I quite like the Taycan but isn’t there a question of value for money here?
One of them *might* get 300 miles but costs more than twice as much. The other *will* get 340 miles but costs half as much. Ultimately with the Taycan you’re buying a badge, fancy stitching and a bunch of bling.
Not worth it, especially when they don’t have the technical smarts to make most of the important stuff that goes into an EV.
You're right, and you're wrong.
There is no value for money proposition with Porsche. None. They are eye-wateringly, stupidly expensive. Their price for options is scandalous. Their standard features is meager.
And yet people keep buying them.
It's not all about the badge, fancy stitching and a bunch of bling. It's about the way they drive. Porsche is....odd. They drive like a car costing twice as much, while having fewer features as cars that cost half as much. Look at any comparison test of a 911 vs. a Corvette. Or a Boxster vs. whatever. Or a Cayenne vs. even it's stablemate, a Q7 or Q8. The Porsches almost always come out on top, unless their is some kind of price factor. Why? The way they drive.
The Taycan isn't nearly as good as an EV as the Tesla. Not nearly as good. But it's still a decent EV. And it's a WAY better driving car. I just drove my second one, a 4S, a few weeks ago. Man is it good. I'm not loaded enough to simply chuck another 60 grand ON TOP OF a Performance Model 3. But if I was, I would.
Make no mistake, we are horribly spoiled by Tesla. They make the best EV by FAR. And the Model 3 in any guise has stupidly good performance. And at $65k, the Model 3 Performance has more speed than cars that cost triple. But when I go from my M3P into even a slower Taycan, you can feel where the money goes. You can feel the quality of EVERYTHING is better. You can feel that the inputs are smoother, the car is more planted, more stable. It reacts more predictably and more confidently. It's a much better driver's car.
But it's not at all any kind of value for money unless you buy used. No, it's certainly not just fancy stitching and bling. In fact, there's much less bling! The money is in the chassis engineering.
Clearly I am a fan. I've owned 3 Porsches and will likely own more. But I also understand that they are expensive and that their attributes are not appreciated by everyone. And I'm fine with that. I don't want to be seen as defending Porsche here. I think it's ludicrous what they charge. It's gotten so bad that when we replace my wife's Cayenne, we likely won't get another, because the competition (Audi Q7/Q8, BMW X5) is close enough to where the yawning price gap (like $20-$30k) cannot be ignored unless you have "eff it" money. And I don't.
But I post here to help people understand that there IS something you get for all that $$. It's not everything, but there is something there. And feel free to ask any questions.
