Front End Clearance?

[PaulaJP]

My Taycan is on its way, does anyone know the clearance? I have a semi steep driveway which was barely enough to clear my BMW 650.

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[ThePaddyWan]

I asked the same question before I got my Taycan. My driveway has a steep slope, narrow, with a crowned road and rolled gutter. Even with curb ramps it's not easy to get in. Tesla Bjorn had a video that covers testing clearance.

Screenshot:

Exact spot with measurements, you go back slightly for the details.

 

[Fcmbr]

I also find this quite helpful:

 

[masmole]

Sometimes, only way to find out is to try it. I'm in a similar situation (have an unusually steep ramp to my building parking garage) and so I asked nicely and borrowed a 4S sedan from a nearby dealer for a test drive and drove it home to see if lift mode was enough to clear it. It was barely enough! At the highest lift mode, the bottom just lightly touches and glances over the floor at the bottom of the ramp. This qualified as a pass for me

 

[SteveGTS]

I had the same worries with an awkward driveway and borrowed a CT to see if it fits, on the lowest setting it cleared my drive whereas I couldn't reverse a Golf GTE without scraping.

 

[Fish Fingers]

Someone posted this on here previously...

 

[Wakesurfer]

My Taycan is on its way, does anyone know the clearance? I have a semi steep driveway which was barely enough to clear my BMW 650.

Not in inches...................but I measured the clearance on my 4S set on Sport Plus..........using my iPhone Max. The phone will NOT get past the front valance in the upright position. In the sideways position the phone BARELY makes it under the valance. You will undoubtedly learn to use the Lift function not only in your driveway but on parking lot entrance/exit ramps, etc. Even in the Lift position I have to drive very slow when leaving parking lots that have an exaggerated dip. More than once the car beeps and warns me to check my surroundings. You will learn where you need to be careful. One final thought. I received a Girot's catalog last week and I remember seeing a rubber 'mat' that is made to be put on driveway/garage transitions to help avoid scraping.

 

[PaulaJP]

Could some measure the front and rear overhang?

 

[B61]

Exact spot with measurements, you go back slightly for the details.

I haven't checked video (yet), but I'd like to point out, that in case of off-road package, there might be about 1cm less since all that plastic is fixed on the bottom. I'll make some pictures later.

 

[BigBob]

I haven't checked video (yet), but I'd like to point out, that in case of off-road package, there might be about 1cm less since all that plastic is fixed on the bottom. I'll make some pictures later.

But i think the off-road pack also gives increased ground clearance setting?

 

[B61]

But i think the off-road pack also gives increased ground clearance setting?

Take a look on the table posted by @Fcmbr .
There's 124mm (lowest) up to 176mm (highest) for CT (with or without off-road pack), so 124mm might be 114mm only.

 

[smoothound]

Perhaps also measure (and compare) distance from tyre contact to point of minimum clearance (similar to overhang).

A car with 200mm clearance but this at 4 yards in front of tyre (just using ludicrously extreme example to illustrate) ..... would still bottom out on a shallow incline.

 

[Carlos]

Hi had similar worries but my GTS in full lift mode cleared it by about 1mm …

 

[PaulaJP]

too close for comfort!

 

[PaulaJP]

Can you measure for me the distance from wheel to the front edge of the bumper, and the distance from from bumper to the ground? I can then figure out the angle.

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