Want to drive a Porsche Taycan? Cross Turismo lasts longer and is more joyful

In 2021, Porsche delivered 95,671 new cars in the Chinese market, accounting for 31.69% of global sales, and the Chinese market became The world's largest single market for the seventh consecutive year. So how will we take advantage of the chase further in 2022? Porsche has already given the answer - the Taycan Cross Tuismo pure electric crossover hunting car family and the Taycan GTS pure electric high-performance coupe, the former price range of 968,000-1.838 million yuan, the latter price range of 1.392 million yuan.

As an ultra-luxury pure electric coupe priced at the million-dollar level, the Taycan has a surprising increase in sales, and nearly 40% of Porsche sales in Europe are Taycan series. In 2021, the Taycan delivered more than 40,000 vehicles worldwide and 7,315 vehicles in the domestic market, which not only comprehensively surpassed the 4002 vehicles of Porsche's traditional flagship model 911, but also nearly doubled sales.

Taycan's strong momentum in sales is, on the one hand, because in addition to the MÉQS of Mercedes-Benz, only Porsche's Taycan (now there is a BMW i7); on the other hand, from the perspective of Porsche's brand power, it has always been able to suppress Mercedes-Benz's high-performance products; in the field of pure electric models, Taycan combines the strong power performance of trams with the Porsche brand with track pedigree - What fan could turn down such a combination?

What about cross-border hunting vehicles? The appearance is not pure, but it can run badly

First of all, let's take a look at the Cross Turismo, according to Porsche, it is the first pure electric crossover multi-purpose car CUV, which is actually the Taycan crossover hunting version. Similar to the Panamera Sport Turismo in terms of appearance design, it adopts the body form of a hunting wagon, and the name of Cross also indicates the identity of the crossover, and in the wheel arches, side skirts and rear bumpers, it adopts a black shield of the same color of the body, which plays a role in protecting the body body and reducing scratching on the non-paved road in the field.

At this time, some people will question: why is it crossover Cross Turismo, not pure Sport Turismo? This is also the result of the unique domestic market environment, for the car companies must be hoping to sell more, and the crossover station wagon with higher ground clearance, stronger passability, and the use environment closer to the SUV is obviously the solution. From the Audi A4/A6 Allroad to the Volvo V90 CC, to the most popular Volkswagen CC Hunting Vehicle and Skoda Octavia Travel Edition, all are crossover station wagons. As for the netizens (keyboard man) shouting every day "we want the pure travel / hunting car", the actual sales volume is completely inferior to the cross-border station wagon, consumers' just need for practicality, and finally overcome the aesthetic sensibility, the answer given with money will not deceive people.

So how is Cross Turismo different from the coupe version? In addition to the fuller tail in design, the first is the hunting car shape in exchange for a more abundant rear space, which increases the head space by 47mm compared to the Taycan; secondly, the trunk volume is 39 liters more than the Taycan, reaching 446 liters, and the rear seat can be achieved after being reclined to achieve 1212 liters; and finally cross Turismo also has a panoramic sunroof with light control function, although this fixed glass skylight can not be opened, but can be controlled separately 9 light partitions, the anti-dazzling and lighting can be taken into account.

In terms of hardware, the biggest difference between Taycan Cross Turismo and Taycan is the exclusive "Gravel" gravel mode, and Cross Turismo is equipped with adaptive air suspension as standard, Cross Turismo is 20mm more than the default height of the ordinary Taycan suspension, if this is still not "satisfied", you can also install the optional "Off-Road Design" component. Ability to raise the default height of the suspension to 30mm.

The "Gravel" gravel mode is equivalent to "one-click crossover", which can increase the default suspension height of the Taycan Cross Turismo by 10mm, and the suspension stroke can be increased by up to 30mm, which can meet the driving of light off-road terrain on non-paved roads. At the same time, in Gravel mode, many of Cross Turismo's electronic systems will also be adjusted to the terrain mode, such as the greater traction required for muddy roads.

Since it comes to traveling, we have to mention motivation. The Taycan Cross Turismo is available in four power versions, from the entry-level Taycan 4 Cross Turismo to the highest performance Turbo S, all with an upgraded version of the 93.4 kWh high-performance battery as standard, all with front and rear dual-motor four-wheel drive. Although the Taycan Turbo Cross Turismo dual-motor model with the longest battery life only has a range of 523km, it is not as exaggerated as the new car-making forces in the data. But it should also be known that Porsche has never been false in terms of data, and the endurance performance is carefully calculated and solid.

It can be said that the core of the Taycan Cross Turismo car series is the "Gravel" gravel model, which can achieve the driving capacity of non-paved roads, so the car series starts with a Taycan 4 Cross Turismo model priced at 968,000 yuan. Compared with the Taycan 4S, which is also a four-wheel drive and priced at 1.168 million yuan, the Taycan 4 Cross Turismo, which is priced at 1.208 million yuan, is only 40,000 yuan more expensive in price, but the latter is equipped with a 93.4kWh upgraded battery, and the Taycan (standard 79.2kWh) also needs to be equipped with a high-performance battery upgrade package worth 51,200 yuan.

The Taycan Cross Turismo caters to the needs of three different scenarios: mild off-road, on-road and on the track, with the ability to drive off the road without paving the fun of a Porsche electric sports car – leaving the city for scenic mountain fields where Taycan owners would never have imagined.

As for the Taycan GTS version, which is listed with the Cross Turismo model and costs 1.392 million yuan, the dual-motor layout can output 590 Ps, positioning between the Taycan 4S and the Taycan Turbo, which is a Taycan model that is more inclined to track performance. The rest of the configuration and color differences can refer to the 911 GTS and Panamera GTS, which is a more compromise solution in the Taycan car series. Personally, I'm looking forward to the Taycan GTS Sport Turismo– a high-performance hunting vehicle with pure electricity.

Epilogue:

The Taycan is undoubtedly Porsche's most promising and fastest-growing model. Last year, Porsche delivered 41,296 Taycans worldwide, even surpassing Porsche's 911. Therefore, a Taycan Cross Turismo that can run bad roads, achieve light off-roading, and have a range of more than 500km, while taking into account the driving pleasure of Porsche sports cars, also meets the diversified car environment, which is also an area that was unattainable by luxury electric vehicle models in the past. The Taycan GTS and CrossTurismo have expanded the Taycan model series in China to 21 models, and as for the more pure Sport Turismo hunting car, it is actually very close to us.

Written by: John 117

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