The Porsche Taycan Turbo GT Outperforms the Tesla Model S at Nürburgring
This page is translated from the original post "La Porsche Taycan Turbo GT corrige la Tesla Model S au Nürburg" in French.
- 02/01/2024 23:08
The upcoming Porsche Taycan Turbo GT pre-production model has beaten the previous Nürburgring lap record held by the Tesla Model S Plaid by 18 seconds.
What better way to start the year than with a record? Of course, records are meant to be broken and won’t last forever, but competition drives technological advancement.
Porsche went all out with the timing for its next-generation Taycan 100% electric sedan. It’s none other than the record for a civilian electric sedan, with a time of 7 minutes 7 seconds and 55 milliseconds. That’s 18 seconds better than the Tesla Model S Plaid at 7 minutes 25 seconds and 31 milliseconds. Impressive!
This difference is primarily due to chassis qualities rather than power, as Tesla claims over 1000 horsepower, compared to 761 hp for the Porsche Taycan Turbo. Rear-wheel steering, new aerodynamic kit (front splitter, rear wing, etc.), the Turbo GT comes fully equipped.
For comparison, the record for an electric car still belongs to the Rimac Nevera with a time of 7 minutes 5 seconds and 298 milliseconds. Only about 2 seconds faster over 20.8 km, despite a power of 1914 horsepower.
While no technical data for the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT has been released by the German manufacturer, its specifications are expected to be quite extreme to achieve such performance. Even hypothetically with 1000 horsepower, Rimac would still be only half as powerful!
It’s now up to Tesla to retaliate…
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