You would be forgiven for pondering that Porsche could be glad resting on their laurels in the case of the Taycan. In any case, there may be 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 by no means how the German automaker has been at it, in current occasions notably. 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 might 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 might be forgiven, if that they had so chosen to cease wanting 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, however it’s the outcomes which do nothing to cover that this automobile has all of the requisite traits to be thought-about 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 business.

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 by no means 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.

Manufacturing unit Porsche Driver Lars Kern

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 file 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) besides.

We sit up for sharing extra particulars with you as they turn out to be obtainable. Keep tuned!