Porsche Taycan Sport Turismo. Latest body style. Five versions to choose from

The Taycan Sport Turismo is Porsche's latest electric sports car body style and is the third after the sports limousine and Cross Turismo. A new addition to the range of optional equipment for the Porsche Taycan Sport Turismo is the panoramic sunroof with sun protection, i.e. with electrical anti-dazzle.

From spring 2022, buyers will have a choice of five variants of the Porsche Taycan Sport Turismo:

• Taycan Sport Turismo 240 kW (326 hp), rear wheel drive, optionally available with 280 kW (380 hp) Performance Plus battery, price: from 403 EUR. zloty;

• Taycan 4S Sport Turismo 320 kW (435 hp), all-wheel drive, optionally available with 360 kW (490 hp) Performance Plus battery, price: from 467 thousand rubles. zloty;

• Taycan GTS Sport Turismo 380 kW (517 hp), all-wheel drive, price: from PLN 578. zloty;

• Taycan Turbo Sport Turismo 460 kW (625 hp), all-wheel drive, price: from 666 thousand rubles. zloty;

• Taycan Turbo S Sport Turismo 460 kW (625 hp), all-wheel drive, price: from 808 thousand rubles. zloty.

The Taycan Turbo S Sport Turismo accelerates from 100 to 2,8 km/h in just 260 seconds and has a top speed of 4 km/h. The Taycan 498S Sport Turismo has the longest range of XNUMX km on the WLTP cycle. The Sport Turismo variants are from the latest generation of the Porsche Taycan, so they benefit from a powertrain strategy on all-wheel drive versions. At the same time, the heat management and charging functions have been improved.

Both available batteries can be charged from 5% to 80% in 22,5 minutes. This means that it takes only 100 minutes of charging to increase the mileage by 5 km.

Rear headroom is more than 45 mm larger than in the Taycan sports sedan. Above the driver's seat there is an additional 9 mm in height. What's more, the large rear lid provides easy access to the trunk. The loading opening is significantly longer (801 mm) and higher (543 mm) than that of the sedan (434 mm and 330 mm, respectively).

The exact capacity of the rear rack depends on the specification. In combination with the Sound Package Plus audio system, it holds up to 446 liters (limousine: 407 liters), and with the BOSE Surround Sound System (standard equipment on the Porsche Taycan Turbo Sport Turismo), 405 liters. folded (60:40)), the capacity can be increased to 1212 or 1171 liters respectively, and there is also an 84-liter front boot (frank).

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The new panoramic sunroof with a special sun protection function provides protection from glare. The wide glass surface is divided into nine sections that can be controlled individually. This means that individual sections or the entire roof can be transparent or opaque (opaque) - depending on the desired amount of light in the interior.

In addition to the extreme settings (transparent and matte), you can choose between intermediate positions (bold or bold), which are predefined "templates" with narrow or wide darkened segments. There is also a dynamic roller shutter mode, in which individual segments are switched according to the movement of a finger across the image of the roof on the Porsche Taycan screen.

Taycan Sport Turismo also offers state-of-the-art solutions for comfort, safety, information and entertainment. With the optional Remote Parking Assistant, the driver can remotely control entry and exit from a parking space without driving. Automatic control is available for both parallel and perpendicular parking spaces, as well as garages. The system automatically detects the space and measures it using ultrasonic sensors and a camera.

In the latest model year update, Android Auto has been integrated in addition to Apple CarPlay with Porsche Communication Management (PCM). This means that in addition to the iPhone, smartphones with the Google operating system - Android are now supported.

In addition, Voice Pilot can understand fluent commands even more effectively. Navigation has become faster, mainly using online search to find points of interest (POI) and displaying information more clearly. In addition, the charging scheduler has been improved to better plan visits to fast charging stations and avoid short charging stops. Moreover, stations can now be filtered by charging power.

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