Spot On: how to drive a Porsche Taycan Turbo GT on a racetrack
Find out how to make the most of its electrifying performance
Porsche Taycan Turbo GT driving on racetrack
The Taycan Turbo GT is the most powerful production Porsche ever. In this guide, we will show you how to prepare the electric sportscar for driving on a racetrack
With great power comes great responsibility. So to really experience the thrill of the Taycan Turbo GT, the most powerful production Porsche ever (as of December 2024), you’ll want to drive it on a racetrack.In this video guide, our Spot On host Sabine and drive system expert Christian will show you how to prepare the Taycan Turbo GT so you can extract its full performance safely on track, from checking tyre pressures to activating track endurance mode.
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The Taycan Turbo GT is no stranger to fast track driving. In the hands of Porsche development driver Lars Kern, a pre-production Taycan Turbo GT set the record for the fastest lap by a four-door car of any powertrain on the Nordschleife at the Nürburgring by posting a time of 7:07.55 minutes.Kern later piloted a Taycan Turbo GT into the record books at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in the US, setting a time of 1:27.87 minutes, the fastest by a road-legal electric vehicle ever at the famous Californian track.With 1034PS of power available using Overboost Power with Launch Control, the all-electric Taycan Turbo GT can rocket from 0 to 100km/h in just 2.3 seconds (dropping to 2.2 seconds for the Taycan Turbo GT with Weissach package).
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