The 2025 Porsche Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo Is An Unrivaled 911 Carrera Wagon

When it comes to premium electric sedans, it's pretty hard to beat the formula that is the Tesla Model S. Remember, that vehicle has been around for a little over a decade and it's the OG in the space. However, Porsche decided to enter the segment with their own vehicle called the Taycan. If you guys remember when the Taycan first debuted, it quickly built a reputation for essentially driving like an electric 911. It was the first EV that felt like a sports car when you found some corners on your favorite back roads. So for 2025, it's time for Porsche to finally give the Taycan family a full redo. And it's a pretty comprehensive refresh. We're talking about an all new rear electric motor, two larger battery packs. It's also more efficient and more power across the board. So as you can see this week, we're actually out here in beautiful Sevilla, Spain of all places to finally get behind the wheel of the Taycan. This particular one that I'm showing you is essentially almost at the top of the family. It's a Taycan Turbo S in the Cross Turismo lifted wagon body style. So for those of you who have been looking for a premium electric vehicle, but you require something with better driving dynamics and more versatility versus its rivals, how does the brand new 2025 Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo stack up? Stay tuned to find out. Now with any EV, the million dollar question is always, does this vehicle have a frunk? And because the Taycan, as you guys know, is built off of a it does have a frunk and it hasn't really changed for 2025. It's still a very usable amount of space. Now underneath the hood, you're going to find about 2.9 cubic feet of space. So just under three cubic feet, it's also nicely carpeted, carpeted. There's a LED light in there. You can actually put some pretty decent items in here. Most of you will probably just put the mobile charger back here. You can see it's also sealed off, but once we're underneath here, let's go ahead and talk about the powertrain specs of this model. So this is the Turbo S. I know the name is funny because this is an electric vehicle. There's no actual turbos, but what essentially what that means is you have dual electric motors. So one at the front, one at the back, giving this vehicle all wheel drive. The rear electric motor, like I mentioned, is all new. It's more efficient, delivers more power. And this vehicle used to be the top of the line. However, there's also a Turbo GT and Turbo GT Wyzak package, which I'll do a separate video on. That's going to be the quickest accelerating Taycan that you can buy. But this model is certainly no slouch. It offers up 764 horsepower and 818 pound feet of torque. That's the horsepower that's available basically all the time. If you guys put it into its launch control mode, it'll actually ramp that power up to 938 horsepower. That's right, 938. If that's not enough, the Turbo GT will ramp it up further to 1019 horsepower with the launch control engaged. So that's just stupid amounts of power. It all goes out through a two-speed automatic transmission. The Taycan is one of the few vehicles out there that has a two-speed transmission that of course aids with efficiency and acceleration. And Porsche says this model should get to 60 in around 2.4 seconds. I sadly won't be able to zero to 60 test this vehicle here. My race box timer is just not working and cooperating out here in Spain. So I'll have to wait until I get one back home, hopefully, or go back to the States to do it. This vehicle has a 105 kilowatt hour battery pack. So it comes standard with the performance plus battery. That's technically $5,500 extra on other trims. 97 is usable. And Porsche wasn't ready to talk about the actual EPA rated range just yet. On the WLTP cycle in kilometers, it's rated at 630 miles, which translates to around 391 miles. That's on the WLTP. If you convert it to the US, I'd estimate this car will probably do around 290 miles of range in the US spec, which is a pretty decent figure. We'll have to wait until this car gets closer to the on-sale date to find out if that's true. In terms of the charging, this vehicle also can charge a lot faster. It'll accept up to 320 kilowatts on a DC fast charger. Now, remember this runs on the 800 volt architecture. And as this car sits, it weighs in at just under 5,200 pounds. So obviously this is no lightweight. This is about 200 pounds heavier versus the sedan body style. But let's go ahead and close up the hood here and talk about the exterior styling. First of all, this color, when the sun hits it, is called province. It almost looks like a grayish when the sun's on it, but when the light hits it, it's a very light purple, like a lavender color. I absolutely love this color. It is an extra charge obviously, but I think it works extremely well on the lines of the Taycan. You can see the front fascia of the car got a pretty small change. You really need to stare at a previous or pre refresh model to kind of see the differences. Now, one of the big changes are the headlights. These are their updated Porsche HD matrix full LED headlights. It's technically