From which brochure are you getting that 10% figure? The NA printed, as well as the NA digital brochures I have, make no mention of that? Could you post a picture or a link?Porsche Taycan brochure shows it being over 10% quicker from 50-75mph so it can't be all about the launch control. It's about the overboost which is not exclusively used for launch control.
If you look at the technical specification in the configurator for each model, you will see the figures.From which brochure are you getting that 10% figure? The NA printed, as well as the NA digital brochures I have, make no mention of that? Could you post a picture or a link?
So many factors go into a side by side comparison of these two cars at the track or on the street. SOC, battery temperature, human delta depressing the accelerators at the same rate, and the same time on a rolling race start, driver weight, option delta between the cars, all play a significant factor. Even when using a timing device on the same track, one after the other, the margin of error is within a tenth of a second, which from 50-75mph would be within the 10%.
Can you please post references for the comment that overboost is not exclusively used for launch control? I have searched all of the documentation I have accumulated as well as spoken to my salesman, and my dealers certified tech, and they are of the opinion that it is only in launch mode. Following is just one excerpt from Porsche documentation on the subject.
“Launch Control enables maximum acceleration from a standstill and is a standard feature in the Taycan. It uses an overboost function where the electric motors are provided with more power. In the Taycan Turbo S, a power output of 560 kW is provided at this point.”
From the regular Taycan brochure.From which brochure are you getting that 10% figure? The NA printed, as well as the NA digital brochures I have, make no mention of that? Could you post a picture or a link?
So many factors go into a side by side comparison of these two cars at the track or on the street. SOC, battery temperature, human delta depressing the accelerators at the same rate, and the same time on a rolling race start, driver weight, option delta between the cars, all play a significant factor. Even when using a timing device on the same track, one after the other, the margin of error is within a tenth of a second, which from 50-75mph would be within the 10%.
Can you please post references for the comment that overboost is not exclusively used for launch control? I have searched all of the documentation I have accumulated as well as spoken to my salesman, and my dealers certified tech, and they are of the opinion that it is only in launch mode. Following is just one excerpt from Porsche documentation on the subject.
“Launch Control enables maximum acceleration from a standstill and is a standard feature in the Taycan. It uses an overboost function where the electric motors are provided with more power. In the Taycan Turbo S, a power output of 560 kW is provided at this point.”
Don’t try the Turbo S thenI've now test driven both 4s and turbo.
The difference between 4s and turbo is larger than I expected. 4S is certainly fast enough for me, but I really like the feeling of too much, too quick in turbo. It was insanely fast and I really like it.
Had I not tried the turbo, I'd go for 4S no problem.
My lock date is early Nov. I hope that switching to turbo won't delay the delivery date for too long.
This. The speed is fun to mess with people that have never ridden in it before once.. then they'll ask you not to do it again, it's much less fun and more unsettling as a passenger.Don’t try the Turbo S then
My experience from owning a couple of Tesla S, the last one was a S Performance with 0-100 in 2,6 sec, is that after a while you don’t use the maximum power. It is simply too fast and isn’t pleasant.
According to Porsche, overboost is only supposed to last 2.5s during launch control. So how come the launch control graph shows extra power at all speeds?Actually....slightly more power up to roughly 60kmh.