Porsche Taycan – interior and tech
Loaded with tech and built with an impregnable solidity, but is it a bit stark?
Nothing much has changed inside the new Taycan, but that's no bad thing. Slide into the driver's seat – made easier with the Active Ride system’s ‘easy entry’ function, which boosts the car up on its springs by 55mm – and the Taycan has a genuine sense of occasion, with a small-diameter steering wheel and the peaks of the wheel arches extending into your view ahead. You don't sit as low as you do in a 911 (thank the floor-mounted batteries for that) but there's definite sports car DNA in the cocooned driving environment, and build quality is excellent throughout.
If we had a criticism, it's that the Taycan still isn't as roomy as it should be for a five-metre saloon – the rear seats are claustrophobic for adults. The estate versions free up more rear headroom but it's still not a place to stretch out, and there isn't quite as much boot space as you might expect. You get 446 litres compared to 407 in the saloon, where an M3 Touring offers 500 litres. Still, there is at least an 84 litre front boot to stash odds and ends if you need it.
As is all too common in 2024, the Taycan’s control surfaces are almost entirely digital, but the climate controls are at least a permanent fixture on the lower pressure-based haptic display. Porsche's latest PCM infotainment system is one of the more intuitive on the market, and it gets Apple CarPlay+ functionality as part of the facelift, along with an updated charging planner to plot the most efficient and quickest points to top up during a journey.
The Turbo GT’s interior is altogether more focused if you go for the Weissach Package. Carbon bucket seats hold you securely in place and you’re presented with a suede steering wheel adapted from the GT3 RS, complete with rotary switches for drive modes and PASM settings. There’s also a paddle for activating the overboost function, designed to fall easily at your fingertips when cornering on track.
