Car manufacturers are all too happy to demonstrate the sporting potential of their models with an impressive record time on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring. Porsche is now setting a new record for electric cars, breaking the old record of the significantly more powerful Tesla Model S Plaid.
With a performance kit, the Porsche Taycan Turbo S is now the fastest production vehicle with an electric drive on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring. The electric sedan with development driver Lars Kern needed 7.33 minutes for one lap. That’s about two seconds less than the old record of the Tesla Model S Plaid. The performance kit from Porsche includes 21-inch RS Spyder design wheels with street-legal Pirelli P Zero Corsa sports tires that are now also available for the Taycan. The rubber compound is similar to that of racing tires. Another component of the performance kit is a software update of the Porsche 4D-Chassis Control that is tailored to the sports tires. This analyzes and synchronizes all chassis systems in the 460 kW / 625 hp Porsche Taycan Turbo S in real time.
“In the past, only thoroughbred super sports cars managed to get in the range of 7:33 minutes,” says racing driver Lars Kern. “Thanks to the new performance kit, I was able to push more; at the same time, the car was even more precise and agile to drive.” The so-called performance kit is an accessory package that is currently only available from German Porsche dealers for the Taycan Turbo S of the new 2023 model year. A retrofit after the first delivery in the Porsche workshops is planned in Zuffenhausen. The transports to and from the headquarters are included as well as individual acceptance and approval of the Taycan. The price for the performance kit is downright gigantic at 13,377 euros. Since the racetrack performance of the Porsche Taycan primarily benefits, customer demand is likely to be contained. However, Porsche was concerned with chasing the electric car record time on the Nürburgring back from the much older but more powerful Tesla Model S Plaid with its more than 1,000 hp. “We are very pleased that the Nürburgring record for electric cars is now in the hands of Porsche again,” says Kevin Giek, head of the Taycan series. “The lap time not only shows how much potential there is in our new performance kit. It also once again confirms the sporty genes of the Taycan.”
Source: Stern
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