Porsche Taycan Sport Turismo review

The chassis and suspension are identical to the standard Taycan and the estate is only 15kg heavier. And since we’re talking about 2,310kg of mass, that weight difference is beyond negligible.

So aside from the rear glass being further away in the rear view mirror, there’s not much change for a driver to detect. Treat with extreme scepticism anyone who says the handling is more tail-happy because that 15kg extra mass is mostly over the rear axle.

Noted. Is this very much a sports estate then?

It is. The Cross Turismo is a fairly racy crossover, and this is a fairly racy estate. However, the Cross Turismo is more languid, has detectable pitch and dive which we think actually suits the role of an estate car better. 

The Sport Turismo is slightly harder, sharper and more immediate. It has lovely steering and is immaculately behaved through corners, doing a very impressive job of disguising its mass and maintaining impressive body control over rough surfaces. Certainly crisper to drive than an Audi RS6. 

Does this only apply to the GTS?

It applies to the GTS most of all, since this is – and probably always will be – the sportiest machine in the range. We doubt other Sport Turismos will drift that far from the template laid down by the GTS though.

One thing about the GTS: it’s the most rear-biased Taycan. Because of how the motors work, the GTS shuffles a greater proportion of torque to the rear axle than even the Turbo S. In fact as far as it can, it’ll only send power to the rear axle, activating the front motor as it gets close to the fringes of grip.

Can you feel it?

Not on the public road. But the Sport Turismo is a very well balanced car. You’ll get some understeer if you really hurl it along, but on the whole it grips tenaciously and behaves neutrally at the limit.

You can up the ante with the Sport Turismo as well: rear steering is a £1,650 option, there’s sport chassis control for £2,315 and the £6,321 PCCB ceramic brakes if you absolutely must.

How’s the powertrain?

More polished than just about any other electric car out there, but where electric motors are concerned those margins are small. The background fake engine noise is actually pretty decent and the calibration of the throttle is brilliant – gives you faith in the car no matter what mode you’re in or where you’re driving. 

It’s an effective deliverer of speed (0-62mph in 3.7secs, 100mph in 7.9secs). But that’s with Launch Control’s overboost function. The rest of the time instead of 590bhp you have to make do with 510bhp. Don’t stress. Backed up by 626lb ft, it’s more than enough to put the hound in the boot on red alert.