Porsche's 2027 Taycan fakes gear shifts and rev sounds in pricey EV theater

[Redaktion]

Porsche built its legacy around the sounds and feel of an air-cooled flat-six engine and couldn't resist releasing a 2027 electric Taycan with an E-Shift feature. Its electric supercar can pipe synthetic engine noises through the speakers and jolt with simulated gear changes on demand.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Porsche-s-2027-Taycan-fakes-gear-shifts-and-rev-sounds-in-pricey-EV-theater.1324353.0.html

[heffeque]

Next version they'll add the sound of horses pulling from the carriage.

[indy0]

And German car manufacturers wonder why China is eating their lunch.

[verified]

And German car manufacturers wonder why China is eating their lunch.

riiight, the same Chinese car makers who just reported a huge slump because nobody outside their own country buys their trash life-endangering cars? LOL

[heffeque]

And German car manufacturers wonder why China is eating their lunch.

riiight, the same Chinese car makers who just reported a huge slump because nobody outside their own country buys their trash life-endangering cars? LOL

You seem to be quite a bit misinformed:
The sales slump is car sales in China in general, irrespective of car brand.

Chinese cars are selling like hot cakes everywhere, inside and out of China (except the US, obviously).

To give some examples, you'll see Chinese cars in Australia (BYD Seal U is selling great), Uruguay (last month BYD #1, Geely #2, Chevrolet #3, Suzuki #4, and Dongfeng #5, so 3 out of the 5 most sold brands were Chinese), Spain (almost 20% of cars sold to private individuals were Chinese brands)... I even saw a BYD Yangwang U9 Xtreme parked in Monaco last week beside a Bugatti, a McLaren, and a few other nice cars.

Another true statement is that traditional brands are falling quite a bit in the largest car market in the world (China), hence indy0's comment.

[not_brainwashed]

You seem to be quite a bit misinformed:
The sales slump is car sales in China in general, irrespective of car brand.

Chinese cars are selling like hot cakes everywhere, inside and out of China (except the US, obviously).

To give some examples, you'll see Chinese cars in Australia (BYD Seal U is selling great), Uruguay (last month BYD #1, Geely #2, Chevrolet #3, Suzuki #4, and Dongfeng #5, so 3 out of the 5 most sold brands were Chinese), Spain (almost 20% of cars sold to private individuals were Chinese brands)... I even saw a BYD Yangwang U9 Xtreme parked in Monaco last week beside a Bugatti, a McLaren, and a few other nice cars.

Another true statement is that traditional brands are falling quite a bit in the largest car market in the world (China), hence indy0's comment.

Amazing how Chinese bots on the internet have brainwashed the uneducated to spread their propaganda. Here is a fact for you: Chinese car brands (all combined!) are irrelevant in 9 of the 10 biggest car markets in the world. The countries you mentioned simply do not matter for the big picture, neither does your anecdotal evidence. Stop perpetuating false narratives.

[NPC]

Yeah. But usually, when propaganda is most effective it's because there is some truth to the message being conveyed. ;)

Also, when I type in Google Gemini "Chinese car brands (all combined!) are irrelevant in 9 of the 10 biggest car markets"

It responds back with: "This claim is false."

[heffeque]

You seem to be quite a bit misinformed:
The sales slump is car sales in China in general, irrespective of car brand.

Chinese cars are selling like hot cakes everywhere, inside and out of China (except the US, obviously).

To give some examples, you'll see Chinese cars in Australia (BYD Seal U is selling great), Uruguay (last month BYD #1, Geely #2, Chevrolet #3, Suzuki #4, and Dongfeng #5, so 3 out of the 5 most sold brands were Chinese), Spain (almost 20% of cars sold to private individuals were Chinese brands)... I even saw a BYD Yangwang U9 Xtreme parked in Monaco last week beside a Bugatti, a McLaren, and a few other nice cars.

Another true statement is that traditional brands are falling quite a bit in the largest car market in the world (China), hence indy0's comment.

Amazing how Chinese bots on the internet have brainwashed the uneducated to spread their propaganda. Here is a fact for you: Chinese car brands (all combined!) are irrelevant in 9 of the 10 biggest car markets in the world. The countries you mentioned simply do not matter for the big picture, neither does your anecdotal evidence. Stop perpetuating false narratives.

Bot spotted!
Stop feeding Trump/Elon propaganda.

Contrary to you, I actually have proof of what I said:

Australia:
Link: https://electrek.co/2026/02/09/byd-outsells-tesla-10-to-1-in-australia-as-chinese-evs-dominate-january-sales/
Note: There are plenty of other sources (such as this).

Uruguay:
Link: https://www.autoblog.com.uy/2026/06/ventas-mayo-2026.html
Note: I can't find the source for only normal cars, so take that table, add "Automóviles" and "SUVs" (leaving out minibuses), and you've got: #1 BYD 773, #2 GEELY 457, #3 CHEVROLET 432, #4 SUZUKI 395, and #5 DONGFENG 291.

Spain:
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w0KgOrICIU
Note: You can put the audio in English, but basically he says that companies (50% of the market) are not buying Chinese cars yet (because of resale value), but people are buying them (almost 20% of cars bought by them were Chinese).

More sources on how Chinese brands are doing:
https://cnevpost.com/2026/06/01/china-auto-deliveries-may-2026/

Edit: Oh, and here's the picture I took in Monaco:
https://postimg.cc/8FgxqZq5 (the red one on the left is the BYD).

So yeah... go spread Trump/Elon propaganda elsewhere.

[captainobvious]

EVs are literally fake and gay.

[heffeque]

EVs are literally fake and gay.

👆🏻 ^12 year old said.
Dying of lung cancer is authentic and heterosexual.

[Chinese Propagandist]

He might be saying that just because he has lower bad back problems like me. In the EVs I've sat in the suspension / ride quality wasn't great.

Also, the rear seat floor being higher than it would be on an ICE vehicle pushes your knees upward and puts additional stress on your thighs doesn't help either.

Are there any EVs that avoid these issues?

I can't speak of other countries but in the UK, a market which has traditionally been dominated by German automakers - yeah their days are numbered here. Chinese EVs just came recently in last year or 2 and they're dominating new car sales.

I'm not sure we will even see German or Japanese cars on UK roads anymore in next 5-10 years.