Unlikely heroes: Porsche Taycan and MG ZS EV

Six-month wait now needed for hot-ticket, high-tech Porsche EV as MG’s electric SUV charges ahead

Any suggestion Australians wouldn’t embrace electric vehicles has been short-circuited by brands at both the entry point to the market and the upper echelon – and this was no more obvious than with the 2021 Porsche Taycan emerging in March as the nation’s top-selling large luxury sedan.

Highly Commended in the 2020 carsales Car of the Year awards handed down recently, the Taycan’s first full month on sale brought 161 new registrations, which was enough to overtake the Mercedes-Benz E-Class (155) and take line honours in the segment.

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