STUTTGART: The 100,000th Porsche Taycan rolled off the production line on Nov 7.
The milestone car left the assembly line about three years after production first started at the main plant in Zuffenhausen in September 2019.
The Neptune Blue Taycan Turbo S is destined for a customer in the United Kingdom.
“We are very pleased to have reached this milestone in production history so quickly – despite the recent challenges posed by the semiconductor shortage and the volatile Covid situation,” said Kevin Giek, Vice President Model Line Taycan.
“With the Taycan, we have made a decidedly successful start in the electric age.”
The top three individual markets for the all-electric sports car are currently the US, China and the UK/Republic of Ireland.
The model is now available in three body styles – the Taycan sports sedan, Taycan Cross Turismo and Taycan Sport Turismo.
In each case, up to five engine options are coupled with rear- or all-wheel drive.
Its range of 513km (WLTP) makes the Taycan 4S the version with the longest range. The Taycan Turbo S is the current holder of the fastest production electric car record, with a time of 7 minutes 33 seconds round the Nürburgring Nordschleife.
It is not only in production that the Taycan has quickly reached the 100,000 mark. It’s a magic number in terms of mileage, too, with many customers having already covered far more than 100,000km in the electric sports car.
Jean-Hubert Revolon has already driven more than 188,119km in his Taycan 4S since mid-August 2020. The transport entrepreneur lives in the Lyon area and has already driven his Porsche in almost all of France's neighbouring countries, covering daily distances of up to 1,200km.
His reasons for buying the car were its design and “the technical innovations, which are good for the environment as well as my budget because of the low running costs,” he said.
Other strengths, in his opinion, are the car’s performance and suspension, which offer “fiendishly good grip and maximum agility, something only the wizards at Porsche can manage.”
Moreover, the 43-year-old said none of his many cars have ever been as reliable as his Taycan 4S. Only one suspension sensor has needed to be replaced so far.
