You possibly can be forgiven for considering that Porsche can be completely happy resting on their laurels in terms of the Taycan. In spite of everything, there’s already a plethora of current variants—it’s a congested squad to select from between the barebones base mannequin, all the way in which as much as the sufficiently bonkers Turbo S. Add to the truth that there are two distinct physique kinds, and the potential combos for efficiency and styling turn out to be seemingly infinite.
However that’s in no way how the German automaker has been at it, in current occasions significantly. Their brand-wide “…nicely, there’s at all times room for enchancment” mantra on efficiency ceilings (or lack thereof) is one thing that has saved Porsche followers and the broader automobile fanatic neighborhood on the sting of their seats for the previous decade or so.
Whereas there in fact has at all times been a emptiness for one thing that would sit above the Turbo S fashions in a efficiency sense, the Porsche Taycan is broadly perceived as an vehicle meant to be extra utilitarian in nature. That—and the truth that EVs are nonetheless of their infancy throughout the board—and it’s Porsche this time who may very well be forgiven, if they’d so chosen to cease in need of producing a (for lack of a greater image) GT-E variant.
There’s been no official nomenclature related to this mysterious up-and-comer of a Taycan, but it surely’s the outcomes which do nothing to cover that this automobile has all of the requisite traits to be thought of in the identical ilk as Porsche’s quintessential GT4, GT3 and GT2 bloodline. We reckon that it’ll certainly be given a (GT) badge that offers credence to its resumé, as soon as it’s made official to the general public. The “Turbo GT” moniker is already being uttered by some within the trade.
Now, right here’s what we all know for positive.
The Nürburgring Nordschleife Lap Time
7:07.55
On the floor, it’s only a quantity. However when given a little bit of context, a clearer—and fairly frankly, gorgeous—image will get painted.
This achievement locations the upcoming Porsche Taycan variant in some very esteemed firm, each inside its personal line-up and relative to different high-performance EVs. It’s in no way far off the tempo of the automaker’s flagship 911 GT3 and GT3 RS fashions, coming in at only a few seconds behind the sub-7-minute benchmark setters. It’s just about simply as fast because the comparatively model new Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS MR, of which it has a near-2000-lbs weight penalty towards it.
In comparison with different EVs which have accomplished the ‘Ring run, this smashes Porsche’s personal Taycan Turbo S time by a whopping 26 seconds, and maybe extra sensationally, the Tesla Mannequin S Plaid time by greater than 17 seconds. This nonetheless, wasn’t fairly sufficient to make it faster than the present EV report holder. That title continues to be held by the Rimac Nevera—virtually splitting hairs with its time of seven:05.29—which is made all of the extra spectacular by the truth that this new Taycan will value a small fraction of the Croatian-made hypercar retails for, and there’s seating for 4 (or 5) as well.
We sit up for sharing extra particulars with you as they turn out to be out there. Keep tuned!