optional. And you also have the four signature four point LEDs. If you don't go for the HD matrix design, the light signature actually changes to like a two line design as opposed to the four point. The headlights are also adaptive and swiveling. You have some functional air intake openings here. This particular one that I'm showing you also has the off-road package with the kind of gray accents where it essentially lifts up the car. This little crease here is unique to the turbo models. The non turbo versions will just kind of have a smooth bumper finish, well-integrated parking sensors here. But overall, this car to me was already extremely good looking. So it didn't necessarily need that many changes. This car to me basically just looks like a 911 in a sedan or station wagon form. Now moving around to the side profile of the vehicle, you can see the Taycan cross Turismo is a little bit longer than the sedan. So it's around 0.5 inches longer at 195.5 inches long. It's around seven inches longer than the new Porsche Macan EV, which I haven't had a chance to see in person yet. It has a 114.3 inch long wheelbase. With the cross Turismo, you also get a little bit more ground clearance around 5.5 inches. It raises up to a little over six. My particular tester also has the Porsche Dynamic Ride Control, which means it has an air suspension, which is going to be standard across the board on all trims. But this suspension can also alter the wheels or each individual corner, and it can also raise and lower the car to help you get in and out. I'll show you guys that in a moment. You can see the wheel arch trim here. This is exclusive to the cross Turismo that kind of gives it more of an SUV look. And then these wheels, these are the 21 inch standard aerodynamic wheels. These wheels are part of the reason why the car's range has also significantly improved. You can see carbon ceramic brakes are standard. My test car for 900 bucks also gives you the black painted calipers, which I believe they're a six piston design, massive carbon ceramic brakes behind it. These wheels, you can see, I actually don't mind the look of them. They obviously have like aerodynamic covers on them or not covers, but it's an aerodynamic look. But you're riding on a 245 by 40 R21 in the front, a 285 fatter tire in the rear. You can also either get all seasons or you can get summer tires, I believe as a no charge option. Now for another 1600 bucks, my test car also has the carbon fiber covered mirror caps, which definitely make the car look even more special. The window trim you can see has all been blacked out. You also have the blacked out roof rails, which I think is a necessary item for the cross Turismo really gives it a more crossover look. This glass panoramic roof is optional for 1500 bucks. It doesn't actually open to vent air, but this one also has the frost and defrost option with different looks to it. That's an extra $5,000. If you guys want that, you can see some of the fun, the arrow, some of the openings here are functional and non-functional. And this right here is the charge port door. There's actually two charge port doors, one on the driver and one on the passenger side. This is the one that you want to access for the CCS combo to access it. You actually have to go into the screen itself. So as you can see, as I opened the door, the suspension actually lifted up, which really gives you a really great party trick. And then if I push and hold that button here, that's what will open up the charge port door. So you can see this model that I'm showing you as a European spec car. So it has the Euro plug. You can see there's the suspension lowering itself again, that's two inches. And this vehicle, like I said, can go from our accepts up to 320 kilowatts. That's a big improvement over the 270 and the pre-refresh model. So you can go from 10 to 80% in around 18 minutes. So that's four and a half minutes quicker. It has an 11 kilowatt onboard charger. That'll take around 12 hours to charge on a level two, which is pretty class competitive. You can see there's more of the gray accents that go with the off-road package for this vehicle. And then moving around the rest of the profile here, I just love that long roof design. This is still one of my favorite looking vehicles out there, even though it's been on the market for five years, it's aged extremely well. It still turns a lot of head, a lot of heads. There was a sport Turismo version, a GTS that had body colored accents, but it's not available for now. We're hoping it'll come back at a later date. You can see the taillights have also been revised. You have a full led design where it's an led light blade. You have this new Porsche logo in the actual taillights that also lights up. That was, that's a new feature for 2025 and it kind of gives you like a three-dimensional texture to it with the hexagons in the actual design. Love the full leds with the led turn signals as well. The sport, the cross tourism also has a unique rear fascia with the more off-road style bumper. You can see there's a rear window wiper and nicely integrated spoiler back here. And then looking at the cargo area, this is where the cross Turismo also has an advantage because you