Driving on the highway in a Porsche Taikan

Let's move the location to the highway and see how it behaves on the highway.First, when merging from a toll booth, if you step on the accelerator pedal gently, the devilish acceleration of the previous section disappears, and the car accelerates gently.

The optional electric sport sound produced a pleasant, pleasing note as the car smoothly and smoothly picked up speed. I think it was about 100km/h before I reached the halfway point.As you listen carefully, you can hear a slight change in the sound of the motor, indicating that it is shifting into a higher gear for higher speeds.

Of course, there is zero gearshift shock when doing so.

I pick up the pace a little and drive from the driving lane to the overtaking lane for overtaking, then back to the driving lane. I tried this sequence of movements, and of course nothing happened at all, even if I operated the car a bit roughly. There is no roll, no instability, nothing at all.

When I drove fast enough to lead the overtaking lane at the pace of those around me, the first thing my wife, in the passenger seat, said was.Great aerodynamics.And.

Indeed, if you ask me.I would describe it as slipping through the air.

Often, in the case of a car with good aerodynamics, the "Cut through the wall of airThe expression "the world is a big place" is sometimes used, but in the case of Taikan, it is a little different from such an expression.

As the speed increases, it feels as if an air path, or rail, is formed around the body, eliminating left-right swaying and making the body much more stable.There is almost no wind noise, and the car accelerates smoothly to any extent.

And what is noteworthy at high speeds is its flatness. Frankly speaking.The flatness is stronger than any car I have ever driven. This is truly an amazing flatness.

Anyway, the eyes don't go up and down.

It doesn't matter if there are joint steps or road repairs.Knock! Thud!The only sound is the "S" sound. The impact, of course, is almost imperceptible, as is the shaking of the car body.

On a circuit, if you drive the GT3 at 180 km/h or more, you will feel a very flat feeling, but you can also feel the same level of flatness from around 100 km/h.

Traffic got a little heavy, so my wife took over driving.My wife turned on ACC and started driving in cruise control.From my perspective as a passenger, the level of smoothness is such that I could not tell at all whether a human or a car was doing it.

My wife has been through ACC on various cars.Smoothest and most secure I've ever had.He said.

Is the Taikan a Porsche?

My impression after riding the Taikan around town, on the winding roads, and on the highway...Porsche is too serious about making a car called the Taikan."That is my impression.

Initially, there were rumors that they were looking at Tesla as a rival or something like that.In my opinion, this is not a dimension about rivals. The performance of the chassis and suspension is completely overwhelming.I feel like I can already say that I am at a level where I can't catch up at all.

It is a "good car" in terms of driving performance to an excessive degree, and is a "good car" in terms of driving performance.It's an EV, you don't have to go so far.The performance is so high that it makes you think, 'What's the point of this?

It's so well made.Personally, this makes me want to go farther.I'd like to go touring in Kanto, Tohoku, etc. without being conscious of range, charging points, etc., butThe biggest obstacle is that this is a bit difficult in today's environment.

Next, we will discuss theIs the Taikan a Porsche?I would like to give my personal opinion on this. While the Taikan is great, it is not as athletic as the GT3 and will probably lose out to the 911 in track time.

However, theThe feeling is unmistakably "Porsche.First of all, it was immediately apparent that the car felt similar to a 911 after driving a few dozen meters, with handling characteristics that were not unnecessarily quick, steering gains that were not abrupt and gradually increased as speed increased, and no sense of discomfort in human behavior due to these characteristics.

The steerer feel of the Taikan has something in common with every Porsche model in every category.

The other day, Mr. Kazuo Shimizu said something like this. Every time I have a Porsche engineer say, 'What are Porsche's strengths?When asked the question, "What is the best way to get the best results? 'We test thoroughly. Testing.And. He said, "I think there is the answer to why Porsche can make a car that is just like a Porsche.

I feel that the Taikan was probably tested and driven horribly and built with a great deal of awareness that it is a Porsche car.We hope that the change to an electric motor powertrain will not be seen as "un-Porsche-like".The engineers' willingness not to make excuses for the differences in powertrains is palpable.

The development engineers must have taken pride in their work to create the Taikan. I thought that the Taikan was finished to be a typical Porsche car without any compromise. In particular, theThe chassis performance is unmistakably PorscheThe following is a list of the most common problems with the "C" in the "C" column.

These are my impressions of this test drive of the Porsche Taikan.