► Porsche’s flagship new Taycan Turbo GT revealed
► Optional Weissach pack, up to 1092bhp available
► UK price starts from £186,300
Porsche has pulled the covers off its new flagship Taycan model: the Turbo GT. The new, hardcore electric car benefits from huge power and specific handling engineering that only the brand’s GT team can offer.
It’s already a lap time record holder, taking the crown for the fastest production EV to lap Laguna Seca with a time of 1:27.87. And that’s after a pre-production model lopped 26 seconds off the Taycan’s quickest lap time around the Nürburgring.
So, what do you get?
The recently updated Porsche Taycan already has more power from its available e-motors, but the Turbo GT pushes that ceiling even higher.
Standard power from the Turbo GT and Turbo GT with the Weissach pack is 778bhp, lifting to 1019bhp when using launch control and with an overboost of up to 1092bhp available, meaning a 2.3sec 0-62mph sprint and a 0-124mph is done in 6.6sec. Top speed is rated at 180mph for a Taycan Turbo GT.
As well as the car’s usual driving modes, the Taycan Turbo GT also features an ‘Attack mode’ inspired by Formula E. Attack mode gives you a short, 10-second power boost available at the push of a button – ‘and you can trigger the boost with racing gloves on, without taking your hand off the wheel,’ says Porsche development driver Lars Kern.
As for handling and performance engineering, the Taycan Turbo GT features an adaptive spoiler that integrates a Gurney flap finished in black. Porsche’s Active Ride technology also features, which first launched with the current-shape Panamera.
Matrix LED lights are standard (because Porsche says they’re lighter), and the brand’s new satin grey Turbonite material (which first launched on the current Panamera) can be seen in various places.
Inside, every Taycan Turbo GT model benefits from standard bucket seats and the brand’s GT steering wheel. Porsche says you can spec electric 18-way seats for no charge if you want more comfort (and weight).
What’s that about a Weissach pack?
Much like the Porsche 911’s most extreme GT models, the Taycan Turbo GT with the Weissach pack is much more about taking bits off than adding them. Specific lightweight detailing – including chucking out 70kg of ‘equipment not required for track driving,’ according to Porsche – helps to drop the 0-62mph sprint time to 2.2 seconds (or 0-124mph in 6.4sec) and ups the speed to 190mph.
Part of that 70kg loss is due to the rear seats being removed, with the remaining two at the front upholstered in Porsche’s grippy, breathable Race-Tex fabric. The floor mats have been deleted, there’s less sound deadening and Porsche has even expunged one of the Taycan’s two charging ports to shave off a few kilos, as well as including a lightened version of the Bose stereo system. Even the glass is lighter.
New wind deflection techniques for the underbody, as well as a more aggressive front splitter and a fixed carbonfibre wing are all standard for the Weissach pack. Porsche says the more aggressive pack adds up to 220kg of extra downforce.
Spec a Weissach pack and you can also have your Turbo GT with GT Silver or Volt Blue interior trims.
I want one! How much?
The new Taycan Turbo GT is priced from £186,300 – and in a move that’s a little bit unusual for Porsche, that starting figure is the same whether you want the standard version of the lightweight Weissach model.