2025 Porsche Taycan Review

Porsche’s 2025 Taycan is an all-electric mid-size sedan starting at $99,400. The Taycan was Porsche’s first fully electric vehicle (EV) during its 2020 debut, and it has remained a top choice for drivers seeking an electric sports car experience, specifically regarding driving dynamics and cutting-edge tech.

MotoPickers Rating: 8.7/10

There are many small but significant tweaks to the Taycan for its 2025 production year. These changes include but aren’t limited to, a new Turbo GT model and better range via a lighter performance battery pack and rear-mounted electric motor, as well as improved charging speed.

You’ll also find more standard features and styling updates on the headlamps, fenders, taillights, and front bumper, in addition to route planning facilitating more efficient charging. The 2025 Taycan remains part of the first Taycan generation released in 2020.

Porsche has maintained the Taycan’s reputation of offering snappy acceleration and agility while offering practical elements for daily driving, such as a four-door configuration and two trunks. While the Porsche Taycan impresses on multiple fronts, it comes at a cost.

We’ll cover Taycan models and leave the Taycan Cross Turismo variants for a separate review, as the Taycan Cross Turismo differs from the Taycan’s traditional four-door sedan layout with a wagon-style design.

The Taycan’s six models include the:

• Taycan
• Taycan 4S
• Taycan Turbo
• Taycan Turbo S
• Taycan Turbo GT
• Taycan Turbo GT with Weissach package

Discover what else the 2025 Porsche Taycan has to offer with the rest of our review below.

Exterior spotlight

Sportiness is part of the Taycan driving experience, and Porsche personifies this driving spirit with the available SportDesign package with the two-tone Turbonite color scheme exclusive to Turbo variants, Black high-gloss, and Carbon. Turbonite highlights exist on the side window trim, the rear model logo, the hood Porsche badge, wheel caps, and side skirt inlays. Carbon contrast exists within Turbo S grades’ lower front inlays, side skirts, and rear diffuser.

The SportDesign package also differentiates the Taycan’s lower front section, side skirts, and rear diffuser with a more pronounced and sculpted appearance, accentuating the 2025 Taycan’s athletic and elegant proportions.

Porsche designs this electric sports car with automatic locking soft-close doors, automatic power-folding and illuminating side mirrors, and contactless chart port doors that you can conveniently open on both vehicle sides with a gesture.

Wheel designs cater to efficiency or performance, with 21” wheels offering a more expansive inventory. The underbody optimizes aerodynamics with a complete covering, active cooling air intakes, and a three-stage rear spoiler making real-time adjustments. Drivers will shift between top electric performance and minimal air resistance based on factors such as the rear spoiler’s position.

This Porsche’s lines naturally enhance aerodynamics but also look great—especially the dual hood lines. Turbo GT models are the most lightweight and elevate the three-stage spoiler’s aerodynamics with a spoiler lip. Additionally, exclusive to Turbo GT models are a front spoiler, front aeroblades, and a front diffuser for better handling.

The Taycan Turbo GT offers 21” forged aluminum wheels with a lighter Porsche Ceramic Composite Brake in sleek Victory Gold. Both the Taycan Turbo GT and Taycan Turbo GT with Weissach package contain windows with five-layer soundproof glazing and a rear window balancing form and function with high-strength thin-film glass. However, the Turbo GT Weissach ackage’s exterior has distinctive colors and badging not available on the standard Taycan Turbo GT.

Interior close-up

At first glance, the 2025 Taycan’s interior feels far more dynamic than a Tesla Model S cabin, but there’s an overreliance on touch controls, and the rear legroom is relatively cramped. Drivers can select interior packages like the Aluminum Prism configuration, which includes aluminum decorative surfaces on front/rear doors and center console sides.

There’s also the Accent package with contrasting trim in Black, Neodyme, Dark Silver, or the exterior’s color. Turbo variants can select a Turbonite color for the Accent package, and additional details cover areas like the air vents, drink holders, and steering wheel for a cohesive look. Third is the Sport Chrono package standard on Turbos, which includes a center dashboard stopwatch with a dial containing Accent package color detailing.

