My Midlife Crisis Car - Porsche Taycan 4S Review

The Porsche Taycan 4S is an electric car made by a manufacturer who has a history of making cars, but its pricing can go up to $160,000 so you could expect or think it'll be almost perfect. Here are my thoughts.

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 - Intro
2:00 - Initial Impressions
2:56 - Porsche Taycan 4S specs
4:00 - Driving experience
5:32 - Suspension
7:08 - Infotainment system experience
11:11 - Porsche driving tech bonus
12:00 - Electric charging and range
13:43 - Closing thoughts

[LinusTechTips]

Note: A couple of days ago Porsche announced an over-the-air update to their infotainment that includes adding Android Auto to the Taycan. The Taycan already had some of this system in place so it's unclear how many of our gripes will be addressed when it arrives.

Also we are aware that the Model S Plaid is price comparable to this. It wasn't shipping when we reviewed this car and we can only do one car at a time. We'll be happy to check out the Plaid when/if we can. Porsche made it easier by offering short-term rentals.

[ryzencorp]

I just gotta say, the level of quality we are getting from LTT's team is just getting insane. I remember the days, with the room watercooling projet, the content was great before, don't get me wrong but man, I'm impressed.

[mob]

You know you can afford a porche when you can throw your jacket and it doesn't touch the floor.

[nbrowser]

Gotta give LMG props, at least when they test a car at spirited speeds they do it at a local race track. Love having Mission Raceway Park be so local for some fun once in a while.

[MichaelWooley]

Being a car guy & hearing linus complain about the driving mode resetting upon start up & the HVAC being crap without knobs / switches is a really hilarious cross between my two favorite hobbies - tech and cars lol

[keeganfaulkner]

I like how Linus acts like a dad and protects his friends when he launches the car or does pulls

[jonmarc]

Not gonna lie, that was the best LTT intro this year.

[caominh]

ok hands down i demand Linus and the whole team to do a car review channel. this is a proper car review. nice shots of power sliding btw.

[clashdevil]

Whenever I see linus's kids I get a reminder that he is not a guy in his early 20s giving computer tips

[jnoland]

I work at VWGOA and work closely with infotainment teams. I will be passing this video onto them if they’re not already getting it from non-IT business teams. Thanks Linus, love watching your channel.

[Seed]

Now it's got real life DLC. Thanks dbrand

I can't believe you guys missed the chance of showing Linus wearing a suit with socks and sandals 😂😂

[chadwickburdick]

My favorite thing about Linus when he critiques something is his ability to provide practical and simple solutions, a company can really get a lot of constructive criticism that can help improve their products.

[HandsomeAlex]

"This would actually be a better car if 3 of these displays were gone" Scathing. I love it.

[semibreve]

It always impresses me that when LTT gets serious, they can consistently deliver some of the most well rounded, considerate, and high quality review content on this entire platform. More of this pls

[eIiot]

I can't believe how far LTT has come when it comes to video quality and production. I'll never purchase this car, but you guys kept me interested for the entire video. I can't believe this content is free, it's just so well done :)

[avgvstvs]

Tonight, on this episode of Grand Tips:
Linus wears a jacket
Alex sits on a chair
and Brandon knocks his head!

[jackalopegaming]

A high school friend's parents bought a PT Cruiser with flame decals on it. They called it their "Mid-life Chrysler."

[oscarg]

One thing ima say for Linus to know, someone’s probably said it, but they didn’t under rate the hp because the numbers they give are what the engine or batteries can put out. This does not include the powertrain loss which is usually around 15% horsepower loss from the motors delivering the powers to the wheels. So while they torque is underrated, the horsepower is probably on the money

[nattankress]

I love that you're letting Alex do the car reviews, dude knows his shit