TheDrive: Driving a Porsche Taycan Turbo S from Atlanta to Amelia Island

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A small roadtrip as compared with Don's @louv Lap Around the USA but TheDrive didn't buy the car, so what can one expect.

I will try to post the update here too. But here is the opening article.

We're Driving a Porsche Taycan Turbo S from Atlanta to Amelia Island. What Do You Want to Know?
Hype, hope, and the promise of pecan pie.
BY JONATHON KLEINMARCH 4, 2020
https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/3...nta-to-amelia-island-what-do-you-want-to-know

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Installment number 2. Wow you have got to see this wrap.

https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/3...-turbo-s-from-atlanta-to-amelia-island-part-1

The day began with a childish belly chuckle. I was worried the Porsche Taycan Turbo S supplied for our road trip from Atlanta to Amelia Island would be painted a boring white, but it turns out that Porsche wrapped two of the Taycans in our convoy in the company's classic Brumos and Pink Pig Porsche liveries

 

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3rd instalment just published

Electric Road Trip: The Porsche Taycan Turbo S Can Give You Whiplash On The Right Road
“Please, sir, can I have another launch?”
BY JONATHON KLEIN MARCH 7, 2020

https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/3...rbo-s-can-give-you-whiplash-on-the-right-road

A great explanation IMHO of the Taycan's Electric Sport Sound from Jonothon:

Sport+ also turns on the Taycan's Porsche Electric Sport Sound. Fake sounds are lame!, you shout. But Porsche's solution to give its electric cars some sonic character isn't fake. Engineers brought the entire drivetrain into a recording studio—sans Taycan body—and laid down a fat EV track, recording all the electric whirs and mechanical noises it made while being run to the limit. They then ran it through an equalizer, matched the recording to the car's rpms, and turned the volume all the way up. So yes, it's boosted in the well-insulated cabin, but there's nothing artificial about what you're hearing.

The result is a Blade Runner-esque score, both futuristic and somehow reminiscent of other Porsches. I absolutely love it...

 

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4th instalment

Electric Road Trip: The Porsche Taycan Turbo S Is More Than a 'Something' Killer
Four days behind the wheel show we’ve been thinking about the Taycan all wrong.
BY CALEBBY JONATHON KLEIN
MARCH 8, 2020​

https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/3...aycan-turbo-s-is-more-than-a-something-killer

There will be those who disagree, but after four days behind the wheel, this is where I’m at. The Porsche Taycan Turbo S is an amazing car built by an extremely talented car company. I’m addicted to its acceleration, handling, and flowing, alluring design. No car on the road drives quite like it; it'll be a few weeks before its afterglow fades from my mind. I came in with many thoughts and preconceived notions, and the Taycan Turbo S blew them out of the water.

 

[Reg]

thanks for posting these.

so tempted with that Salzburg wrap.

 

[ron_b]

A summary from Car And Driver

Porsche Put Historic Racing Liveries on These 2020 Taycans
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a31468266/2020-porsche-taycan-racing-livery-amelia-island/

In 1971, just after Porsche's first win at Le Mans, the 917 race car was aerodynamically modified and widened, giving the car's designers the idea to paint it pink and put markings of cuts of meat on it and the nickname "The Pink Pig." Logical, right? This 2020 Taycan has it all, from the pink paint, the number 23, dotted lines representing cuts of meat, and we think it looks mighty good with the white-rimmed 21-inch Mission E design wheels.

 

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Found this funny follow-up story from Jonathon and thought others may enjoy. The Taycan is #2.

I Have Determined The Perfect Three-Vehicle Garage. Fight Me
A McLaren, a Honda, and a Porsche walk into a garage. They never leave.
BY JONATHON KLEIN MAY 7, 2020
https://www.thedrive.com/opinion/33347/i-have-determined-the-perfect-three-vehicle-garage-fight-me

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