whan
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To be upfront, this is purely speculation, but I'm wondering if Porsche artificially limits 0-60 acceleration for its lower RWD and CT4 trims. For example, I'm looking at Motor Trend's testing of the CT4, they got a 4.5 0-60, but more importantly a 12.7 1/4 mile at 116mph
https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2021-porsche-taycan-4-cross-turismo-first-test-review
Motor trend also recently tested a BMW M440i which did a 4.0 0-60 but only 12.6 1/4 at 110mph.
https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2021-bmw-m440i-first-test/
I recognize there's a significant difference in power delivery and factors with gearing for typical ICE cars vs EVs, but an advantage of an EV has always been instant torque delivery. It's odd that the CT4 has a meaningfully higher trap speed yet is 0.5 sec off from 0-60
The same trend somewhat repeats itself even for other EVs - in the Mach E GT test, they reference it doing a 3.6 0-60 but only 12.6 at 100 quarter (although they later found out the Mach E cuts power after a few seconds of WOT). The Model Y did 12.0 but only trapped 115mph so still slower than a CT4
https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/...h-e-gt-performance-edition-first-test-review/
Based on all of this, you'd expect a CT4 to do something closer to the lower 4 second range. I think some RWD owners have also felt that speed after launch builds a lot faster than the 0-60 would suggest
https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2021-porsche-taycan-4-cross-turismo-first-test-review
Motor trend also recently tested a BMW M440i which did a 4.0 0-60 but only 12.6 1/4 at 110mph.
https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2021-bmw-m440i-first-test/
I recognize there's a significant difference in power delivery and factors with gearing for typical ICE cars vs EVs, but an advantage of an EV has always been instant torque delivery. It's odd that the CT4 has a meaningfully higher trap speed yet is 0.5 sec off from 0-60
The same trend somewhat repeats itself even for other EVs - in the Mach E GT test, they reference it doing a 3.6 0-60 but only 12.6 at 100 quarter (although they later found out the Mach E cuts power after a few seconds of WOT). The Model Y did 12.0 but only trapped 115mph so still slower than a CT4
https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/...h-e-gt-performance-edition-first-test-review/
Based on all of this, you'd expect a CT4 to do something closer to the lower 4 second range. I think some RWD owners have also felt that speed after launch builds a lot faster than the 0-60 would suggest
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