Porsche enlarges Taycan portfolio with three versions

After extensive upgrades at the beginning of the year, the Taycan lineup is growing to offer buyers even more ways to get one in 2025. Three additional versions complete the family, now counting 16 different variants.

Porsche announced on Tuesday that three new members of the updated Taycan family will be in the showrooms in the first quarter of 2025. For the first time, the base sedan will get all-wheel drive and become the Taycan 4, and the GTS trim will return in both sedan and Sport Turismo wagon forms.

“The new models have more power, longer range, accelerate faster, and can be charged in less time and with greater stability,” Porsche officials said in a news release. At 800-volt DC charging stations, the Taycan models can charge at an impressive 320 kW.

“The simultaneous improvement of performance and efficiency is due to several factors: an advanced powertrain with a new rear-axle motor that has up to 107 hp more power than its predecessor on all models, a modified pulse inverter with optimized software, more powerful batteries, revised thermal management, a next-generation heat pump, increased recuperation, and an optional all-wheel-drive strategy,” Porsche proudly added.

Taycan 4

Adding AWD to the base sedan is arguably the most exciting development. It can be ordered with the standard Performance battery or the optional Performance Battery Plus battery, which puts down 295 kW/402 hp or 315 kW/429 hp on overboost. The traction advantage of AWD lets the Taycan 4 hit 100 kph in 4.6 seconds, 0.2 seconds faster than the RWD car, without skimping on efficiency.

The Taycan 4 sedan’s WLTP range is 559 km with the standard battery of 89 kWh; if you choose Performance Plus (105 kWh), it goes up to 643 km. That’s only 35 km less than its rear-wheel-driven colleague. The front motor is not working to save energy when traction, driving dynamics, and stability don’t require it.

This all-wheel-drive entry-level version will be sold at €108,000 in Belgium.

Taycan GTS

At Porsche, GTS means Gran Turismo Sports. Since the Porsche 904 GTS (1963), the denomination has caught a unique reputation among Porsche drivers. The new Taycan GTS will be available as a sports sedan and the shooting brake version Sport Turismo.

The new GTS has up to 515 kW/690 hp of power (with overboost), 75 kW more than its predecessor. Both car versions accelerate to 100 kph in 3.3 seconds, 0.4 seconds faster than their predecessors. The range has been improved by 100 km up to 628 km (WLTP standard).

The GTS gets a “sound profile” unique to this model but comparable to that of the Turbo S.  Other GTS upgrades include the multifunction sports steering wheel, optional rear-axle steering, adaptive air suspension with torque vectoring, standard adaptive sport seats and returned Porsche Active Ride. The latter is also an option and has a GTS-specific tuning.

The Taycan model portfolio has never been so rich. With three body variants, the choice between rear-wheel and four-wheel drive, and different performance levels (295 to 760 kW or 400 to 1,030 hp), clients can choose between 16 different model versions.

In Belgium, the Taycan GTS sedan costs €151,700, while the Sport Turismo costs €900 more, at €152,600.