Fast Facts | Porsche Taycan GTS Sport Turismo
🏎️ Power: 690 horsepower and 582 pound-feet of torque from a dual-motor electric system
🛣️ Range: 279 miles EPA estimated
⏱️ 0–60 mph: 3.1 seconds
🔌 Charging: 10 to 80 percent in ~18 minutes (320 kW)
📦 Cargo: 15.8 cu ft behind rear seats; sedan offers 14.3 cu ft
🎯 Price: Starts at $151,795 MSRP including destination
Porsche didn't invent the electric performance luxury segment, you have to give Tesla credit for that. Still, the Taycan was a revolution when it dropped in 2019. Porsche significantly raised the bar over the Model S in every regard except one: range.
Thankfully, that's changed. The new Taycan GTS may look more or less like the old one, but underneath, it offers more power, more performance, and yes, more range, in a package that's every bit as gorgeous and fun to drive as ever. The ultimate EV package, then? It's pretty close, though not quite perfect. Here's what I found after a week with the 2025 Porsche Taycan GTS.
Refreshed Mechanicals
For the 2025 model year, Porsche made some significant changes to the Taycan lineup, nearly all under the skin. The big news is a pair of revised battery packs, with the smaller offering 82.3 kilowatt-hours and the larger Performance Battery Plus, up to 97 kWh. That not only boosts range (up to 318 miles depending on configuration) but also improves charging speed, with a maximum rate of 320 kilowatts.
The result is a series of machines ranging from the $99,400 MSRP single-motor, rear-drive Taycan with 402 horsepower all the way up to the $239,400 MSRP Taycan Turbo GT with 1,019 horsepower.
The GTS I tested slots somewhere in the middle, starting at $155,200 MSRP with 690 horsepower going to all four wheels. The one you see here, though, carried a whopping $40,000 in options, bringing its final price to $196,475 after the $1,995 destination charge.
Sublime Style and Comfort
While Porsche gave the Taycan's underpinnings a thorough going over since the first generation, the exterior bits are largely the same. That, in my book, is a very good thing. The Taycan is one of the best-looking vehicles on the road, especially in the long-roof flavor you see here.
The Taycan comes in three different profiles, with the sedan being the base. The Sport Turismo is the sporty wagon shape, exclusively available in the GTS trim. And then there's the Cross Turismo, slightly lifted and with chunkier, unpainted fender flares. Think Volvo Cross Country or Subaru Wilderness, and you get the idea.
As with the outside, there's not much new on the interior compared to the original Taycan, which isn't a bad thing, either. Fit and finish are extremely good, with premium materials everywhere you touch. Porsche offers an endless array of materials and finishes for seats, dashboard, headliner, and steering wheel. The standard seats are comfortable and quite adjustable, with both heating and ventilation. The carbon fiber interior touches are subtle but effective, and overall, I enjoyed the inside of this Taycan as much as I did the outside.
The front seats offer generous space in all dimensions. Headroom is a little more limited at the back, but still plenty, which is the primary advantage of the Sport Turismo shape. If you're expecting a significant boost in cargo space, I'm sorry to disappoint. The Sport Turismo and Cross Turismo shapes both offer 15.8 cubic feet of cargo behind the rear seats. The regular sedan gives you 14.3 cubic feet.
Super Suspension
In addition to the new power and range, Porsche also augmented the 2025 Taycan with a new suspension system it calls Active Ride. It's an air system optimized to take advantage of this EV's high voltage, and the extra juice enables it to react far more quickly and comprehensively than before.
Its showiest feature is Comfort Entry Height. When enabled, the 5,146-pound wagon springs up as soon as you open the door, making it easier to slot yourself into its low-slung shape. Close the door, and it settles back down again. Anyone with bum knees will surely appreciate it, even if the dramatic vertical lurching can be a little disorienting for your passengers.
They're likely to appreciate the Active Tilt Control and Active Pitch Control, which use the active suspension to actually lean the car inside on the corners, away from the force of acceleration or braking. It's a subtle effect, but it actually makes for a more pleasant experience, especially for passengers with sensitive stomachs.
Active Ride's best trick, though, is ride quality. It's winter in New York, and I'm blessed with no shortage of ravaged roads already. In Normal mode, the Taycan cruised over them better than many luxury sedans and SUVs.
Drive Time
Twist the Drive Mode knob over to Sport or Sport Plus, and the Taycan hunkers down. Active Ride firms up, and suddenly this mega EV starts to feel a lot more feisty. With 690 horsepower and 582 pound-feet of torque on tap, Porsche says the GTS will sprint to 60 in 3.1 seconds.
It's quick, yes, and the throttle response is predictably instantaneous. But unlike many EVs, it also offers good acceleration at higher speeds, a fact bolstered by the Taycan's use of a two-speed transmission at the rear axle.
With its weight, the Taycan was never going to be the most nimble of vehicles, but it is engaging. Steering is sharp, if a bit numb, making the car react extremely quickly. And the grip offered by those tires is massive. Still, most of my testing took place at lower, winter temperatures and in the rain, which made for a decidedly slippery experience. All the better to sample this wagon's all-wheel drive and balance, which are extremely good. For a massive vehicle, the Taycan is easy and fun to push past its limits of adhesion.
Almost Perfect
So, what's not to love about the new Taycan, particularly in its sultry Sport Turismo shape and GTS configuration? The cost, and the incessant nickel and diming. Yes, it's a Porsche, and so you expect it to come at a premium, but it's wild to me that this nearly $200,000 car lacks active lane-keep assist (That'd be an additional $1,400.).
But, if you have the means to tick all the boxes, and there are oh so many to tick, you really can't do much better than this. The Taycan GTS, especially with the Active Ride suspension, is sublime on fast, flowing roads and remarkably comfortable on rough and broken ones. It has enough range not to feel limited and charges so fast that your battery will be full before you make it back from the restroom. It's the ultimate electric super wagon.
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