get more space. Now Porsche says that with the car, with the seats up, you get only 14.3. That's the same as the sedan. And that's because of the way that Porsche calculates the cargo figures. They calculate it with this cover on, as opposed to going to the ceiling. If you fold down the second row seats or the seats, there's no third row. It'll expand the cargo to around 41.3. So 41.3 is definitely much more usable than the 14.3. It's obviously not the biggest, but again, if you guys are looking for an EV like this, the Taycan cross Turismo is one of the few vehicles out there in this space that offers a wagon body style. So the exterior styling changes for 2025 are pretty subtle, but the car was already a good looking car from the start. But let's go ahead and hop into the interior and see some of the changes that Porsche has made. You can see here's the key fob for the vehicle. Porsche does one of my favorite key fobs with their intelligent access key. It's shaped like a car. It's the right size. It feels really high quality. It also looks great. It has your usual unlock, lock, open up the trunk and open up the lift gate button. And there's also a panic feature as well. And you can see this key fob definitely is one of my favorites. So bravo on Porsche for doing just kind of a simple design. You can see the door handles, they do retract or extend. Obviously that allows you to reach the door handles themselves. They will pop out when you approach the vehicle. And then when you lock the car, they will retract. And then the mirrors will also fold in opening up the door. You can see my particular test car has that beautiful province purple exterior color with the black leather interior. This is an upgraded leather that you can see for around $2,500. I personally would probably go for the purple leather myself. This is again a new seat material called olea. I think it's what it's called, but this is the black color Porsche again, depending on how much you want to pay, we'll sell you any different color you want. They also have a red, they have a white, a gray, they have a brown, they have a caramel color. So I personally would go with a lighter color or like a brown color to go with the purple exterior. These are the 18 way adjustable seats. They're heated and ventilated. And you can see there's all your adjustments over here. You cannot get the massaging seats, however, on the 18 ways. So you have to step down to the 14 ways. I personally like the way, the way the 18 ways look with the additional bolstering here, the headrest, you can see also will pop in and out and come out to kind of get closer to your neck. If you prefer that or your head, if you prefer that, and you can see looking at the door panel, that extended leather extends over onto the upper door panel where there's some real leather with stitching. There's some genuine carbon fiber here that's extra. And then my test car for five grand more has the Burmester premium sound. If you're an audiophile, check that option. Although the Bose is also going to have a really nice sound system. Well, the window controls, they're one touch for all four. They have that satisfying clicky feel. You have two person, I'm sorry, three person memory on the driver and on the passenger side. And overall, it just makes a great first impression. I also love the carbon fiber on the side sill. Those also that's also illuminated along with the alloy sport pedals. Now stepping inside, you can see the interior of the latest 2025 model. It doesn't really look all that different when you first get in. And then my test car with the premium package basically means it has soft closed doors. So you just have to click the door softly, and that'll also shut it for you. If you want, you can also slam it the old fashioned way, and it has a nice, solid sounding thunk. Now, once you're inside, you can see the cross Turismo, it's starting to lower itself. Definitely gives you a sense that you're driving something a little bit taller versus the sedan, not much taller, but it definitely gives you that little bit more of that commanding view of the road that people prefer. You can see the rest of the dash has that same beautiful leather going across the entire dash on this upper portion here, there's a massive 16.8 inch, basically curved OLED display that's right in front of the driver in the instrument panel. This is one of the best looking systems that I've seen in terms of graphics, it is slightly customizable. When you start, you know, switching this around, you can also change that out to kind of view different options and view a map if you'd like as well. I like the steering wheel, although I don't like the Alcantara, I would swap this out for the leather. My test car also has the heated steering wheel function, which is a button back here, more of the carbon fiber along the wheel, and then the Porsche does the power tilt telescoping steering wheel as well, although the control is down here via a little switch that almost feels like it's like a little thing that you could pull down, but again, it is power, so kind of keep that in mind. No paddles on the wheel on this trim, I did see it on the Turbo GT with the Wyzak package, which is something to consider. You