Seat materials include a Pepita houndstooth two-tone checkered pattern that brings some classic styling into this modern EV. The Pepita houndstooth design, which helps form a leather-free cabin, was previously limited to Porsche’s 356. Instead of leather, you’ll get microfiber RaceTex, which contains a textile material and contrasting silver stitching.

Turbo GT models feature a model-name badge on the headrests, while Silver or Volt Blue contrasting materials dress the seat belts, center console Taycan logo, and door tailgate strips. A Taycan Turbo GT with the Weissach package includes fine but noticeable details like rear carbon trim in a contrasting color.

Bucket seats within Turbo GT variants are lightweight with carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic, carbon-weave finish, and power height adjustments for front passengers. These seats are also heavily bolstered to support high-performance driving, with the bolsters containing smooth black leather. Race-Tex material is present within GT models’ seat centers.

While the 2025 Taycan doesn’t offer much storage, it has enough space for a grocery run or weekend outing with 14.3 cubic feet (cu. ft.) of rear storage and a front trunk measuring 3 cu. ft.

Power and performance

Starting from the top, the entry-level Taycan produces 402 horsepower, 302 lb.-ft. of torque, and, contains a rear-wheel drive (RWD) drivetrain. However, models above the entry-level grade can select an all-wheel drive (AWD) as an available feature. The Taycan 4S is good for 536 horsepower and 512 lb.-ft. of torque, which translates to a 3.5-second 0-60 MPH time. A Taycan Turbo lowers this 0-60 MPH by a whole second to 2.5 seconds via 871 horsepower and 512 lb.-ft. of torque. The Taycan Turbo S goes from 0-60 MPH in 2.3 seconds and generates 938 horsepower along with 818 lb.-ft. of torque.

Lastly, the Turbo GT and Turbo GT with Weissach package offer 1,019 hp and 914 lb.-ft. of torque, but the Weissach package version goes from 0-60 MPH one millisecond faster than the Taycan Turbo GT at 2.1 seconds due to its lighter weight.

Drivers can power up a 2025 Porsche Taycan at a direct current (DC) 270 kW fast-charging station with peak power from 10% to 80% in 18 minutes. This impressive charge speed is due in part to the 28-module performance battery, which facilitates high energy density without compromising range. Range also benefits from an optional 33-module Performance Battery Plus, a new heat pump cooling concept, and batteries with smaller cable cross-sections, lowering weight.

We’ll cover the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) official range estimates for the 2025 Porsche Taycan in our trim guide. Previous Taycan iterations lagged behind competitors in this area, and still do. Each 2025 Taycan also contains adaptive air suspension with a Smart Lift function when you need extra help to avoid scraping this Porsche’s undercarriage on obstacles like speed bumps. Optional rear-axle steering enables more connectedness to the road with greater maneuverability and cornering capabilities.

Beyond their basic powertrain specs, GT Turbo models contain an Attack Mode, which provides an additional 160 horsepower for extreme confidence during overtakes, Porsche torque vectoring plus that balances aggressive turns with moderate braking, which is helpful since the brake doesn’t feel as responsive as the prices would indicate. Active Ride is a GT Turbo feature that adjusts suspension in real time to balance sporty driving with a smooth ride feel.

Tech overview

Apple CarPlay+ makes its debut in the 2025 Porsche Taycan. This tech feature puts climate controls in the infotainment system’s Apple portion so you can adjust cabin temperature without exiting the Apple CarPlay menu. Drivers behind the wheel of a 2025 Taycan get a 16.8” curved display that’s not obstructed by the steering wheel. You can customize this display to show different views like rounded instrument clusters, a navigation map, or fewer elements for more focus on aspects like lap times.

