THE SWEETEST THING?
How do you define the sweet spot in a model line-up when every option on offer is nothing short of chuffing terrific? A tough notion, isn’t it? You see, in a normal automotive product line, you might choose the car with the really good midsized engine, or the one with the overtly sporty look. Perhaps you’re swayed by the cheapest example of whichever model has taken your fancy? Though, ultimately, what makes the ‘best’ car is subjective, there are many, many vehicles (of all sizes) where the pick of the bunch isn’t necessarily the fastest nor the most expensive variant available. With the truly excellent all-electric Porsche Taycan, however, every variant you can buy seems to be sensational. Want maximum driving range and rear-drive handling thrills? Then you need the regular Taycan, complete with the Performance Battery Pack. Want ridiculous performance and the sort of handling to shame sports cars half the size and weight? Give the Taycan Turbo S a whirl. Need to go off-road and carry a serious amount of clobber in the boot? How about the sublime Taycan Turbo Cross Turismo?
In contrast, the Taycan 4S could be the hardest model to justify buying. It doesn’t have the longest driving range, nor is it the fourby and be done with it. We highly doubt you’d be considering a high-performance, all-electric German sports machine as your primary form of transportation, all of which leaves the Taycan 4S feeling a tad overlooked. When it initially landed back in late 2019, the 4S did, of course, fulfil a role: the long-range version of the Taycan, eclipsing its Turbo and Turbo S forebears with a claimed 287-mile maximum scope and, crucially, forming the entry point of the line-up at a then-tempting figure of £83,367. Since then, however, the rear-drive Taycan has joined the party.