can see typical turn signal stocks, your Porsche entry, or your Porsche innovation drive adaptive cruise switch is over here, and then your drive mode selector is here. I love how Porsche puts it on the wheel. There's different modes between a sport plus, sport, normal, range, and then the cross-terminal adds a gravel mode, where it's essentially an off-road setting that raises the car even further, which is probably the most off-roading that most people are going to do anyways. Now, looking over here at the rest of the interior, I'm not going to go into too much detail here. If you guys want to see a more detailed view on the infotainment system, be sure to check out my first review on a Taycan 4S that I posted. I'll include the link in the description below, but you can see you have a 10.9 inch display here. There's an optional 10.9 inch passenger display, which also gets a filter now, where you can't see it from the driver's side anymore. You have to be looking at it here. That's why Porsche was able to add video streaming there, and then you also have a separate screen over here that allows you to control the climate controls. Now, this is what the CarPlay looks like when it's hooked up to my phone. It almost takes up the entire screen. As you can see in my last Taycan 4S video, I couldn't get the CarPlay to activate, but now, as you can see, it's working perfectly. It's also quick and snappy and responsive. I love the new colors and graphics that Porsche has added. They also added a slightly updated GPS function, where it has obviously Google Maps built in. It also has route planning, so if you guys are putting it in a GPS destination, it'll also route you along the way to chargers, fast chargers, so you don't have to deal with that. You can see I love the way that this is laid out. Porsche's infotainment system, while it may not be the biggest, it certainly looks really well done. It still looks modern, and it also has great software behind it. You can see your heated and cooled seat control is here. You have your battery controls over here. We can also open up the frunk from this little button here. If you want to adjust the climate vents, you have to go into the menu here. That brings that up here, where you can adjust the airflow. Very Tesla-like, of course, so that's all relatively nice and easy to use. There's also your little panoramic sunroof frost button here, where you can basically go there. It's in clear now, but watch when I hit matte, it goes to an opaque setting. You can also do a semi or a bold look, so again, that's all really great. It's part of a $5,000 upcharge to add that feature, so kind of keep that in mind. The center console here, you can see, has the nice leather kind of going along the entire dash. You have more carbon fiber. There's a nice little open area here where you can put some items, which is definitely nice, and you can see cup holders here. Open this up, you'll find your wireless phone charging pad with two USB-C charging ports. That charger is now three times faster. It will deliver up to 15 watts to your smartphone, which is a great thing. My tester also has the Racetech's headliner, which is extra, and you also have the leather stitching on the actual sun visors. That's also extra. Everything is extra with Porsche, so kind of keep that in mind, but overall, this interior still has that typical high-quality feel. Everything feels like it's well made. There's not a single squeak and rattle in here. The tech is also pretty easy to use, and while this car definitely feels a little bit more snug and not quite as spacious as the Model S, I think a lot of people will appreciate the driver-oriented feel of this cockpit. Let's go ahead and hop into the backseat area of this car because the Taycan Cross Turismo is usable as a family car. However, the one thing I couldn't find is still the legroom figures back here. Porsche has been tight-lipped about including that number, but you can see my test car only seats two people back here. You can get a middle seat as part of an upcharge to basically give you a seatbelt and a seat bottom cushion for the middle. The beautiful materials on the door panels also continue back here, where it's real leather, carbon fiber, nice padded area over here. These seats also do fold down, obviously, to expand the cargo capacity. I'll fold that down. You can see it almost creates a flat load floor, although there's a little bit of a gap here. You can see you've got rear curtain airbags or rear side airbags back here as well, and then stepping back here, you can see with the roofline of this model, you definitely don't have to duck your head quite as much, although it's still not as tall as what you're going to get from like an SUV or like a Macan EV. Shutting the door, you can see it also has a soft close feature, but it also sounds nice and solid when it shuts. You can see my test car also has the rear seat entertainment package, which is an extra charge. I personally would just skip this, but it definitely looks nice, and you can essentially, you know, use this to stream movies and videos. You can also adjust, you can see the brightness there. You can also control some of the features from the car. So that's