External touch control panels streamline your ability to configure lighting and chassis functions, which is convenient but solidifies our point about excess touch-activated features. There’s also a 10.9” touchscreen for the front passenger, which allows a rider to perform tasks like entering GPS destinations, such as charging stops, without your eyes needing to leave the road. Separate functions of the passenger display include live video playback and performance data viewing.

Earlier, we mentioned a design element of the dashboard stopwatch. This feature is significant because it helps break up the cabin’s high-tech presentation to provide the interior with some back-to-basics performance data tracking. AWD models come equipped with Performance Battery Plus tech and a dedicated Circuit mode that optimizes track driving. Drivers can access connected services like remote charging status, climate control, navigation, and more via their smartphone through the Porsche Connected app.

Safety capabilities

While the IIHS (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety) and the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) don’t typically rate the crash protection capabilities of cars like Porsche’s Taycan, last year’s version received a five-star rating from the Euro NCAP (New Car Assessment Programme).

Safety features within this Porsche include:

• Blind spot warning
• Lane departure warning
• Lane keep assist
• Pre- and post-collision safety system
• Driver attention alert
• Rear cross-traffic alert
• Adaptive and cornering headlights
• Adaptive cruise control
• Traffic sign recognition

In addition to audible and visual notifications of hazards, blind spot, and lane departure warning features will initiate automatic assistive steering to correct your course if you begin turning toward a danger—but lane keep assist uses this same autonomous tech to help you remain centered within your lane.

The pre- and post-collision safety systems use automatic emergency braking to mitigate crash damage or avoid impacts altogether. At the same time, driver attention alerts will prompt a break when recognizing instances like drowsy driving and remind you to keep your eyes on the road for other forms of distraction. You’ll also receive automatic braking support when necessary in reverse to help avoid cross-traffic dangers or other obstacles in your path.

Adaptive and cornering headlights are another example of the 2025 Taycan’s ability to adapt in real-time. By optimizing headlamp positioning to match this car’s direction, the headlights better illuminate the road. Traffic sign recognition comes in handy if you happen to drive too fast past a posted speed limit in a mode like Attack Mode and don’t catch what the sign says. Ultimately, the 2025 Taycan honors its high price tags with an extensive list of cutting-edge and practical safety features.

Trim guide and owner considerations

Below is a breakdown of the 2025 Porsche Taycan’s six models, their starting prices, and some highlights for each grade, such as range.

Taycan – $99,400

Starting just below the $100,000 mark, the entry-level Taycan features standard RWD, a 0-60 MPH time of 4.5 seconds, and a 274-mile range. Try not to cry at the costs.

Taycan 4S – $118,500

The Taycan 4S’ range drops to 252 miles, but horsepower increases significantly to 536, and AWD comes standard.

Taycan Turbo – $173,600

Porsche’s 2025 Taycan Turbo dials up horsepower to 697 while increasing range over the first two grades to 292 miles.

Taycan Turbo S – $209,900

The Taycan Turbo S offers a 266-mile range, a blazing-fast 0-60 MPH time of 2.3 seconds, and a 162 MPH top speed.

Taycan Turbo GT – $230,000

A Taycan Turbo GT boasts 777 horsepower and a 180 MPH top speed while maintaining a decent range of 276 miles.

Taycan Turbo GT with Weissach Package – $230,000

The 2025 Taycan Turbo GT with Weissach Package edges out the standard Turbo GT in the top speed category at 190 MPH, but has a slightly lower range of 269 miles.

Owner considerations (warranty coverage)

Porsche offers 2025 Taycan buyers four years or 50,000 miles of basic warranty coverage, whichever comes first, and the same amount of time and miles for powertrain protection.

Final verdict

The Taycan remains one of the US auto market’s most exciting electric cars, with an experience that dials up the intensity regarding its sportiness while maintaining a solid amount of daily driving practicality. While range estimates still lag behind rivals, this model’s design choices, horsepower and torque ranges, cutting-edge performance tech, and thorough inventory of safety features more than compensate, so we’re giving this EV an 8.7/10.