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You would expect EVs with so many fewer parts to be cheaper and more reliable, but it's the opposite. The average consumer can't win.

The Vauxhall Corsa E at £236 for 36 months is looking great value. My wife’s Viva six years old and 8600 miles on the clock valued at £6800 bought for £8450 looks like the deal of the century. My second best buy a Corsa bought new for £8500 sold for £4000 seven years later. My expensive German brands can’t hold a candle to those Vauxhalls! Having been in the motor industry for 30 years I’ve seen it all.

You’re right, you do have a tiny brain if you think spending £200,000 on that turd makes sense

I think, that the big financial burden of a combustion engined car is really known or taken into consideration. The amount of people buying an AMG car while having just the money for the car itself is astonishing. They dont know, that those engines can be babies to take care off and that a new one can set u back 50-60k as well. But on the other side everyone is looking on the batteries and the cost for a new one. I as well currently dont know, if those batteries really just give you 100-200k. Back in the day everyone talked, that battery degradation isnt really a thing and you can run them for 20 years and even then they degraded just like 10%. If that would be true, it is a fair bit of being afraid at the wrong end....and that this also is holding back many people zo buy a used one. I would love to buy a used taycan, BUT I simply dont know, what cost will come with it. Thats my main problem...I can afford 70k, but it is not like I can live with a wrong move that well. So, this would need to be all totally forgettable aspect. You buy it, you put your 10-20k km on it per year and as the car is still Porsche quality, you can use it for the next 10 years and still sell it for 30k at the end. If thats realistic, I would do it...but many people forget in general, what the potential costs for fixing stuff really is. And crazy enough people dont have the same financial eyes on a combustion car...they simply buy and get a huge burden if something happens. Its weird and I honestly dont know, what to do. The crazy thing: If you want a nicer car (middle class) you are now facing 60-80k for a new one....and sorry...I earn a couple percent more than many others, but I am still middle class...and buying a thing that is a third of my house? Sorry....in our economy, we need to go back in pricing...not up. Nobody can afford buying a car for 50k onwards. We are in a time, where this will divide people...because middle class will need to go back to superfragile loser cars, because anything remotely cool will be out of touch.

It's not a GT car!

I will stick with my used diesel, 65 mpg and service it myself.

9.9% holy fck! why would you pay that much!

If it wasn't for tax breaks EVs would be dead

I could have had an EV on a work scheme that would have been cheaper than an ICE car. Free charging at work, all servicing and running costs covered as part of the lease. However, it wouldn’t have made me smile every time I got into it in the way that the 3 litre 6 cylinder bmw Z4 I bought instead. Cars are seldom bought entirely logically….

Good luck to all those champagne socialists who bought heavily subsidised EVs (particularly early Teslas) , thinking they were virtue signalling, saving the world, and showing how much smarter they are than everyone. This has been a total scam and a financial disaster for everyone involved. And curiously, even if ALL motor vehicles in the world were converted to EVs, it still wouldn’t make a big enough dint in the world’s carbon emissions. Oops. Once the government subsidies are removed this EV industry is bankrupt. Hang on to your good old reliable ICE car for a while yet.

EV are Quartz watch equivalent .... dirt cheap residuals

What absolute rubbish, 2nd hand values of EVs are falling through the floor for a reason.

ICE cars are greener

Ev holding its value ???

I bought a 2020 taycan performance plus 35k miles for 39.5k and i’m so happy with it

You only need to look at the USA where folk paid stupid amounts for cars to see what will happen over here....the saying used to be 'more money than sense' now its 'more credit than income'

This is a nightmare that has come true. For YEARS all we've heard is EVs are the future. We were all told that. Every major company pivoted in the direction of an electrified fleet, but almost OVERNIGHT it all changes and now NO ONE wants them. These cars are like phones, they have NO LONG term value. This kills the secondary market because they are too expensive to fix, insurance premiums are high, dealers won't even let you trade them (some) so why would ANYONE buy one? So many companies are screwed.

We are going to see a lot of consolidation on the market for the next 4 years! Especially the Japanese OEMs are in trouble because they still try to hold on H2 cars and look on EVs only as a short period of time.... They are going to lose big points on the market! EVs are set as the next mobility for individual transport! So every OEM has to make the transition in the next five years or they are determined. Same stands for all "sport brands", because every "normal" EV is fast as the old supersport cars! So where is the benefit of buying a supersport EV?? Only in the combination of driving experience and direct horse power and exclusivity of the brand! ICE manufacturers will not survive in this disruption because in this exponentially transition the disruption makes no prisoners!! And no! No one has to wait on H2 cars or E Fuels! They are no future ideas for individual transportation. Just look at physics and thermodynamics and you will see there is no cheaper way to drive as in an EV!

Financing your premium car means you shouldn’t buy it because you can’t actually afford it 😂

I don’t blame Porsche…I blame the brainless buyer !! 😂

what's your opinion on a 570GT with sub 10k miles? (8k miles) i've been told they are reliable but buying at that mileage range there can be plentiful issues for it to be sold so low its a 2018 model not 2017 that others have said to stay away from too

Wow, the calculated residual value quoted by Porsche Finance is ridiculous. It is two problems at the same time; new Taycan list prices are too high and the residual value quoted by Porsche Finance is below market value. The burned their fingers once and overreacted.

