WITH A 1,000-HORSEPOWER ENGINE, PORSCHE UNVEILS ONE OF THE FASTEST ROAD CARS IN THE WORLD

Tue 12 March 2024:

Porsche unveiled its most powerful production, or mass-produced, vehicle on Monday. Arriving this summer, the 1,093-horsepower electric Taycan Turbo GT has already broken two racing records for the fastest electric vehicle. It even beat a Tesla Model S record by an astonishing eighteen seconds.

The Taycan Turbo GT set a world record lap time on Germany’s renowned Nürburgring Nordschleife, a tight, demanding track where automakers regularly test their most competitive sports cars.

The previous record holder on the Nürburgring Nordschleife was the Tesla Model S Plaid Track Package. (A $2.2 million Rimac Nevera electric supercar, which is not considered a regular production car, was two-tenths of a second faster than the Porsche.) The lap time of the Taycan makes the Turbo GT the fastest four-door car, electric or not, on that track.

This Turbo GT, a new version of the electric Porsche Taycan, features two motors. Together they can produce more than 1,000 horsepower. This kind of high-horsepower EV experience won’t come cheaply, though. The Porsche will cost around $230,000.

Most of the time, the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT has a maximum power output of 777 horsepower which, by any normal standards, is a lot. However, it has a “launch control” button for maximum acceleration from a stop. When pressed, power output can be increased briefly, reaching a maximum of 1,093 horsepower for a zero to sixty time of as little as 2.1 seconds.

In addition this new Porsche has a special “Attack mode” that can be set, which increases output to 937 horsepower while also firming up the suspension for improved handling. “Attack mode” will only last 10 seconds at a time, however.

Taycan is a Turkish phrase that roughly translates as “spirit of a colt.” The Taycan is typically a four-seat, four-door automobile that was Porsche’s first entirely electric vehicle when it was unveiled in 2019. The German sports car company was formed in 1931 and is now owned by the Volkswagen Group.

The Taycan Turbo GT will be available in two configurations. One option is the regular Porsche Taycan Turbo GT, which will be quick but quite comfortable for street driving. Like most Porsche Taycan vehicles, it will have four seats.

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