• High-tech EV platform is efficient
• Capable of charging very fast
• Porsche servicing isn’t cheap

Using a purpose-built electric car platform, now upgraded following the mid-life facelift, the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo is capable of impressive driving range and very fast charging

Both the 4 and 4S variants claim 381 miles per charge are now possible, while the Turbo and Turbo S promise 373 and 372 miles – remarkably close to the less powerful models, given their huge performance. All Cross Turismos get Porsche’s largest Performance Plus Battery, which now gives you 97kWh of useable capacity.

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The latest battery, which uses a different chemical composition to the earlier version, can also be charged at speeds of up to 320kW – a meaningless stat until you learn that theoretically a 10-80% recharge is possible in just 18 minutes. This requires a suitable public fast charger, which is likely to be expensive, but is also possible more of the time thanks to other improved charging characteristics.

View detailed figures on the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo specs pages

Servicing and warranty

• Porsche servicing is very expensive
• But electric cars need less attention
• Warranty can be extended to 15 years

Your new Porsche comes with a three-year, unlimited mileage warranty; an official Porsche extended warranty giving cover for up to 15 years or 125,000 miles is available, though you will need to keep up with Porsche-approved maintenance; on an older car, that could get very expensive.

One of the benefits of an electric car is that it does not have as many things to service, however, and some of the priciest consumables on a Porsche are the ones that an EV uses less of: brakes. This is assuming you don’t drive it regularly on track days.

Even so, Porsche servicing costs may prove a shock even if you’re coming from another premium brand. If you’re at all concerned, check the current pricing with the dealer before confirming the purchase of the car. Official Porsche service plans are available, but these aren’t cheap, either.

Reliability

• Signs that all is not what it should be
• Owners have reported issues
• Some official safety recalls

If you’re buying a car as expensive as this one, you’re probably expecting a premium experience – including good reliability. Unfortunately, it doesn’t take much of a glance at forums, Facebook groups and ownership surveys to find tales of Taycan woe. Electric cars may seem simple in principle, but the reality of their complex control architectures has left more than a few owners feeling frustrated.

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When the Taycan works, it’s brilliant. But you may be wrong to expect it to work all of the time.

Along similar lines, there have been a few official safety recalls for the Taycan in general, some of which suggest quality control isn’t everything it could be at the factory, others relate to the drive battery. Although for the most part only small numbers of cars are involved.