Was it WC Fields or George Best who memorably claimed "I spent half of my money on gambling, alcohol and wild women, and the rest I squandered"? Right now, I can't remember - but something that happened on the press launch of the facelifted Porsche Taycan reminded me of it.
It's not often that a car maker reveals exactly how the budget for any given model facelift has been spent when introducing it to gathered hacks. In the case of this luxury EV, however, we were indeed told. Exactly a quarter went on extending the car's range, a little over a quarter on extending its performance; everything else, from exterior styling to interior equipment to snazzy new decals and natty alloy wheels, got quite a lot less cash investment.
It may be that all-new model derivatives like the one Porsche has just added right at the top of the Taycan range - the Turbo GTcome with their own budget, of course. Even so, I rather like to think that, in substitution of the aforementioned notable expenses of that famous libertarian line, we might well count the carbon fibre wings, carbon-ceramic brakes and ultra-sticky Pirelli Trofeo RS tyres of the all-new super-Taycan among things unlikely to boost the range or efficiency of an electric car yet somehow very clearly worth having in any case.
All of those feature on the Turbo GT when fitted with the Weissach Package, and in accordance with Porsche's international publishing embargo schedule, I'm afraid you will be reading about them next week and not a moment before.
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