ElectricSoul
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Yeah typically during a launch of a new model the manufacturer will set an embargo date, after which reviews can be published. Obviously these reviews were produced in weeks or months ago but had to sit on the shelf until a certain date/time. Then you see a slew of them from every possible media outlet and youtuber.Man, there is a cornucopia of reviews on YouTube for this car in the last few days.
And they all love it.Man, there is a cornucopia of reviews on YouTube for this car in the last few days.
True but it's almost become a cliche that automotive journalists love wagons so maybe its not so surprising. Not sure if it accurately predicts how the wider public will accept the wagon. I personally hope its wildly successful and Porsche finds it in their heart to offer a "outback delete" package (basically removing the cladding).What amazes me amongst all these YouTube reviews (and most of the online car-magazine reviews) is that the reviewers seem almost universally to prefer the Cross Turismo to the Taycan sedan... I know that the CT will outsell the sedan in Europe (as the Panamera ST does the Panamera sedan), but it's interesting how Americans tend to shun wagons/estate cars and yet this is getting rave reviews from American reviewers.
It sounds as if a Sport Turismo version with lower ground clearance and no cladding will be coming soon, maybe MY2022. I personally want the higher clearance and don't mind the cladding; I'm more into functionality than exterior looks.True but it's almost become a cliche that automotive journalists love wagons so maybe its not so surprising. Not sure if it accurately predicts how the wider public will accept the wagon. I personally hope its wildly successful and Porsche finds it in their heart to offer a "outback delete" package (basically removing the cladding).
let’s hope so, ideally they’d announce a sport turismo in time for orders to change!It sounds as if a Sport Turismo version with lower ground clearance and no cladding will be coming soon, maybe MY2022. I personally want the higher clearance and don't mind the cladding; I'm more into functionality than exterior looks.
That's because most of the American car reviewers are enthusiasts and purists like the European reviewers, and most of them love european and asian market only performance estates and wagons, however their tastes don't really represent the average American buyer, unfortunately, wish it wasn't so.What amazes me amongst all these YouTube reviews (and most of the online car-magazine reviews) is that the reviewers seem almost universally to prefer the Cross Turismo to the Taycan sedan... I know that the CT will outsell the sedan in Europe (as the Panamera ST does the Panamera sedan), but it's interesting how Americans tend to shun wagons/estate cars and yet this is getting rave reviews from American reviewers.
The release of the RS6 in the US was an unexpected fluke, but I suspect this will be the first and only time they will be throwing US Audi fans this bone as they are selling the RS6 here in very limited quantities and it probably comes at a cost to them to have the car Federalized for US shores but not really sell them in the numbers to make it worth while financially.Journalist and car enthusiast loves wagons, but the general US public not so much. I was so happy when Audi brought the RS6 Avant over, been thinking about pulling the trigger on that, and Porsche showed the Cross Turismo. Love at 1st sight. Thinking of RS6 will be my last ICE car, but no need to agonize over that now.