Another great video! Common sense and a balanced view. I’ve driven both ICE and EV and I think in 10 years plus there should be more affordable and exciting EVs. Possibly we might miss those screaming V8s/V10s/V12s. Like all new things it takes time for a proper consensus to evolve over desirability and hence values to be established.

Glad i found this channel mate, great content, i also have a Taycan & 570s!

The real problem is all EV’s are massively over priced.

wow that’s just millionaire territory. i can’t afford to throwaway that amount of money

People simply look at EV's as throwaway cars, just like they do with all battery operated tech. I'm not saying it's right, but this will take some time to get over. The numbers don't lie, even here in the states , Taycan residuals and money factors (lease interest rates) are terrible leading to a crappy monthly payment. As you say best to buy one that's already taken the depreciation hit. The GT car won't be looked at as special even if it's in limited numbers.

Taycan GT is really just a GT in name only. A Taycan in a frock with a slap of lipstick.

Thats gt3 992 money Its ridic

Great video

Agree with you on the gt silver color. Also hate alcantara. Bought a 2023 992.1 c2s in gt silver with black/mojove interior. Just beautiful in and out with the right amount of power and torque. Prefer it over all other variants and not because of price.

Need to sort my SL55 and SL600 out soon. Nice vid. 👍🏼👌

I drive a Citroen C4 diesel and looked at a C4 EV my insurance would go by over £600

I just sold my ev because its value is dropping off a cliff. I was offered 50% of the new value on a 2 year old car with low mileage. Don't buy an ev or you will regret it. VW have said they will NOT fit 2024 battery technology to older cars such as the ID3 so I think the ev is a throw away item like your mobile phone. A Taycan battery is £45,000 to replace when batteries should cost £110 per kwh so £10,230. Electric car drivers are being ripped off and over charged for insurance. Many garages didn't want my ev on trade in or offered 50% of the purchase price in 2022 so be warned. A local dealership is offering £6000 to £8000 off list price for my car so like when Tesla reduced list prices my car value is devalued.

Painting leather seats?

What deranged DJT is telling the truth

I had a 2020 S and I kept it for 9 months. I didn't lose a penny. I thought this car would do WELL but looks like I was wrong! I really liked the car. The only thing I didn't like were the BRAKES; they were HORRIBLE!

I got my Audi R8 V10 the same time as my friends got there McLarens. My car only ever just gone in for a service I've had it 2 years no problem. There McLaren's always in the workshop. Engine light's coming on. Not starting ect..

throwing salt on the road is a crime against humanity

the problem with the r129 is that all the plastic components rot. which you can not fix.

i bought a n/a sl500 for 1200uds. i am a mechanic. put 10k usd and have it perfect.

Greet video... thank you. Lookign for inputs out there. Just bought one 2021 14000km like new, with 1 yr left Warranty, naturally will be getting the extended 3 yrs warranty later. May I ask about the battery warranty as its only 8 years , so what heppens after that?? Do you think Porsche will offer extended warranty for battery after 8 yrs?

had one in 1990 great little cars but the hot start issue was a problem from the word go. if Renault had chosen to fuel inject the engine it would have remedied the problem not to mention making acceleration a lot quicker.

Might be worth having a quick look at your BCM just to make sure there is no charring see - czcams.com/video/Ts9r_O8dNVM/video.html The powder coated wheels look great - you reminded me to get mine sorted. Mike

What year is your Taycan?

German cars NEVER have been really reliable. Going by the Porsche Taycan user forum stories, this is also the case with this Taycan.

I have absolutely no sympathy for anybody who bought one of these wretched milk floats, their compliance is part of the problem we're all facing.

I am just worried, if I buy one and the battery gets problematic. It is a potential cost in the horizon, which is more than 2/3 of the used taycan price. Thats the main problem: I always thought, that all Musk fanboys told us, that degradation is minor...so you can put several 100k on them before changing. As thats not the case, those cars are throwaway cars.

Taycan Turbo S is an absolute weapon. I daily a Model 3 Performance that does 0-60 in about 3.1s and i thought it was super quick until i met a wild Taycan Turbo S in the weekend morning one day lol.

I agree with all the points made. This car is extremely comfortable. I've been driving mine for about a month now. I don't have surround view, but I wish I had it, especially because the front parking sensors on my Taycan are useless and never work, even after taking it to my Porsche dealership. They technically work, but they don't come on automatically; i.e., you don't hear the distance warning beeps, so I have to press the park assist for them to function and to see my distance. Another potential negative is the tyres. Being so wide, they pick up nails and screws. I already had to replace one because of a nail. Also, I have three young kids. Even with a no food and drink policy, they still manage to make a mess, which doesn't help with anxiety. Bearing that in mind, I've just bought an ID Buzz mainly for my kids to trash instead . Overall, I'm extremely happy, but as this guy says, make sure you get surround view.