definitely a nice touch, but most parents, I guess, get their kids an iPad. You can see back here, there's also a quad zone climate. That's an extra charge of $1,500. It also includes heated rear seats, although at this price point, cooled rear seats would be nice. These rear seat air vents are also adjusted electronically from the screen here. Fold this down, you get an armrest with two cupholders. And then in terms of the legroom, I'd probably say this is around 33 or 34 to 35 inches. It's not bad. This is where I'd have the seat to drive. There's an extra charge for the leather on the seat back for $1,800. I can still kind of get back here and cross my legs, which is nice. And then in terms of the headroom, I definitely notice I have more headroom in this model here because of the raised up roof. So again, if you're looking for the most practical version, the Taycan, you should definitely be looking at the Cross Turismo instead of the sedan. So welcome to Spain. This is actually my first time in this country. I've been doing more and more international travels, but when Porsche invited me out here to drive the 2025 Taycan in a country that I'd never been to, I definitely didn't want to turn down this opportunity. So we are starting off the driving in this Taycan 4S model. Now the 4S trim has always been kind of the volume seller within the Porsche lineup. This vehicle in general has a starting price of just under $120,000. And we have essentially the same power figures from the GTS last year. So 509 horsepower, 590 if you guys use the launch control. And unfortunately the roads here in Spain, I haven't been able to find a decent one where I can actually do a zero to 60 test safely. So we may have to wait until we get one back home to test out. But since I'm out here on this motorway, this expressway, I thought I'd go ahead and talk about a little bit of the ride quality because this model that we're driving has the optional $7,000 Porsche Active Ride Control. What that essentially means when you have it in normal mode like I do now, it has the ability to raise and lower the suspension up to basically one or two inches whenever you get in and out of the car. It also can completely eliminate the cornering or the roll whenever you're cornering the vehicle. And that again, aids with handling dynamics. It also significantly improves the ride quality. We were driving around in a car that has these 21 inch wheels. They're very low profile tires and I have it in its comfort setting and it essentially will soak up the bumps really well. The roads were really smooth, although there was like a little bumpy portion there. But again, once you have it in this mode, this car just glides over the imperfections. It's also really quiet and smooth. There's obviously no engine noise, but you can turn on this electric sports sound for $500 that my test car has, which is extra. And really, it just feels like a luxury car. This is, you know, the kind of feel that you don't get with a Tesla, with a lot of other EVs. And because it's just a Porsche, it still feels also incredibly lightweight. It feels nimble. It feels refined. It feels like I'm driving a 911 sports sedan, basically. Now, when you switch the drive mode here into sport plus, this is where the car will lower itself. It'll also make the dampers a little bit stiffer. You also can hear it makes a little bit more sound. And then if I put my foot down, oh my God, this thing is so fast. And this is again, one notch above the base version. I'll be, I'm trying to get into a turbo S later on and do a driving scene, but it's just fantastic. Now, the push to pass function is also new. So it's like their sport response button. You push this button, it gives you 10 seconds of overboost. So I push that here, makes a sound. And you definitely notice a difference in throttle mapping changing. It just kind of instantaneously gives you all the thrust immediately versus in regular mode. It feels a little bit more linear. It tries to be a little bit smoother, but again, it all just works extremely well. And this thing is plenty fast. I mean, I see little reason to upgrade to the turbo S version of the car. It just feels incredibly smooth, incredibly quick. And it just gives you that tunnel vision. Now, obviously there are even faster variants of this, but I question whether you need it or not for most enthusiasts, you're going to be quite happy by going with this model here. Now, this car also has their innovation drive feature, which I'm going to go ahead and try to see how it works. Now you can also adjust the distance and you can also adjust the speed over here. We'll go ahead and we'll increase the speed there. This essentially gives you Porsche's version of almost like a hands-free driving on certain interstates. So I have it set to 110 kilometers here. The speed limit's 120 kilometers, but you can see it actively keeps me centered in the lanes. It also followed the car in front of me to a distance. I can also increase or decrease the distance here. And I've never actually had a chance to use Porsche's at home. You can see now it's telling me to take over the steering, but it works pretty well. And even though this is not a full hands-free driving, you