Porsche Taycan

How much is VRT? At £50k it would cost about €78.5k plus VRT.

Prices start at €75k here. I’d imagine when they start being sold by private sellers they will be under €70k.

Most UK ones will have less miles and possibly more spec than that one in Cork. Options list on these is serious and some examples have had lots of boxes ticked compared to other more spartan examples. Morgan Cars in N.I often have a few nice ones with decent spec but they’re never cheap. Audi e-Tron GT is the same car under the skin and are a bit more plentiful here.

Haven't looked into it properly but increasingly thinking I'll get one or an Etron GT.

I've decent funds from a private sale of our 530e last week to put towards it and we are just sharing a car for the minute. Was looking at BYD Seal, BMW i4 to go alongside our Cupra Born as a 2 EV household and instead of buying new I'd consider staying in 2021/22 and getting one of these instead when they come into price range.

Still a bit out of price range but if I can hold off on buying something in the meantime it's very possible. It won't be long happening. Thing is, I think I'd keep one of these much longer term than anything else. Like what else would I move into after it.....so it's a sensible purchase isn't it!

They're the only 2 WOW factor EVs out there. loads of ICE cars I'd love to own but these are the only 2 EVs

However, I think the Audi Gt will win out as the Porsche badge is a little flashy for me.

It certainly is

I’d say if you were to buy one now you’d probably loose €10k in depreciation over the next 6 months but if your buying a relatively new and expensive Porsche I’d imagine that’s fairly standard.

Huh.....

Curious as to what you would consider a flashy badge?

Audi and BMW flashy badges. Intriguing

You’ll do well to find a Taycan for sale that was originally registered in N.I. Until recently public charging up there was a no go zone and a lot of high end cars in the North would have been imported originally.

For a busted flush, they seem to be doing pretty well but maybe you’ve had a bad experience with a few of them ??

https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/2023/company/porsche-robust-growth-first-nine-months-2023-34164.html

Would take a model S over a Taycan any day. Don't think Porsche quite got it right with this model.

You’d take a Tesla over a Porsche?! Have you sat in both? Tesla are cheap plastic nasty yokes.

Have a 2023 Tesla Model Y LR, 20K kilometers and tow bar. Black and like new

Will swop for Taycan any model. PM me.

*holds breath*

If anybody is serious about buying, then your option is a VAT qualifying in the U.K.and one that is less than 3 years old. Before I hear cries saying Vat registered only applies to Irish motor dealers, it doesn't - I bought a 6 month old Volvo dealer ex VAT for export from a main dealer. I gave them my PPS number instead of VAT number. Once the car is being exported, they have to sell it ex vat or else they are breaking HM revenue own rules. Some dealers will only sell on the basis you prove its being exported and get it collected on a truck or some hold the VAT back until you have it register in Ireland- thus proving its exported. If its less than 3 years old you can avoid the duty also- you need to get the services of a customs clerk to process it as temporary EU export - Im assuming the Tacan is made in EU?

The maths would work something like this - lets us this 2021 for example

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202310022591827?sort=price-asc&advertising-location=at_cars&make=Porsche&model=Taycan&postcode=n87ex&year-from=2021&fromsra

Retail = £60164 - ex vat that's = £50136 or 58224 eur. Add Irish Vat 23% = 71615. Add VRT which is probably 6k and its 77k - or similar money to that one in the Dublin dealer

If the car is VAT qualifying it doesn’t matter how old it is. The 3 year rule is for customs duty only and is from the date of manufacture not the date of first registration.

Its also quite difficult to find a dealer who will actually sell you the car ex VAT.

Its likely that insurance cost here for EV's will increase for the reasons above too- one example a panel beater in a large bodyshop gave me, is that they will not put an ev into an oven due to fire risk, and as such the drying time is much longer. They also said they are not permitted to do any welding on ev's unless the battery has been removed. Two simple examples of why the repair cost is higher