Porsche Axes Its Most Exciting Electric Models
Porsche has cut the most interesting shapes from the Taycan lineup in the U.S. For 2027, the electric Porsche continues as a sedan, but the Taycan Cross Turismo and Taycan Sport Turismo will not return. Porsche confirmed the long-roof models are gone because too few buyers signed the paperwork, which is the kind of news wagon fans always fear and somehow keep causing.
Porsche Keeps The Taycan, But Drops The Fun Roof
The loss hurts because these were not lazy trim packages. The Cross Turismo gave the Taycan a tougher stance, standard all-wheel drive, extra ride height, and a Gravel drive mode. It looked ready for a ski lodge, a muddy trailhead, or at least a very expensive Whole Foods run. The Sport Turismo kept the sleeker road-car look and added the wagon hatch without the plastic cladding.
The Taycan sedan already drives like a Porsche should. It has sharp steering, a low seating position, and a battery pack mounted under the floor, which helps keep the center of gravity low. The wagons kept most of that feel while adding more daily-use charm. They also looked different in a parking lot full of SUVs, which counts for something.
The numbers explain why Porsche pulled the plug. U.S. Taycan sales peaked in 2023, then fell to 4,747 units in 2024 and 4,142 in 2025. Porsche sold just 607 Taycans in the first quarter of 2026, down from 1,019 in the same period last year. The company does not break out wagon sales in public reports, but it likely saw the same thing dealers saw – buyers liked the idea, then bought something else.
That leaves Porsche without a wagon in America. The Panamera Sport Turismo already disappeared after the 2023 model year, and now the Taycan twins join it. It is a rough trend for drivers who want space without pretending every family car needs a safari costume and a roofline shaped like a loaf of bread. Thank God, BMW is still selling enough wagons to justify adding the new M5 Touring to its US lineup, as well as potentially other new wagons.
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The Sedan Gets Bigger Tech And Fake Gears
The strange part is that Porsche did not soften the Taycan itself. The 2027 sedan gets real upgrades – Porsche now makes the 105-kWh Performance Battery Plus standard across the lineup, adds a native NACS DC fast-charging port on the passenger side, and keeps the J1772 AC charging port on the driver’s side. The larger pack can support up to 320 kW charging on a compatible 800-volt fast charger.
Porsche also adds E-Shift, a new system that simulates eight gear changes through the steering-wheel paddles. It works with a virtual rev counter and a revised Porsche Electric Sport Sound to make the Taycan feel more mechanical.
The Taycan already had a real two-speed transmission on the rear axle. The company used it to balance hard launches with high-speed efficiency, not to give drivers something to play with. E-Shift does the opposite – it exists because feel matters, and Porsche has finally decided EV theater can still be useful when the engineering underneath is serious.
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The Taycan wagons deserved better, but Porsche did not kill them out of spite. It followed the money, and that’s what automakers do. Enthusiasts praised the Cross Turismo and Sport Turismo because they were quick, useful, rare, and just weird enough, but then never showed up in big enough numbers.
That may make these long-roof Taycans future cult cars. They have the right recipe with low sales, strong performance, daily comfort, and a shape Porsche no longer sells here. The used market may get very interesting, especially once early depreciation does its usual EV magic trick. For anyone who always wanted an electric Porsche wagon, the clock just started ticking louder.
Source: KBB and Motor1
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