can see as I switch lanes there, it's very quick to increase the power and increase acceleration. I love that because I hate how most of these systems, they tend to just be slow and laggy when you're trying to actually pass people. So I love how Porsche's system is very quick and intuitive. It drives almost the exact way that I would be driving myself. So again, that's something that I think is very important. It makes me want to use this system a little bit more, especially if I'm driving the vehicle in traffic conditions. But in terms of the visibility, it's pretty easy to see out of the front, the sides, the rear visibility of the Taycan is not the best. I kind of wish Porsche would offer their rear, a digital camera review mirror. Sadly, a lot of the German brands don't offer that. But overall, I'm pretty impressed with how this car drives out on the road. If you guys are looking for the best riding EV out there, best ride quality EV sedan out there, this one should definitely make it to the very top of your list. So I managed to find a decent stretch to do a quick zero to 60 run in this car. So let's go ahead and see what we can get. Porsche says 3.5 seconds. But let's go ahead and engage the launch control and find out what we can get here. Oh, my God. 4.87 there. Now I have to say, I don't have very good signal on my race box. So I'd say that time is probably about a second off. I typically am supposed to have one bar here, but I'm not seeing that. But it definitely feels like a three and a half second car. But we'll have to wait until I get one back home to actually test. I'm having trouble getting an actual signal here in Spain, so not sure why my race box isn't working properly. But the launch control, this thing feels brutally fast. It's about what I expected from a Porsche electric vehicle. So the Taycan 4S is the volume selling model. But now that we switched into the Turbo S version, I know the name is kind of silly. This model ramps things up considerably to 764 horsepower, 938 if you put it into its launch function, which again, I'm sorry that I can't do an actual zero to 60 test, but let's go ahead and just launch it really quick here and see how it feels. Brake torque it or basically for the brake and the accelerator. Wow, wow, wow, wow. This car, Porsche says we'll get to 60 in around 2.4 seconds. And it definitely has the ferocity that I have never experienced in EV. I mean, the last quickest EV that I drove was the Audi e-tron GT RS, which that model did it in 2.9 seconds. This model is easily a half a second faster. I imagine that number is conservative. This car feels more like a two second car. And remember, there's an even faster version, the Turbo GT, which is just absolutely insane to think how fast these cars are. It's absolutely brutal. I also love the electric sport sound that this car has. It really just jumps off the line. I mean, 764 is certainly nothing to sneeze about. I mean, almost 940 is just absolutely bonkers. I mean, considering this is the normal Taycan, that's what Porsche keeps calling it, the GT version, which I'll be doing a driving scene on a track on that one later on April 10th. I'm just absolutely blown away. I mean, I thought the 4S was plenty of power for most enthusiasts. I still believe that. This is just an absolutely stupid amount of power. So I'm really impressed with the overall package that Porsche is offering here with this car. Now, of course, being that this is the cross Turismo version, the one thing that it also must be is an excellent daily driver. And this is where this model I actually personally think is still a really easy car to drive. Although I will say that the turning radius could be a little bit better, but let's go ahead and just make a U-turn really quick here and let's talk about some of the other driving characteristics of this car. First of all, it has that Porsche ActiveRide suspension. It's an option that my test car has for $7,000. We're on these 21-inch aerodynamic wheels. These are actually the standard wheels, and this car rides like a dream. I mean, I actually thought that the Chevrolet Blazer EV that I last drove last year was the best riding EV that I've ever driven in. This is without a doubt the best riding EV. Even though we've got these really skinny, low-profile tires, the Taycan just glides over road imperfections with ease. There's very little drama. There's also very little noise. Obviously, you have the electric sport sound that you can turn on and off. There also is some regen braking. On the Turbo GT, there's a paddle that you can activate. On this car, you have to go into the menu to activate it. Porsche says it'll deliver up to 400 kilowatts of regen braking, although it still doesn't feel quite like a one-pedal drive. Porsche does not do one-pedal drive, neither does Audi. They just don't believe in it. They think it kind of just interferes with the rest of the drive. I can understand why they feel that way. At the same time, I think they should have given people the option if you do want the one-pedal drive. In terms of visibility, I can see out of the front, the side. The back visibility is much better on the Cross Turismo versus the sedan because you just have that