Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo vs Porsche Taycan Sport Turismo

The Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo costs £10,000 more than the Porsche Taycan Sport Turismo. 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 Sport Turismo comes out ahead overall.

The Porsche Taycan Sport Turismo is £10,000 cheaper to buy. The Porsche Taycan Sport Turismo is cheaper to charge, roughly £176 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 Sport Turismo comes out roughly £10,160 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 290 miles for the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo and 293 miles for the Porsche Taycan Sport Turismo - effectively matched, and both well below their WLTP figures because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. 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 Cross Turismo and about 434 mm of total clearance for the Porsche Taycan Sport Turismo.

Over a 8-year ownership window EVcarsguide's degradation model projects roughly 84% battery health for the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo and 84% for the Porsche Taycan Sport 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.