With the Taycan Turbo GT, Porsche needed to make the quickest road-going EV. It is acquired a variety of lap data to show its efficiency, and slightly over a month in the past, it added one other to its assortment. Porsche manufacturing facility driver Felipe Nasr ran a 1:42.1 in a Taycan Turbo GT at Brazil’s Interlagos circuit, a document for a manufacturing EV.

For some context, the quickest gas-powered highway automotive round Interlagos is a 911 GT2 RS geared up with a Manthey Racing dealing with package. That automotive set a 1:36.967 late final 12 months. However Porsche additionally notes {that a} common 911 Turbo S set a 1:43.087 across the observe, and the outdated Taycan Turbo S did a 1:49.8 again in 2022. When you think about the Taycan Turbo GT’s near-5,000-pound weight, it is a rattling spectacular lap time.

After all having Nasr behind the wheel helps. Simply over per week earlier, he was a part of the Porsche workforce that received the Daytona 24 Hours general in a 963 GTP automotive. 

And the Taycan Turbo GT brings lots to the desk. Once you pull the right-hand steering wheel paddle, you get 1,019 horsepower for 10 seconds, which helps on the straights. The Turbo GT additionally sports activities tremendous sticky Pirelli P-Zero Trofeo RS tires, and Porsche’s nifty Energetic Journey suspension system, which does an unimaginable job working all 4 tires always. You possibly can hear it on the video, tires squealing always below the immense load, and with out an internal-combustion engine to masks their sound. This specific mannequin has the Weissach Package deal, which provides a rear wing and deletes the rear seat for weight financial savings. 

The Taycan Turbo GT additionally has the road-car EV lap document at Laguna Seca, and a document for manufacturing four-doors on the Nürburgring Nordschliefe. Even with this new document, you possibly can guess Porsche desires so as to add to its assortment.