Who’d have ever thought the one firm promoting a totally electrical station wagon in America right this moment could be Porsche? In the present day’s Good Value of No Cube Taycan is a kind of wagons, and whereas used, it’s new sufficient to nonetheless be beneath guarantee. Let’s see if it’s beneath funds as properly.
It’s been mentioned that rust by no means sleeps, which ought to make us all glad we’re not rust. I imply, who doesn’t like a superb nap? The 1982 Subaru Brat we checked out yesterday had some rust working that 24/7 schedule on its bodywork. It was in any other case full and feature-heavy, however neither issue may overcome the highway rot, which, for many of you, known as the automobile’s $2,999 asking worth into query. Finally, that went down in a slender 54 % No Cube loss.
Porsche purists have pooh-poohed each one of many firm’s pivots, from the introduction of the six-cylinder 911 to the swap to water cooling and, rather more lately, the inclusion of SUV and crossover fashions to the previously sports activities car-only maker’s mannequin line.
For these extra open-minded kinds who wish to see a succesful and modern producer like Porsche proceed to step out of its consolation zone, every one of these fashions have confirmed to be massive hits, and the extra income they’ve contributed has saved the sports activities automobile traces contemporary and ever-evolving.
That’s why we shouldn’t dismiss right this moment’s 2021 Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo 4 simply because, as a crossover-lite AWD twin motor electrical station wagon, it doesn’t comport to some dusty imagined imaginative and prescient of what a Porsche must be.
As a matter of truth, the Taycan Cross Turismo is a good automobile by itself deserves. Providing upwards of 230 miles between costs, the Cross Turismo manages to combine sports activities automobile dealing with and efficiency with even higher passenger house and cargo capability than its sedan sibling. It’s additionally one of many funkiest-looking automobiles in Porsche’s lineup, though simply expressing a private opinion right here, this first-generation version is way better-looking than the refreshed 2025 automobile.
There’s much more to love on this used Taycan too. Painted in Neptune Blue with a black inside and driving on 21-inch Porsche crest manufacturing facility alloys, the automobile seems to be in nearly as-new situation. In keeping with a VIN look-up, this Taycan was initially bought at Porsche of Downtown LA in California. It now calls Arizona house, the place it wears present tags and carries a clear title. Whereas nearly 4 years outdated, the automobile has solely completed 22,500 miles over the course of its life.
Energy comes from twin electrical motors that mixed make a complete of 469 horsepower and, at 369 lb-ft, a ton of torque. That’s fed by the Cross Turismo’s commonplace 94 kWh battery, which was the most important capability one may get in Porsche’s first full-electric.
Per the vendor, the automobile maintains the rest of its four-year/50,000-mile guarantee and, naturally, the longer eight-year/125,000-mile guarantee on the battery and motors. As an extra incentive, it comes with free, quick charging at Electrify American stations for some undisclosed future period of time.
Among the finest issues about shopping for used automobiles nowadays, notably electrics, is the precipitous depreciation that has hit the market. Best folks would shun shopping for something new, preferring others to take that preliminary hit. A contemporary Taycan Cross Turismo of this ilk begins at $111,000. And you recognize that its worth will possible dip under the six-figure mark inside the first yr after driving off the lot. At $67,000, this nearly-new-looking version, whereas not the most recent and biggest, asks round half that and comes with that declare of free charging as well!
What’s your tackle this Taycan and that $67,000 asking? Does that appear like a superb deal to get into among the best electrics on the market that’s additionally arguably the funkiest automobile in Porsche’s lineup? Or does that worth nonetheless seem to be an excessive amount of of a cross for this Cross Turismo to bear?
You resolve!
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