviews the 2020 Porsche Taycan Turbo S.

The Porsche Taycan Turbo S I was given to test out looks pretty much exactly like the Mission E prototype unveiled at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show. Same pearly white color, same tapered headlights with four diode blocks that cover large vertical air intakes. Same smooth muzzle without the grille that makes it look like a 911. Which is totally intentional, of course.

The Taycan Turbo S even sits on wheels that are almost identical to those of the prototype, except that its aluminum rims have five black spokes instead of seven. To situate it, the Turbo S is the fastest, most powerful and most expensive of the new Taycan lineup, which also includes the Turbo and 4S. The automaker presents them as sports cars even though they have all the attributes of luxury and performance sedans. Including four doors that open in the same direction instead of the Mission E's opposite-hinged doors. A stylist's fantasy.

The Taycan may be configured as a sedan, but it's sleek and streamlined like a coupe, with a receding roofline. The Taycan Turbo S also looks like a Panamera, with its curved fenders and a wide rear section that thin LED headlamps pass through in one sweeping stroke. However, it is 23.6 cm shorter and 5.5 cm lower on 2.8 cm wider tracks.

Like a glove
Once the frameless door is open, you get down into a Taycan instead of climbing in. Just like in a sports car. The interior is particularly well executed with a meticulous finish that wraps the thick, rich Burgundy Red leather of the well-sculpted sport seats, the centre console, the lower portion of the dashboard and the upper portion of the storm doors.

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