If cars had personalities, the Porsche Taycan would be that super-fit German athlete who jogs at 5 AM, speaks five languages, and somehow still finds time to correct your pronunciation of Stuttgart. And now, with its 2025 facelift, this electric wunderkind has returned sharper, lighter, faster, and even more technologically packed — basically the iPhone Pro Max of cars, except it won’t need a software update every Monday.
In India, the Taycan range starts at around ₹1.69 crore ex-showroom, and this Turbo variant you’re looking at sits at the top at about ₹2.69 crore ex-showroom — before you even open the Pandora’s box of options.
The Taycan first shocked the world back in 2019 when Porsche announced: “Yes, we’re making an electric car. No, we’re not calling it the Elektromobilwagen.” Fast-forward to 2025, and the first-generation facelift is here, proudly wearing the Turbo badge — even though, as Porsche admits with a chuckle, it has no turbocharger. But it does have turbo-level power. That counts.
Design: The Silent Assassin in Neptune Blue
The design team — including the legendary Mitja Borkert and Michael Mauer — must’ve been in a particularly artistic mood because the Taycan looks like it went through a wind tunnel and came out ready for Paris Fashion Week. Our test car arrived in Neptune Blue, a shade so mesmerizing it could convince even Ferrari owners to rethink their color loyalty.
Every surface is sleek, tapered, and sculpted — with a full aerodynamic underbody, active rear spoiler, matrix LEDs with 64,000 pixels per headlamp, and the option to literally illuminate your Porsche logo at the back for ₹65,000. Flex level: German Bollywood.
Sadly, the stunning Sport Turismo shooting brake is discontinued in India — because clearly Indians aren’t ready for this level of practicality-meets-style. We’re still buying seven-seat SUVs to carry two people and six suitcases.
You can go wild with custom colors too — Porsche will paint your Taycan in pretty much any shade you can dream of. ₹32 lakh paint? No problem. Want your initials laser-etched somewhere? Also no problem. Want stickers worth ₹1.59 lakh? Porsche nods politely and says, “As you wish, sir.”
Dimensions & Build: Steel, Aluminium, and Serious Self-Confidence
At just under 5 metres long and weighing about 2.4 tonnes, the Taycan has the dimensions of a responsible adult… but the speed of someone who definitely isn’t. The body is a hybrid of steel and aluminium — lightweight, rigid, and engineered to survive just about anything except speed breakers taller than your salary slip.
Ground clearance? 128 mm. Indian speed breakers? 129 mm. Proceed at your own risk.
And yes, the car is assembled in Stuttgart — where people treat engineering like religion and torque specs like holy scripture.
Interior: Luxury That Whispers “Don’t Touch Anything”
Step inside and the cabin immediately tells you two things:
- You’re now in a spaceship.
- And everything in this spaceship costs extra.
The driver gets a massive 16.8-inch curved display, a central 10.9-inch PCM infotainment screen, an 8.4-inch climate/control panel, and — if you’re feeling generous — a separate 10.9-inch passenger display for ₹1 lakh. Perfect for people who get bored while watching you do 0-200 km/h in 8 seconds.
The seats are 18-way adjustable, heated, ventilated, memory-enabled, and can even give massages. If you buy the optional colored seat belts (₹71,000), your seat belt will be more expensive than an entire Hero Splendor.
Materials? Take your pick: leather, race-tex, contrast stitching, embroidered crests, ambient lighting, soft-close doors, and even leather sunvisors for ₹85,000 — because why should your sun shade feel inferior?
There’s also a panoramic roof with liquid crystal tech that switches from transparent to frosted like it’s reacting to gossip.
Tech, Safety & Gizmos: This Car Has More Features Than Your iPad
The Taycan is packed with enough technology to make NASA feel outdated:
- Heat pump for efficient climate control
- Night Vision Assist (₹3.27 lakh) because apparently deer need to be seen in 4K
- Lane Change Assist with Rear Cross Traffic Alert
- Porsche Torque Vectoring Plus
- 10 airbags
- Alcohol Interlock preparation (for that one uncle who insists he “drives better after two pegs”)
- A 710W Bose system with 14 speakers — or a Burmester 3D system for ₹6.67 lakh if you want your neighbors to hear your songs before you do
And then comes the Porsche Active Ride chassis — the automotive equivalent of a yoga instructor. It keeps the car level, flat, comfortable, and extremely un-Porsche-like on bad roads. Combine that with PASM adaptive air suspension, and suddenly you can glide over speed bumps with unprecedented German pity.
Performance: Electricity Has Never Been This Violent
Let’s talk numbers — the kind that scare physics teachers.
Taycan Turbo (India model)
- 871 hp
- 890 Nm
- 0–100 km/h in 2.7 seconds
- Top speed: 260 km/h
- Range: 626 km
- 105 kWh battery
- Two motors + 2-speed gearbox at the rear
This may be the facelift model, but the Taycan clearly skipped leg day because its acceleration is pure insanity. Push the pedal and the car doesn’t move — it teleports. Even your soul takes a few milliseconds to catch up.
Regeneration power has improved from 290 kW to 400 kW, meaning the car basically charges itself while slowing down. At this point, even your phone is jealous.
Charging speeds? You can go from 0 to 70% in as little as 18 minutes on a 320 kW DC fast charger. Perfect for a quick chai break.
Driving Experience: Fast, Precise… and Extremely Addictive
The Taycan doesn’t just go fast — it corners fast, brakes fast, thinks fast. Porsche’s 4D chassis control constantly analyzes motion, suspension, and driver inputs to keep everything balanced like a German doing ballet.
Rear-axle steering (₹3 lakh) shrinks the turning radius and makes this 5-metre sedan behave like a hot hatch. Sport Plus mode wakes up the Porsche Electric Sport Sound — a futuristic hum that sounds like a sci-fi villain warming up for world domination.
And yes, there’s Track Endurance Mode, push-to-pass, launch control, telemetry… basically more track tech than most Indian racetracks actually have.
Practicality? Surprisingly… Yes.
A 366-litre boot.
An 81-litre frunk.
Folding rear seats.
Cupholders that cost less than the wheels.
Heat-insulated, noise-insulated glass.
And an optional roof tent for ₹8 lakh — because someone in Germany clearly believes Taycan owners camp.
Rear space is decent, comfort is excellent, and the car can be driven daily — assuming you don’t live in a location where the charger and the power supply fight every evening.
Verdict: A Supercar Wearing a Suit
The 2025 Porsche Taycan isn’t just an EV. It’s a statement. A declaration that performance doesn’t need petrol, luxury doesn’t need noise, and German engineering doesn’t need excuses.
It’s fast, furious, refined, hilariously customizable, and expensive — but in a way that feels justified. The Turbo model is a masterpiece of electric performance, and probably the only car that can make a Tesla feel like it has stage fright.
If you want a car that blends supercar acceleration, limousine comfort, spaceship tech, and Porsche heritage — while silently humiliating everything at a traffic light — the Taycan Turbo is your answer.
Just remember:
The badge says Turbo. The future says Electric. And the acceleration says… hold on to your organs.
