Porsche Taycan laps Nürburgring in 6:55.533
- Porsche and Manthey put a Taycan Turbo GT with Weissach Package around the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 6:55.533, with factory driver Lars Kern at the wheel. (newsroom.porsche.com) - That lap beat the previous electric executive-car mark by more than 9 seconds, and cut 12 seconds from Kern’s own October 2023 Taycan record. (newsroom.porsche.com) - It matters because Porsche is now selling race-style Manthey hardware for an EV, turning a fast sedan into a factory-backed track weapon. (newsroom.porsche.com)
Porsche just did the thing EV skeptics keep saying heavy electric cars can’t do. It took a Taycan Turbo GT with the Weissach Package, added a new Manthey performance ki(newsroom.porsche.com) hardest circuits in the world. And this matters because the car is still a production-based Taycan, not some one-off prototype. (newsroom.porsc([newsroom.porsche.com)lly changed? The big news is the Manthey kit. Porsche has offered Manthey-developed track packages for its GT-badged gas cars for years, but (newsroom.porsche.com)ith Weissach Package, driven by Porsche development driver Lars Kern, and Porsche says the retrofit kit goes on sale in June for existing cars. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### Why is 6:55 such a big deal? Because the Nordschleife is the benchmark everybody in fast-car world still cares about. It is 20.832 km long, brutally uneven, a(newsroom.porsche.com)utive-car record by more than 9 seconds, and it also beat Kern’s own October 2023 Taycan Turbo GT Weissach lap by 12 seconds. That is a huge jump for what is basically the same core car with smarter hardware and setup. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### So what did Manthey add? Mostly the stuff that matters on a track — aero, ch(newsroom.porsche.com)and the 10-second Attack Mode boost climbs to 130 kW. Basically, Manthey did not reinvent the Taycan. It made the Taycan hold on harder, stay calmer, and hit harder in the short bursts that matter between corners. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### Why does downforce matter so much here? Because the Nordschleife is not a drag strip. A huge lap time comes from how late you can brake, how stable the car feels i(newsroom.porsche.com)ce in high-speed sections and under braking. That is exactly what a serious aero package is supposed to buy you. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### Is this just a marketing lap? Sure — but that does not mean it is fake. Nürburgring says official record attempts use calibrated timing, a notary, and a conformity check by TÜV (newsroom.porsche.com)ule set that gives the number real weight. (nuerburgring.de) ### Why does an EV record matter now? Because the fight has changed. Early EV performance stories were about straight-line shock value — absurd launch control, huge horsepower numbers, viral quarter-mile clips. Now the interesting question is (newsroom.porsche.com)ou treat the EV like a real track platform and not just a fast luxury car. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### Does this mean track EVs are finally here? Pretty much. The catch is that this is the expensive, obsessive version of the formula — Weissach pack(nuerburgring.de)the halo car proves the point. Then the engineering trickles down. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### Bottom line? This lap is Porsche saying the electric supersedan era is no longer about proving EVs can be fast. That part is over. The new race is about who can make them precise. (newsroom.porsche.com)
