Earlier this yr Porsche unveiled the facelifted 2025 Taycan, first displaying the bread and butter of the lineup after which following up with the bonkers Turbo GT. Now it’s time for the ultimate three variants, bringing the whole to 12 (or 13 in case you depend the Turbo GT with Weissach package deal otherwise.) Becoming a member of the 2025 Taycan lineup are the entry-level all-wheel-drive Taycan 4, a vital mannequin, and the Taycan GTS, the performance-focused candy spot. And don’t fear, the GTS remains to be supplied in cladding-free Sport Turismo wagon kind.
As with different 2025 Taycans, the rear-axle motor is a brand new unit that has as much as 107 horsepower greater than its predecessor. The GTS now makes a complete of 690 horsepower and 580 pound-feet of torque when launch management is enabled, 100 hp greater than the ‘24 GTS, and it’ll hit 60 mph in 3.1 seconds, 4 tenths faster than earlier than. (In regular driving the GTS places out 596 hp and 534 lb-ft.) Porsche says the brand new Taycan GTS will run the quarter-mile in solely 11.1 seconds, which is completely wild and practically a full second faster than the outdated one.
Even with out launch management turned on, the up to date GTS can draw on extra energy through the push-to-pass button that comes with the usual Sport Chrono package deal. This provides you a ten-second increase of 93 hp and raises torque to launch management ranges, and it’s accompanied by the identical countdown timer and animated rings that the Turbo GT has within the gauge cluster. The GTS additionally will get bigger entrance brakes, a model-specific chassis tune with customary adaptive air suspension and Porsche Torque Vectoring Plus, whereas rear-wheel steering and the corporate’s magic Energetic Experience suspension are elective.
Not like the outgoing GTS, the brand new one doesn’t have the Turbo’s entrance fascia, although it does get the Sport Design entrance splitter and rear diffuser together with loads of Black or Anthracite Gray accents and GTS badges. The inside comes customary with a ton of Race-Tex suede upholstery, obtainable Carmine Crimson accents and but extra GTS logos. Porsche additionally gave the brand new GTS a “extra distinctive” sound profile often reserved for the Turbo S, so everybody round you and contained in the automobile can hear that you just’ve bought a GTS.
The Taycan 4 is already the bottom trim for the Cross Turismo wagon, so that is actually simply the debut of the mannequin for the sedan. It has as much as 429 hp and 449 lb-ft with the bigger battery or 403 hp and 431 lb-ft with the smaller one, and it could possibly hit 60 mph in as little as 4.4 seconds, a tenth faster than the rear-wheel-drive base Taycan. The entrance motor shall be mechanically decoupled for higher effectivity, turning again on inside milliseconds if wanted for acceleration or traction.
Each new Taycan variants will hit sellers on the finish of Q1 2025. The Taycan 4 sedan will begin at $105,295 together with $1,995 for vacation spot, $3,900 greater than the Taycan RWD and $15,200 lower than a Taycan 4S. You’ll must cough up $149,895 for a GTS sedan or $151,795 for the GTS Sport Turismo, and as standard the GTS fashions will appear to be a discount when evaluating them to an optioned-up 4S. Obtained something you wish to know in regards to the new Taycan GTS? I’ll be driving it this week together with the brand new 911 Carrera T.
