Porsche Taycan vs Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo

The Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo costs £11,000 more than the Porsche Taycan. For that premium it adds 50 kW faster peak rapid charging, 120 kW more power and a 0.9s quicker 0-62mph time. On EVcarsguide's combined category scores, the Porsche Taycan comes out ahead overall.

The Porsche Taycan is £11,000 cheaper to buy. The Porsche Taycan is cheaper to charge, roughly £168 a year versus £208 for the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the Porsche Taycan comes out roughly £11,200 cheaper overall. These figures cover list price and home charging only - insurance, servicing, tyres and depreciation will move the real total.

EVcarsguide estimates a real-world motorway range of about 306 miles for the Porsche Taycan and 290 miles for the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo - both below their WLTP figures, because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. The Porsche Taycan goes roughly 16 miles further between charging stops. Both rapid-charge to 80% in a similar time, around 18-18 minutes.

The two are within 0 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 434 mm of total clearance for the Porsche Taycan and about 434 mm of total clearance for the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Porsche Taycan and 84% for the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo. That is close enough that capacity loss should not decide between them. Both use NMC-type cells, so for daily use keep the charge limit near 80% to slow degradation. Both batteries carry a 8-year manufacturer warranty.