Here’s Porsche’s newest EV, the 1,000-horsepower Taycan Turbo GT
Enlarge / Porsche's midlife refresh for the Taycan arrives this summer. Among the changes is a new model called the Taycan Turbo GT. (credit: Porsche)
Porsche is adding another new variant to its highly competent Taycan electric sedan. As part of the electric Porsche's midlife refresh, there's a new Taycan that sits atop the performance tree, appropriately named the Taycan Turbo GT. It's the most powerful Taycan you can buy, with a peak output of 1,092 hp (815 kW), and the boffins in Germany have even cut about 157 lbs (72 kg) from the curb weight.
The eagle-eyed Porsche observer probably knew a faster Taycan was on the way. In January, wearing manufacturer's camo and described as an "unnamed pre-production prototype," the Taycan Turbo GT lapped the Nurburgring Nordschleife in 7:05.55, 20 seconds faster than Tesla's best time with its Model S Plaid (and 26 seconds faster than the Taycan Turbo S, previously the fastest variant).
Now, shorn of its camouflage and proudly bearing the Turbo GT name-as well as sporting the Taycan's new facelifted look-it has set a new record at Laguna Seca in California. With development driver Lars Kern behind the wheel, the Taycan Turbo GT lapped the 2.2-mile (3.6 km) circuit in 1:27.87, which is a track record for a production EV at that track.