Raphie
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That all makes perfect sense, as they say “horses for courses” and it all depends on what you are looking for in a car. Esthetics, raw performance, convenience, utility, luxury? value for YOUR money.
There is no better or worse, there are absolute differences, how you value these are totally up to you. Others can merely point out what they are and what they mean to them.
There is no better or worse, there are absolute differences, how you value these are totally up to you. Others can merely point out what they are and what they mean to them.
This whole discussion shows what a huge variety of tastes people have, and what a big range of reasons they have for choosing a car, and options, and, to an extent, how big an influence the road conditions the buyer is familiar with have on their view of the importance of different performance aspects.
I have always noticed that there is a gulf between the expectations and requirements of customers between North America and Europe and always has been and always will be because the majority of the roads and road conditions are so very different.
So as a specialist in racing car design any comment I may have on my interest in styling, colour, options and so forth are just personal opinion. When it comes to vehicle dynamics, however, I can offer fact.
For vehicle dynamics lower weight is ALWAYS better. You can compensate for higher weight on acceleration with more power but everything else is and always will be worse.
Tyre load/grip curves are non-linear and whilst going to much bigger tyres helps, heavier gives less grip, so a heavier car will always have poorer brakes and roadholding. Always.
Yes electronic driver aids help a lot to mask shortcomings but they can't repeal the laws of physics.
Having written that, as a person who has been around a lot of race tracks as a passenger with F1 drivers, old Nurburgring with Keke Rosberg, Paul Ricard with Michael Schumacher, Damon Hill round Silverstone and Brands Hatch with Carlos Reutemann being particularly memorable, I know most people, including me, are nowhere near capable of driving their car anywhere near its cornering or braking limits so probably, for most people, flooring the throttle will be the only time they experience their car's limit. So straight line acceleration will realistically be the only thing they can experience to compare two versions.
Having written that my choice of CT 4S was basically because needing a shooting brake body for dog transport meant I was stuck with the heavy battery and AWD. I was happy with AWD though for efficient regeneration, given the Taycan is an EV. I decided the cost for power increment above the CT4 here in the UK was good value. Since I only can use full throttle around here for around one second at a time the extra for the Turbo power increment wasn't worth the much bigger price difference, to me.
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