Porsche Taycan 4S Is The Car Tom Voelk Would Buy New: Here's Why

The experienced journalist got much more range than the official EPA numbers.

Porsche Taycan 4S Is The Car Tom Voelk Would Buy New - Check Why Here

Gustavo Henrique Ruffo

By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo

Aug 5, 2020 at 8:54am ET

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Motoring writers and journalists are frequently asked what car they would buy if they were looking for a new one. Tom Voelk decided to answer that with his most recent video. Coincidentally, he would buy the very car he just evaluated, the Porsche Taycan 4S. He also said why he does not evaluate Tesla vehicles, but let's save it for later.

Regarding the Taycan 4S, Voelk believes it is one of the most composed, silent, and fun cars to drive around. Before you say it has an EPA range of only 203 miles, the journalist beat it easily, reaching more than 250 mi driving it hard. And he is not the first one: Alex Roy extracted 295 mi from a Taycan Turbo. Porsche should fix thas as soon as possible.

Porsche Taycan 4S

Independently of how much it can travel, the Porsche Taycan 4S is still an expensive machine. It starts for almost as much as a Tesla Model S Performance used to be, at $103,800. We have told you about a price reduction back in May, but it seems Tesla has reduced prices yet again.

While the Model S Long Range was priced at $74,990 at that time, it is now offered for $68,990. The Performance used to cost $99,990 before that price reduction and is now at $88,990. Possibly due to the competition with the new Taycan.

Voelk says the new electric Porsche was flawless, which makes us believe the gap issues reported on the Taycan may be something restricted to the past.

What most impressed the journalist was how precise the Porsche drives, how comfortable it is, and how fast it charges with its 800-volt system – even if the Electrify America chargers did not help in the experience as much as they could.