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|November 09, 2022
FINAL REPORT We loved our EV, and Porsche is already fixing the few issues we had

Engineers can be an annoying bunch. You spend six months with one of their creations, finally manage to come up with a couple of areas where there might be scope for improvement - and then you find that they've fixed them in general updates. Not even the decency to wait for a mid-life facelift. Pfft.
You can understand my frustration, because after half a year with a Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo, I am obliged to report that this £100,000-odd EV is every bit as accomplished as you might expect.
Its performance is staggering - and our car is a 'mere' 4S - yet its overall efficiency has been constantly north of 3mi/kWh. Its cabin has been comfortable, and stayed beautifully finished, with no obvious rattles or squeaks, and an admirable resistance to the sort of scuffs and stains inflicted by my nine-year-old son. My own grubby fingers did make a bit of a mess of the control screen on the centre console, mind.
This story is from the November 09, 2022 edition of Auto Express.
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