That curious new Porsche Taycan with a wing you’ve been seeing zipping around the Nurburgring in 7min7sec has a name. It’s the new Taycan Turbo GT.
Basically, it’s a range-topper above the Turbo S aiming to make life awkward for the Tesla Model S Plaid and Lucid Air Sapphire. It’s now been revealed in full, and it’s terrifyingly fast. Even if you drive a Plaid.Mitsubishi Montero Sport gets one last facelift before all-new model arrivesPower? 1,108hp. Acceleration? 0-100kph in 2.3 seconds. Lap time? It’s just been hurled around Laguna Seca raceway in 1min27.8sec. That’s five seconds faster than the previous electric lap record .
TopGear.com was there on the ground when the record was set, and then had a stomach-emptying passenger ride with certified bonkers racing driver Lars Kern at the wheel. The car itself is probably more subtle than you might expect. It looks…like a Taycan. There are new air curtains at the front, forged wheels and lighter ceramic brakes, a token slab of carbon fiber on the B-pillar, and a new ducktail spoiler at the back. Visually there’s little sense you’re eyeing a car with not far off TWICE the power of a Carrera GT.
This upgrade deletes the back seats, replacing them with a carbon fibre bulkhead. It swaps the ducktail for a fixed wing good for 140kg of claimed downforce. Lashings of carbon fiber are liberally applied and the result is 70kg of weight savings.At a claimed 2,290kg, the Turbo GT Weissach is by no means a light car. And Porsche reckons it’ll be a rare niche option, as the majority of customers will want some back seats.