2024 vs 2025 Taycan. Spring vs Air Suspension

[Docherrin]

I’m thinking of getting a used 2024 RW Taygan - My question - Is the air suspension in the 2025 worth the wait or go ahead and get the 24??

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[Sly_North]

> 2024 vs 2045 Taygan

Well... The 2024 Taycan is an electric battery powered sedan, very fun to drive.
The 2045 Taygan will be a fusion nuclear engine powered flying rocket, perfect to slalom between mountains of Jupiter moons.
Any other question?

I suppose you meant a 2024 RWD vs a 2025 RWD? Driving dynamics (fun) should be similar. The 25 will have 20% to 30% more range. The 2024 has the air suspension as an option, while it's standard on the 25. But the 25 can also be optioned with the "Active Ride system", which makes the car roll even less in corners, and raise the car when opening a door.
I suppose this is your real question? I don't have experience with the Active Ride system, sry.

 

[Docherrin]

> 2024 vs 2045 Taygan

Well... The 2024 Taycan is an electric battery powered sedan, very fun to drive.
The 2045 Taygan will be a fusion nuclear engine powered flying rocket, perfect to slalom between mountains of Jupiter moons.
Any other question?

I suppose you meant a 2024 RWD vs a 2025 RWD? Driving dynamics (fun) should be similar. The 25 will have 20% to 30% more range. The 2024 has the air suspension as an option, while it's standard on the 25. But the 25 can also be optioned with the "Active Ride system", which makes the car roll even less in corners, and raise the car when opening a door.
I suppose this is your real question? I don't have experience with the Active Ride system, sry.
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WELL, I see my fingers are working too fast (or slow)!!! My main question was the 2024 spring suspension vs the 2025 air suspension!!

 

[Docherrin]

WELL, my fingers are working too fast (or too slow)!!!!!!!!! My main question was the 2024 spring suspension vs the 2025 air suspension?

 

[Sly_North]

Ah, so spring vs air suspension without the Active Ride stuff.

I haven't experienced the springs, sry. It's supposed to be capable, but the air suspension is said to be better on every ways: comfort, and body control during sporty driving.
I'd pick a 2024 with the air suspension option over a 2024 with the base spring suspension. Or a 2025 if you want the additional range.

A 2024 RWD with the air suspension option would be the best bang for the buck.

 

[Alemany]

WELL, my fingers are working too fast (or too slow)!!!!!!!!! My main question was the 2024 spring suspension vs the 2025 air suspension?

I have air suspension on my 25 GT and in the last 9 months it has been 2 months at the shop for issues (still unresolved) with the air suspension. I believe if it works it is superior. When it works....

 

[prj]

Forget the steel suspension on this car. 2024 vs 2025 is pretty stupid too - just get 2025 if it's within your budget.

If you are looking at pre-facelift get a 2021 or 2022 CPO.

 

[Mr.Smith]

J1.1 - 2020 to 2024: 3 Chamber air suspension, modified from Panamera suspension.
US Taycans dint have the Steel suspension option on the higher variants

J1.2 - 2025 Facelift: 2 Chamber Air suspension, Active Ride as an option. Both used on Bentley, Panamera
Steel suspension is not an option at all


J1.2 - 2025 is a better all around car, more reliable, better battery technology, Get a lower variant.
Leases are very attractive till this end of September

I have air suspension on my 25 GT and in the last 9 months it has been 2 months at the shop for issues (still unresolved) with the air suspension. I believe if it works it is superior. When it works....

Your issue is with Active Ride more than the Air suspension

 

[Kief]

I have air suspension on my 25 GT and in the last 9 months it has been 2 months at the shop for issues (still unresolved) with the air suspension. I believe if it works it is superior. When it works....

Do you know if your issues were eventually narrowed down to the adaptive, air, or Active Ride?

2wks ago, I went from a 2024 CT4S with Performance Pack (PTV+1, PDCC Sport, rear axle steer) to a 2025 Taycan 4S with standard adaptive/air suspension, and I swear there is something not quite right. Regardless of chassis setting, the ride seems way too firm (and I prefer a firmer ride), as if the active suspension isn't working at all. Same size wheels/tires on both 2024 and 2025. Not sure what's up?? Car only has 300 miles on it, so maybe it will eventually settle in, but I notice quite the difference. Air suspension levels are working as designed however. Could my previous experience with PDCC Sport on the 2024 CT4S simply been far more superior?

