Who’d have ever thought the only company selling a fully electric station wagon in America today would be Porsche? Today’s Nice Price of No Dice Taycan is one of those wagons, and while used, it’s new enough to still be under warranty. Let’s see if it’s under budget as well.
It’s been said that rust never sleeps, which should make us all glad we’re not rust. I mean, who doesn’t like a good nap? The 1982 Subaru Brat we looked at yesterday had some rust working that 24/7 schedule on its bodywork. It was otherwise complete and feature-heavy, but neither factor could overcome the road rot, which, for most of you, called the car’s $2,999 asking price into question. Ultimately, that went down in a narrow 54 percent No Dice loss.
Porsche purists have pooh-poohed every one of the company’s pivots, from the introduction of the six-cylinder 911 to the switch to water cooling and, much more recently, the inclusion of SUV and crossover models to the formerly sports car-only maker’s model line.
For those more open-minded sorts who like to see a capable and innovative manufacturer like Porsche continue to step out of its comfort zone, almost all these models have proven to be big hits, and the additional revenue they have contributed has kept the sports car lines fresh and ever-evolving.
That’s why we shouldn’t dismiss today’s 2021 Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo 4 just because, as a crossover-lite AWD dual motor electric station wagon, it doesn’t comport to some dusty imagined vision of what a Porsche ought to be.
As a matter of fact, the Taycan Cross Turismo is a great car on its own merits. Offering upwards of 230 miles between charges, the Cross Turismo manages to mix sports car handling and performance with even better passenger space and cargo capacity than its sedan sibling. It’s also one of the funkiest-looking cars in Porsche’s lineup, although just expressing a personal opinion here, this first-generation edition is much better-looking than the refreshed 2025 car.
There’s a lot more to like on this used Taycan too. Painted in Neptune Blue with a black interior and riding on 21-inch Porsche crest factory alloys, the car looks to be in almost as-new condition. According to a VIN look-up, this Taycan was originally sold at Porsche of Downtown LA in California. It now calls Arizona home, where it wears current tags and carries a clean title. While almost four years old, the car has only done 22,500 miles over the course of its life.
Power comes from dual electric motors that combined make a total of 469 horsepower and, at 369 lb-ft, a ton of torque. That’s fed by the Cross Turismo’s standard 94 kWh battery, which was the largest capacity one could get in Porsche’s first full-electric.
Per the seller, the car maintains the remainder of its four-year/50,000-mile warranty and, naturally, the longer eight-year/125,000-mile warranty on the battery and motors. As an additional incentive, it comes with free, fast charging at Electrify American stations for some undisclosed future amount of time.
One of the best things about buying used cars these days, particularly electrics, is the precipitous depreciation that has hit the market. Most sensible people would shun buying anything new, preferring others to take that initial hit. A modern Taycan Cross Turismo of this ilk starts at $111,000. And you know that its value will likely dip below the six-figure mark within the first year after driving off the lot. At $67,000, this nearly-new-looking edition, while not the latest and greatest, asks around half that and comes with that claim of free charging to boot!
What’s your take on this Taycan and that $67,000 asking? Does that seem like a good deal to get into one of the best electrics out there that’s also arguably the funkiest car in Porsche’s lineup? Or does that price still seem like too much of a cross for this Cross Turismo to bear?
You decide!
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