Porsche officially announced that driver Lars Kern drove a pre-production new Taycan model to achieve a lap time of 7 minutes, 07 seconds and 55 seconds on the Nurburgring Nordschleife, which was better than the previous electric car champion. The Tesla Model S Plaid was 18 seconds faster, just 2.25 seconds behind the first place Rimac Nevera (7:05.298).
This result was 26 seconds faster than the previous record he set, when he was driving a Taycan Turbo S Sport. The previous record set by the Tesla Model S Plaid was 7 minutes, 25 seconds and 231 seconds. This time the Porsche was fully Pulled away by 17.681 seconds.
Porsche officials have not yet revealed any parameter information about this new model, and have not even confirmed the name of the car.
Kevin Giek, head of the model series, said, “In motorsport, 26 seconds is basically equivalent to ‘half a lifetime.’ Lars’ time of 7 minutes and 07.55 seconds on the Nürburgring track is astonishing, combining the Taycan with the electric supercar. Put on the same level”, “What’s impressive is that after these few laps Lars ran almost the exact same time.”
Porsche said that the lap video will be released in mid-March, which may mean that more information about this new car will be released by then, or a new Taycan model will be released directly. Foreign media predict that the new car will be named Turbo GT. By then, IT We will bring you detailed reports.
Porsche’s current top-of-the-line Taycan Turbo S offers 750 horsepower and can accelerate from 0 to 0-60 seconds in just 2.6 seconds. Foreign media believe that the Taycan Turbo GT will use a three-motor configuration with an output of up to 1,000 horsepower (746 kW / 1,014 PS), which is close to the 1,020 horsepower (761 kW / 1,034 PS) of the Tesla Model S Plaid. Additionally, the new model will feature a revised chassis and new aerodynamic elements such as a carbon fiber spoiler.