 

[prj]

Could my previous experience with PDCC Sport on the 2024 CT4S simply been far more superior?

It's not the PDCC, which also softens the suspension.
It's the fact that you went from a Cross Turismo to a Sedan.
The CT is tuned softer and also has additional travel in the suspension.

I have driven back to back my CT Turbo S J1.1 with PDCC and a CT 4S J1.2 without (and without active ride), and there was pretty much no difference. The J1.2 air suspension is about the same ride quality wise as the J1.1 with PDCC.

But if you drive a sedan and a CT back to back then you immediately notice that the CT is softer.

 

[Kief]

It's not the PDCC, which also softens the suspension.
It's the fact that you went from a Cross Turismo to a Sedan.
The CT is tuned softer and also has additional travel in the suspension.

I have driven back to back my CT Turbo S J1.1 with PDCC and a CT 4S J1.2 without (and without active ride), and there was pretty much no difference. The J1.2 air suspension is about the same ride quality wise as the J1.1 with PDCC.

But if you drive a sedan and a CT back to back then you immediately notice that the CT is softer.

Thank you for sharing, and makes me feel better that there isn't anything wrong. Knowing that this is how the sedan was designed, I'll quickly get use to the J1.2 sedan ride quality once my fond memories of my CT4S slip away.

BTW, and this might be a sedan vs CT thing (or perhaps J1.1 vs J1.2), but I was surprised the side vents on my J1.2 4S sedan aren't open like they were on my J1.1 CT4S.

Thanks again

 

[prj]

BTW, and this might be a sedan vs CT thing (or perhaps J1.1 vs J1.2), but I was surprised the side vents on my J1.2 4S sedan aren't open like they were on my J1.1 CT4S.

This is not a sedan vs CT thing. The side vents were open only on cars that had the manual charging flaps. With the electric flaps they are closed.

Since on the J1.2 the electric flaps come standard (except the Taycan Turbo GT Weissach), then they are always closed.

 

[Kief]

This is not a sedan vs CT thing. The side vents were open only on cars that had the manual charging flaps. With the electric flaps they are closed.

Since on the J1.2 the electric flaps come standard (except the Taycan Turbo GT Weissach), then they are always closed.

Well I certainly know who to tag for our in-house expert on all things Taycan! Thank you again!

 

[Alemany]

Do you know if your issues were eventually narrowed down to the adaptive, air, or Active Ride?

2wks ago, I went from a 2024 CT4S with Performance Pack (PTV+1, PDCC Sport, rear axle steer) to a 2025 Taycan 4S with standard adaptive/air suspension, and I swear there is something not quite right. Regardless of chassis setting, the ride seems way too firm (and I prefer a firmer ride), as if the active suspension isn't working at all. Same size wheels/tires on both 2024 and 2025. Not sure what's up?? Car only has 300 miles on it, so maybe it will eventually settle in, but I notice quite the difference. Air suspension levels are working as designed however. Could my previous experience with PDCC Sport on the 2024 CT4S simply been far more superior?

Finally fixed this week. It was active ride, they changed both front struts and now seems to be working fine. Haven't tested it much because it's at the shop (AGAIN!) because wont connect to data systems even tho the app says it is connecting....

 

[Avantgarde]

I did a detailed comparo of 2022 RWD with steel suspension and 2025 RWD. 2025 hands down superior on range, torque and suspension comfort especially in the city/low speed driving. Overall a better car hands down. But steel suspension still has a very noticeable edge on handling precision/feel, and feels more like a traditional porsche. And i am not talking about a subtle difference. After going back and forth I firmly concluded steel gives the feeling i truly want suspension-wise when i am taking a 1 hour joy ride on a weekend day. And also understood why they would not ever offer air as an option on a 911. When you do back to back driving, air gives you a noticable “dead zone” on the steering wheel at speed vs that milimetric steering precision unique to porsche. I totally understand why air is optimal for majority of people on a 2+ ton EV and also optimal for range as it lowers the car at high speeds (the latter i think is one reason porsche dropped it so they could claim higher range when publishing stats). I still wish they kept it as a no cost option. (Or there was a way to get more torque on j1.1 rwd!)

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