Here you do not have a plain, here the climate is different – the cell phone does not catch, the navigation is silent. And not a single one. Lord, why didn’t anyone tell me before that half an hour from Los Angeles one of the best serpentines in the world?

And now I know exactly why the Taycan is so “transparent on the steering wheel.” It’s all about the magic balls. Steel and carefully calibrated, like the character of the GTS version.Thin squeak of inverters. The slight rustle of tires in the limit. I smile to the synthesized GTS growl from the speakers in Sport+ mode.I can’t help but smile.

And it all started normally: the Porsche Taycan GTS Sport Turismo station wagon, trivial Los Angeles streets, shaking on the local cracked asphalt and too powerful an effort on a suede-covered steering wheel. Lord, well, who was bothered by the usual Taikan balance of the chassis, why tighten the suspension and make the steering heavier? Yes, I understand that it is necessary to breed the characters of the versions for marketing reasons, but still ..

Porsche Taycan GTS

However, beyond the town of La Canada Flintridge, where Californians have been testing jet engines since the 1930s, the boring highway is over. And the magic began. Named Angeles Crest Highway.This serpentine in the San Gabriel Mountains was laid back during the Great Depression: first as a primer to stop forest fires, and then as a full-fledged road – which was built after the war by the prisoners of the local labor camp No. 37. In the 50s, they even wanted to turn it into a freeway, but did not. Thanks! Because now these are two lanes of pure driving pleasure.The Taycan GTS on the Angelic Cross is more than just driving. This is meditation. Sacrament. Tao.

The Sport Turismo station wagon is the familiar Taycan Cross Turismo, but without the plastic fringing of the wheel arches and with a base clearance reduced by 18 mm. And in the background is the beautiful Castaic Lake in the Sierra Pelona mountains northwest of Los Angeles.