squared off rear end. It just makes the back end view much nicer, although I still wish Porsche would offer their digital camera or view mirror. And then this model, I'm going to estimate will probably have like around 290 miles of range, which again is probably among the better in the class, although I'm looking forward to getting one hopefully late this summer where I can do more extensive range testing. I can drive one back home as well, live with it for a full week. But on this road, which as you can see, isn't the most perfect roads out there, this car just soaks up bumps. It feels sturdy. It feels strong. It feels solidly made. And that's all part of the Porsche experience that you get when you drive around a vehicle like this. It's also going to cost you a pretty penny because of the car I'm driving is over a quarter million dollars. But overall, if you're looking for the ultimate Taycan for the road, and it also has the practicality that you're seeking, the Turbo S Cross Turismo will probably be overkill for most. But hey, if you want the bragging rights and nearly a thousand horsepower, when you have the launch control engaged, put one of these at the top of your list. So last year in America, Porsche managed to sell a little over 7,700 Taycans in the States, which again, sales figures for the Taycan have been consistently strong. There was a time where sales were approaching almost 10,000 units for the year, which got dangerously close to the sales figures for the Porsche 911. So after spending the day driving the pinnacle of the Cross Turismo family, the Turbo S, I have to say this vehicle still continues to impress. Obviously, Porsche has made some critical improvements to the performance of the vehicle, which it didn't really need more power. But again, with Tesla and Lucid offering even better speed, it's no surprise to me that Porsche wanted to make this car even faster. The ride quality is really what's the biggest thing about the Taycan. This is the best riding EV that you're going to find in the segment. That active suspension is definitely a game changer. All Taycans, however, come standard with the air suspension. In general, the seats are also extremely comfortable. The interior has a premium, modern, and luxurious feel, but it has a big wall of screens that doesn't overwhelm you. And I think that's where the Taycan feels the best, because it feels more like a conventional car that just happens to be electric. It doesn't make electric its identity. It feels, again, every bit that you expect from a Porsche. But with the Cross Turismo variant, you get that added matter of practicality. The back seats still aren't the most spacious, but this car has amazing ride quality, has amazing handling dynamics. It's one of the best handling EVs out there still, and Porsche only made it better. I don't know how they made it better, but it's one of the few EVs out there that kind of just deletes all the 5,000 pound mass that you deal with. Because most EVs, like I said earlier, all technically drive the same, but not with the Taycan. Even the Cross Turismo variant just feels every bit like it belongs or it deserves that Porsche badge. But really, where the biggest fault with the Taycan is, is the pricing. Because you guys know typical Porsche, they tend to charge an arm and a leg for everything. And the pricing for the Taycan has gotten more expensive for this 2025 version. If you guys want a base version with rear-wheel drive, you'll have to step down to the sedan, because that starts at around $99,400. The Cross Turismo starts at the four, which comes standard with all-wheel drive. There's no rear drive variant of this. That starts at around $111,000. So again, a hefty $11,000, 12 grand price premium over the sedan. Some might say it's worth it, because remember, at this level, you're probably going to be adding a lot of options anyways. If you guys want to go to the Turbo S variant, that's going to cost you an extra $100,000. I know it essentially has double the power, however, so you kind of could look at it from that angle. But this car starts at $211,000. And of course, my tester has a plethora of options on it, around $44,000 worth of options, bringing the grand total for this model here to $258,000. Basically, 260 grand is just stupid money. You could essentially buy two Tesla Model S plaids and also have some money to spare. A Lucid Air Sapphire is also going to be less expensive, but again, none of those vehicles really have the prestige, brand recognition, the versatility, and just the build quality that you get from a Porsche. And again, that's one of the reasons why you'd be choosing this vehicle over other well-known electric vehicles that, again, don't have the brand prestige that Porsche has. But with all that said, I hope you guys have enjoyed my full overview on this 2025 Porsche Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo. If you're also looking to see the latest cars I'm testing, be sure to follow me on Instagram at Redline Underscore Reviews, like us on Facebook. And as always, guys, please keep subscribing to the Redline Reviews YouTube channel for all the latest reviews. Thank you so much for watching. I'll catch you all in the next video.