Porsche Is Taycan Away The Cross Turismo And Sport Turismo Wagon Options

Porsche unveiled the 2027 Taycan on Wednesday, and while the headline new features are Ioniq 5 N-style, simulated gears and a NACS port, Porsche also quietly discontinued the model's Cross Turismo and Sport Turismo wagon versions here in the U.S.

"The long roof variants are no longer available in our market," a Porsche spokesperson told Jalopnik, and the automaker's online configurator for the 2027 Taycan indeed only includes sedans. Interestingly, the 4S Cross Turismo will still be sold in Canada, although that country does not get the base Taycan or Taycan 4 sedans.

For reference, the lower-riding Sport Turismo model was only available as a GTS, and as of Daniel's 2024 review of that car, Porsche reported a 19% Sport Turismo take rate among GTS buyers. The Cross Turismo, meanwhile, rocked a similar wagon shape but was Outback-ized, getting a slightly higher ride height and black plastic cladding for a more off-road, outdoorsy look. As of 2024, the Cross Turismo accounted for 12%, 7%, 4%, and 10% of base, 4S, Turbo, and Turbo S Taycan sales, respectively.

It's no secret that wagons aren't all that popular in America, at least when it comes to actual, paying customers and not passionate-but-broke car dudes on the internet. The roster of longroofs available new in the U.S. now that the Taycans are gone basically consists of the BMW M5 Touring, Audi's RS6 Avant and next-gen A6 Allroad, the Mercedes-Benz E-Class All-Terrain and E53 Wagon, and the Subaru Outback if you still count that new, aggressively rugged-looking one as a wagon.

Porsche used to offer a Panamera Sport Turismo here too, but it also went away back in 2023. In other words, it's pretty much all German, midsize, high-performance or off-road stuff now, and Porsche taking away the Taycans basically cuts down the pool of U.S. wagons by about 20 to 25%.

That being said, wagon aversion isn't a global phenomenon. I was recently in China for the Beijing Auto Show and, as it turns out, they love a good wagon over there—specifically the luxurious, electric kind that conspicuously looks a whole lot like the very Porsches that are being cut for us. As of this writing, the Porsche China configurator has yet to update with the 2027 Taycan, but I'd be shocked if the Sport and Cross Turismo Taycans won't live on in that market. At this point, I'm tempted to say something about Americans and good taste and how we're only doing this to ourselves, but will refrain as we have probably suffered enough.