Porsche Taycan nürburgring lap 6:55.533

Electric performance sedans just took another step into proper track-car territory. Porsche said on May 7 that a Taycan Turbo GT with Weissach Package and a new Manthey Kit ran the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 6:55.533, with development driver Lars Kern at the wheel. That is not just quick for a heavy EV sedan — it resets the production EV benchmark in the electric executive-car class and pulls Porsche back ahead in a rivalry that had started tilting toward newer Chinese challengers. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### What actually set the time? The car was a Taycan Turbo GT with the Weissach Package, plus an optional Manthey Kit Porsche says will soon be available for that model. Manthey is Porsche’s long-time track-performance partner — basically the people Porsche calls when it wants a road car to behave more like a Nürburgring special without turning it into a race car. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### Why is the Manthey bit the real story? Because this was not just a raw-power flex. Porsche says the kit changes the wheel-and-tire package, aerodynamics, chassis setup, and software calibration for power delivery. The big number is downforce — more(newsroom.porsche.com)dline horsepower. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### How big is 6:55.533? Very big. The Nordschleife is 20.832 km of bumps, compressions, blind crests, and long loaded corners that punish weight and heat. Porsche says the new run is more than nine seconds faster than the previous record holder in the luxury or executive EV class. At this level, nine seconds is not a rounding error — it is a proper gap. (nuerburgring.de) ### Who had the mark before? Xiaomi’s SU7 Ultra had posted a 7:04.957 official lap at the Nürburgring, on a production model equipped with its track package. That run mattered because it showed a newer EV maker could beat the old guard at one of the hardest proving grounds in the car world. Porsche has now taken that headline back — and by a wider margin than most people expected. (nuerburgring.de) ### Is this just marketing? Yes — but not in the fake sense. Nürburgring laps are marketing because every brand knows the number travels. But they are also useful because the track exposes a real engineering problem for EVs: mass, tire load, b(nuerburgring.de)newsroom.porsche.com) ### Why does an EV need this much track tuning? Because EVs are brutally fast in a straight line already. The harder trick is repeating that speed through a full lap without the car getting soft, hot, or nervous. Think of the Manthey kit like giving a sprinter better shoes, better lungs, and better posture all at once — the motor was already there, but the lap time lives in everything around it. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### Does this change the bigger EV race? A little, yes. Xiaomi showed that a consumer-electronics company could build a shockingly fast production sedan. Porsche’s answer is that legacy performance engineering still has another level once it starts layering track-specific hard(newsroom.porsche.com) option rather than a halo one-off. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### Bottom line? The headline is a 6:55.533 lap. The deeper point is that Porsche is treating EV performance the way it treats its GT cars — as something to sharpen with aero, chassis, and repeatability, not just battery power. That is how electric sedans start feeling less like tech demos and more like serious driver’s cars. (newsroom.porsche.com)