2021 vs 2022 Taycan 4S — actually any real differences?

[mobuinc]

Been hunting for a used/CPO Taycan 4S and 2022 inventory for my specs and color combo is pretty thin, so I've opened my search up to 2021s. Trying to make sure I'm not missing anything meaningful before committing.

From everything I've researched, the hardware appears to be the same across both years — same battery chemistry, same motors. Software updates have since brought the two model years to parity, so assuming the previous owner kept up with dealer updates, I'd be in the same place.

I'm not finding any meaningful differences on the mechanical or chassis side, but wanted to sanity check. Am I missing anything?

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[gnr3312]

I always go to Car and Driver to see yearly changes. Here’s what they say changed from 2021 to 2022.

 

[69Mach390]

Been hunting for a used/CPO Taycan 4S and 2022 inventory for my specs and color combo is pretty thin, so I've opened my search up to 2021s. Trying to make sure I'm not missing anything meaningful before committing.

From everything I've researched, the hardware appears to be the same across both years — same battery chemistry, same motors. Software updates have since brought the two model years to parity, so assuming the previous owner kept up with dealer updates, I'd be in the same place.

I'm not finding any meaningful differences on the mechanical or chassis side, but wanted to sanity check. Am I missing anything?

The 4S is basically unchanged from 2020-2024.

Newer just means longer warranty left, less miles and age.

Age seems to be an important factor with used BEVs. CPO doesn’t help with the HV battery fwiw but you should find a better deal on the older models.

When I was shopping I found a killer deal on a used 24 4S so didn’t bother with CPO as I still have full bumper to bumper. Plus it wasn’t much more than the 20-23s out there. Actually cheaper than an older CPO.

 

[whitex]

The 4S is basically unchanged from 2020-2024.

Not quite. There were a number of changes between 2020 and 2021, for example they removed the rats nest of cooling pipes and valves under the frunk and replaced them with a single manifold. Also 2021 gained PlugAndCharge, not available in 2020 model year (there was a round about way to get it by paying $7K to retrofit 2020 to 19.2kW OBC, but that is no longer available). At some point during the J1.1, not sure exactly which model year (I thought it was 2021 but I would double check), the battery chemistry changed too. Essentially 2020 model year was the first year on which Porsche learned and made a bunch of changes in 2021.

That said, I think 2021 and 2022 are pretty much the same, with the only difference being what you already pointed out - the length of battery warranty, but for that the entered service date counts over the model year, so technically there could be a 2021 with longer battery warranty than a 2022 if it's a 2021 that sat unsold for a while vs. one of the first 2022's.

Personally, if I was shopping for J1.1 car, 2021-2024 would be functionally the same to me, I would be comparing mileage and warranties (original and CPO).

 

[mobuinc]

That said, I think 2021 and 2022 are pretty much the same, with the only difference being what you already pointed out - the length of battery warranty, but for that the entered service date counts over the model year, so technically there could be a 2021 with longer battery warranty than a 2022 if it's a 2021 that sat unsold for a while vs. one of the first 2022's.

Yeah, I've seen some interesting cars where a MY21 will have an in-service date of Nov '21 and a MY22 will have a similar in-service date so the true delta can be \~1 month on the short end and 11 months on the long end. I feel pretty comfortable expanding my search criteria now, thanks!

 

[Taycan4S_UK]

Remote unlock and heads up display was available from MY21

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