Porsche Taycan CT

PROOF POSITIVE THAT PORSCHE DNA CAN BE ELECTRIFIED

- JEZ SPINKS

SPECS COTY TEST REPORT

0-100km/h 4.2 seconds

WEIGHT 95kg heavier than claimed weight

NOISE 68.9db at 100km/h

Price/as tested $205,300/$247,970

Motor Dual (front+rear)

Power 420kW

Torque 650Nm

Transmission 2-speed automatic, AWD

Kerb weight 2245kg

Consumption 28.1kWh/100km

Length/width/height 4974/2144/1409mm

Wheelbase 2904mm

Safety Untested

IF DESIRABILITY and emotiveness were key Car of the Year criterions, the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo would have featured much later in the pages of this issue. The entire judging team was beguiled by the electric Porsche; by the way that it looked and by the way that it drove.

Yet when the votes to select finalists were tallied, there were none for this widely admired car. So, what happened?