Porsche Taycan sets Nürburgring mark

Porsche just did the Nürburgring thing again — but this time the interesting part is not just the lap time. It’s that the car was a Taycan Turbo GT with a new Manthey Kit, which means Porsche is now applying its hardest-core track-upgrade playbook to an EV. The result was a 6:55.533 lap of the Nordschleife, set by Lars Kern and announced on May 7. That puts the Taycan back on top of its class and gives Porsche a very loud answer to the idea that electric performance cars still feel like straight-line machines more than track weapons. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### What actually set the record? The car was a Porsche Taycan Turbo GT with the Weissach Package, fitted with a newly developed Manthey Kit. Porsche says the lap was recorded on the full 20.832 km Nürburgring Nordschleife, with official timing and notarial supervision, and it now stands as(newsroom.porsche.com)e giant all-comers table. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### Who is Manthey, and why does that matter? Manthey is basically Porsche’s specialist for road-legal track obsession. Its kits for GT-badged 911s are meant to squeeze out lap time with aero, suspension, brakes, and setup changes that still keep the car street legal. What’s new here is tha(newsroom.porsche.com) saying EVs now belong in the same track-day ecosystem as its combustion halo cars. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### What changed on the car? Quite a lot. Porsche says the kit adds major aero changes, revised chassis hardware, a wheel-and-tire package aimed at circuit use, and software tweaks that sharpen power delivery. In Porsche’s own description, the package can generate more than triple the downf(newsroom.porsche.com)more grip, more stability, and a powertrain calibration that can use both without wasting them. (racing.porsche.com) ### How big was the gain? Big enough to make this more than marketing gloss. The 6:55.533 lap was more than 9 seconds quicker than the previous record holder in the class, and about 12 seconds faster than Kern’s own 2023 lap in a Taycan Turbo GT with Weissach Package but without the Manthey Kit. On a track as long and punishing as the (racing.porsche.com)rially changing what the car can do. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### Why does the category wording matter? Because “fastest EV at the Nürburgring” is never one simple claim. Nürburgring officials split records into classes like executive cars and super sports cars. Porsche’s new mark leads the electric executive-car category. That is still a big deal, bu(newsroom.porsche.com)n is — a very expensive, very track-focused four-door performance sedan. (nuerburgring.de) ### Can buyers actually get this spec? Yes — and that is another important part of the story. Porsche says the Manthey Kit will be available to order from June as a retrofit for all Taycan Turbo GTs with the Weissach Package. So the record car was not a one-off science project. It was a preview of a purchasable configuration, which is exactly what gives these Nürburgring runs their sales value. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### Why is Porsche pushing this so hard? Because EV credibility has shifted. Raw power is easy to claim now. The harder flex is repeatable lap-time performance, braking stability, aero balance, and thermal control over a full Nordschleife run. That is where brands try to prove an EV is a re(newsroom.porsche.com) has gotten much louder. This lap is Porsche reclaiming narrative ground with the one metric enthusiasts still treat as serious. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### Bottom line? The headline is a record. But the deeper story is that Porsche has turned the Taycan into something closer to an electric GT-track platform, with Manthey now part of the formula. That matters more than one lap — because it shows where the next round of EV performance bragging rights is going. (newsroom.porsche.com)