Chart: Taycan Cross Turismo ground clearance heights -- with and without Offroad Design Package

[AlexG]

Just reviving this thread as I have had a CT and ST on order. If I understand the above, the CT is not in fact higher than the ST (or saloon/sedan) at all because the cladding eats up the extra 10mm??? For context, I'm semi-rural, with many potholed/muddy/gravel roads, but am in dire need of a car to replace a rental EQC, so going for a Turbo ST that was available soonest, rather than a CT I had reserved. I'm assuming I will need to stick to the non-farm tracks either way!

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[Fletch]

Perhaps the reason is marketing - to make the off road package look more functional to motivate more sales? The official marketing of the feature, while not actually making false claims, is somewhat misleading customers into thinking that the car gains additional ground clearance capabilities, rather than just redefine the mode-to-height mappings.

Just reviving this thread as I have had a CT and ST on order. If I understand the above, the CT is not in fact higher than the ST (or saloon/sedan) at all because the cladding eats up the extra 10mm??? For context, I'm semi-rural, with many potholed/muddy/gravel roads, but am in dire need of a car to replace a rental EQC, so going for a Turbo ST that was available soonest, rather than a CT I had reserved. I'm assuming I will need to stick to the non-farm tracks either way!

did you learn anything
about the GTS ST vs CT?

 

[McgR]

did you learn anything
about the GTS ST vs CT?

The CT can be lifted 3 cm higher than the ST in its elevated position. Standard it is 2 cm higher. The ST can be lowered 2 cm more than the CT.

With off-road design package in normal position the CT is 1 cm higher than without. The maximal lift hight is the same (with design 2 cm without 3 cm).
I don’t have the off road design package but I have read the plastics pieces come lower and take away some ground clearance.

 

[Derip88]

I quickly measured my CT4S without the off-road package and got these:
Lowest 75.5cm
Normal 77cm
Lift 80cm
This is at the back wheel to the fender. The front wheel was 1cm lower at each level. If someone with the off-road package could measure theirs we can see if there is a difference. I wasn’t trying to measure to the mm.

mm you meant?

 

[oalsaker]

I got tired of squinting at the low quality photo so I made a spreadsheet:

 

[whitex]

I got tired of squinting at the low quality photo so I made a spreadsheet:

I think you have some number errors in there. I didn't check all the numbers, but for example Turbo low with or without offroad package shows the same on the original but different (by 1mm) in your spreadsheet.

 

[bsclywilly]

FWIW, I have a CT with ORDP but my car has never defaulted to High mode.

 

[oalsaker]

I think you have some number errors in there. I didn't check all the numbers, but for example Turbo low with or without offroad package shows the same on the original but different (by 1mm) in your spreadsheet.

It doesn't surprise me, I was really tired of squinting. I can check it out and correct it tomorrow.

 

[oalsaker]

Either my diagram is correct and there are errors in the original post (Taycan Turbo CT is lowered by 11 mm instead of 10) or Porsche is lying.

It could also be a rounding error. I have applied the appropriate lifts to the standard height but it seems to be off by a millimeter for Taycan Turbo CT in some cases.

 

[BJCanadaMax]

The CT can be lifted 3 cm higher than the ST in its elevated position. Standard it is 2 cm higher. The ST can be lowered 2 cm more than the CT.

With off-road design package in normal position the CT is 1 cm higher than without. The maximal lift hight is the same (with design 2 cm without 3 cm).
I don’t have the off road design package but I have read the plastics pieces come lower and take away some ground clearance.

checking out the older videos. does anyone actually lowered their sedan or st to lowest. it looks super impractical.

 

[RAHRCR]

checking out the older videos. does anyone actually lowered their sedan or st to lowest. it looks super impractical.

I imagine that those that live in warm weather climates with nicer roads run in the low setting full time.

 

[Hirschaj]

I imagine that those that live in warm weather climates with nicer roads run in the low setting full time.

I’m in TX and I run lowered (not lowest) all the time. I do have to switch to Gravel or Raised mode at some entrance and exits to parking lots because some of them are a bit steep for seemingly no good reason.

 

[ciaranob]

I imagine that those that live in warm weather climates with nicer roads run in the low setting full time.

I run my car in Houston on the lowest setting 100% of the time but do have to play 'dodg'ems' with our increasingly dilapidated road surfaces!!

 

[Old man]

I think I now understand something that was puzzling me. I have a CT4 that came with ( an unwanted) ORDP package. One day I decided to use the park assist option that I had not tried. It didn’t work because “ the ground clearance was too high” Since I was in normal mode I wondered why and just lowered it. However, the next day I tried it again and got the same message. So I guess with the ORDP in normal mode the default setting doesn’t appear to let you use park assist—or am I just confused?

 

[ithinkmac]

default in ORDP can be set to higher clearance, you can change this back to normal in the default profile or change to personal profile and leave height at normal. based on my memory when I first started playing with it, haven't change since. I drive with sport suspension on in normal, so that lowers it back to normal normal. and 90% of the time, I'm in Sport+.

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