What's it like to drive, to accelerate in a Cayenne EV “S?”

[Fun TC Driving]

We have very limited input, even less hard data on what is it like to drive an “S.” Perhaps the most on-point comment is:

Even the mid-tier 657-hp Cayenne S Coupe Electric we drove, which wasn't equipped with Porsche Active Ride suspension, kept its hulking mass flat around corners. It's a breathtakingly rapid machine, capable of bullying far less practical sports cars on the autobahn in its higher trims.

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a71385001/2026-porsche-cayenne-ev-coupe-drive/

Any member here driven one please and could comment how lively it feels accelerating other than in launch control (say in the 20-60 MPH realm most of us do our daily driving in?

If you have, would you please compare it to other know EV’s, say compared to a Macan EV S, GTS, or Turbo? Or comparing it to a Taycan 2025+ 4S?

Any other automedia cogent evaluations? Thank you.

 

[Fun TC Driving]

Another “secondary” data point starts at 12:55 in the below Auto Zeitung video in which we watch the speed quickly accelerate from 94+ km (58.4 MPH) to 214 km (138MPH) when he activates the 10 second Push-to-Pass.

 

[babylou66]

There's alot at play because traction limits acceleration in these high power monsters. The Cayennes S has 650 lb-ft torque without push to pass and launch control. With launch control torque is 800 lb-ft. So 0-60 mph will be about 4.0 s without and 3.6 s with. So fast and damn fast.

 

[Wivenhoe]

The UK version of Car Magazine reviews all 3. It concludes that the Base delivers more than enough power for most driving, the S is the car to have and the Turbo‘s acceleration is far more than most drivers will need nor desire for the £ 30k differential.

https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-reviews/porsche/cayenne-electric/

I think the configurator will give a good idea of what you are looking for in the 50 to 74 mph acceleration. As it doesn’t refer to “push to pass” I think the Cayenne‘s figure is normal acceleration. The Cayenne S is

The Macan 4S

 

[Fun TC Driving]

That is the kind of precise (and positive infomration) I was hoping to learn. Thank you from us all Wivenhoe!

 

[PedroJ]

I have Cayenne S on order. The reason was PAR, which - after some reviews - I'm not sure if it's a must have.

I'm driving 2022 Taycan 4S. Last week I had a Porsche Experience EV + city tour. Base and Turbo. Turbo is damn fast, base is much slower than Taycan 4S.

Even the base Cayenne looks as really fast car when looking at 0-100 km/h only. But look at the 0-200 km/h:

Trim | 0-100 | 0-200 | 100-200 (my calculation)
Base | 4,8 sec | 18,4 | 13,6
S___ | 3,8 sec | 12,4 | 8,6
Turbo | 2,5 sec | 7,5 | 5,0

Huge difference is 100-200.

Cayenne S is on those numbers peer to current Taycan 4S. Which is doing 200 km/h in 12,2 sec.

 

[Fun TC Driving]

I just looked up in the UK configurator (which has more performance info than the U.S. one) and the Cayenne EV S’s acceleration “Acceleration 49-74 mph (80-120km/h)” is identical to the Macan EV Turbo @ 2.0 seconds.

 

[voksic]

Base Cayenne is on par with base Taycan. Turbo is insane; it has the same 0-100km/h as 911 turbo s. I had Taycan 4S in the past, and Cayenne Turbo is on another level. I've attached Turbo with push-to-pass.

 

[Wivenhoe]

I have Cayenne S on order. The reason was PAR, which - after some reviews - I'm not sure if it's a must have.

I'm driving 2022 Taycan 4S. Last week I had a Porsche Experience EV + city tour. Base and Turbo. Turbo is damn fast, base is much slower than Taycan 4S.

Even the base Cayenne looks as really fast car when looking at 0-100 km/h only. But look at the 0-200 km/h:

Trim | 0-100 | 0-200 | 100-200 (my calculation)
Base | 4,8 sec | 18,4 | 13,6
S___ | 3,8 sec | 12,4 | 8,6
Turbo | 2,5 sec | 7,5 | 5,0

Huge difference is 100-200.

Cayenne S is on those numbers peer to current Taycan 4S. Which is doing 200 km/h in 12,2 sec.

Yes - you would expect a base to be slower than a S or you wouldn’t buy an S. In the UK, other than on a track (who regularly tracks a SUV ?) accelerating from 60 mph to 120 mph would end up with your very fast S being parked up for 6 months !

Seriously, the S & Turbo’s are for drivers looking for performance, the base not so. It will be interesting to see, once we have real world drivers, what the real world range is. I suspect using the available acceleration and push to pass will have a real effect.

I suspect long term, the Base may outsell the S and Turbo. It is slightly faster than the ICE Cayenne S and is £ 10k cheaper with far more standard equipment - Air, Chrono

 

[PedroJ]

Base is enough for most markets like UK, Nordic, France. For Germany, Poland and some other Eastern European countries highway is a place you can drive 200 km/h. Autside of Germany it not allowed but possible Coming from Taycan 4S, Base Cayenne is not powerful enough. IMO.

Base is very well equipped and it’s a good package imo. Same with Turbo - it is very well equipped, includes leather interior with stitching, top seats, Bose, HD Matrix, PTV, external details black or turbonite, etc. More than 20k euro in options. S is to expensive for its package, gives you no andditional equipement, only more power. And possibility to order PAR.

 

[babylou66]

S is to expensive for its package, gives you no andditional equipement, only more power. And possibility to order PAR.

50% More power. Slightly more range. Larger brakes. Red brake calipers. Different rear diffuser.

 

[Wivenhoe]

These posts confirm why Porsche offers 3 different power versions - which is what this forum is all about - differing views and needs but all being relevant