Porsche: Taycan Turbo S Turismo in winter test 🎥
THERE'S STILL MORE After the Sport Sedan and Cross Turismo, the Stuttgart-based company is launching another variant of the Taycan electric car in March: the Sport Turismo, which is now available in five versions.
Author Franz Rother tested the Sport Turismo Turbo S on the Rossfeld panorama road,
Franz Rother, Editor-in-Chief of Edison, the magazine and platform for smart mobility and connected life, asked professional Jörg Bergmeister to show him what the most powerful model in the range, the Turbo S Sport Turismo with 560 kW or 761 hp, has to offer on snowy and icy slopes.
13 percent gradients and tight curves
With a few finger grips, the Porsche factory driver and racer gradually switches off the assistance systems and driving aids of the Taycan Turbo S Sport Turismo. Another questioning glance at the passenger seat: "Everything okay?" And before I've answered, the Taycan is already shooting uphill. With Launch Control and at a speed that makes you lose all sense of hearing and sight, and almost threatens to give you whiplash.
In the 1960s and until 1973, legendary mountain races were held on the 15.4-kilometer Rossfeld panorama road near Berchtesgaden. Gradients of up to 13 percent and curve radii of only twelve meters in some cases demanded everything of both the participants and the vehicles back then.
With boost power up to 761 hp output
On this day, Porsche has booked the toll road. And that's why a Bergmeister (nomen est omen) can show what an electric car, what a Porsche Taycan is capable of. Provided you have mastered the technology, provided you can handle the steering wheel, accelerator, and brake pedal artfully.
With an electric car that can mobilize up to 560 kilowatts (kW) in boost mode, or 761 hp in the old currency. But it is also just under five meters long and weighs over 2.7 tons in the top configuration of the test car and with three occupants.
Shooting Brake as lifestyle loadmaster
Sport Turismo is the name Porsche has given to the third body variant of the all-electric Taycan, which has overtaken the 911 in some countries around the world - at least in terms of unit sales. After the sports sedan with a hatchback and a somewhat higher-legged sports off-roader called the Cross Turismo, the Stuttgart-based company now wants to add a lowered Shooting Brake to the model portfolio with a "practically sporty" lifestyle loadmaster.
According to the motto: The station wagon is dead, long live the station wagon. With roof rails and a bicycle rack, 39 liters more trunk volume (with full seating) and up to 47 millimeters more air above the top of the rear passengers' heads. There's also a bit more air in the front: Compared with the Sport Sedan, the Sport Turismo offers the driver and front passenger nine millimeters more headroom.
Turbo S model with all-wheel drive as standard
Jörg Bergmeister, just under 1.90 meters tall, can certainly use the gain - when he's not fighting his way through the hairpin turns of a mountain road in a slightly stooped position.
The Turbo S version of the Taycan has all-wheel drive as standard. But on snow and ice, the rear end does wobble quite a bit-which the racer takes advantage of to zoom around the bend. Electric cars don't understand fun and can't do sports? Think again
83.3 kWh average consumption at racing speed
After five minutes and 38 seconds, the pass is reached, the occupants can exhale and the Taycan's powertrain can cool down. The hellish ride has taken its toll, and a lot of energy as well: The on-board computer shows an average consumption of 83.3 kWh/100 kilometers at the finish line.
With a battery storage capacity of 93.4 KWh in the Performance Plus version, that would be enough for a range of around 122 kilometers. But fortunately, the mountains don't reach all the way to the sky - and the Taycan Sport Turismo can also be driven quite leisurely - without sacrificing driving pleasure.
Drive powers between 240 and 460 kW
Consumption values of around 25, 26 or 27 kW per 100 kilometers seem quite achievable based on the measured values from two days of testing with the Taycan Sport Turismo - depending on which drive variant you choose. Porsche now offers the Taycan not only in three body variants, but also with rear- and all-wheel drive, with 93.4 and 79.2 kWh battery packs and drive outputs between 240 and 460 kW: After all, an electric car is not a vehicle that has to do without.
Which, of course, is also reflected in the price. Our mamba-green Turbo S Sport Turismo cost the trifle of 226,500 francs. The cheapest version is available from 104,000 francs. However, without all-wheel drive. The new model goes on sale in March.
