Porsche's 'most powerful car ever' sets yet another impressive lap record
Published on Jun 18, 2025 at 6:17 AM (UTC+4)
by Claire Reid
Last updated on Jun 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Kate Bain
Porsche’s ‘most powerful car ever’, the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT, has just set an impressive lap record, beating the record set by the Taycan Turbo S in 2020.
Porsche released the all-electric Taycan Turbo GT last year and it’s a seriously impressive beast.
The Taycan Turbo GT is the most powerful Porsche ever and can produce up to 1,092 horsepower.
A lot more than the standard Taycan that’s rated at 402HP.
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All of that extra horsepower under the hood means the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT is fast. Very fast.
You can see for yourself what happened when it was pitted against a Porsche 911 Turbo S.
Billed as Porsche’s most powerful car ever, the Taycan can do 0-100km/h in just 2.2 seconds and has a top speed of 305km/h.
The car was recently put through its paces at the Road Atlanta track where it acquired a new record for its growing collection.
Porsche took a 2025 Purple Sky Taycan Turbo GT fitted with the lightweight Weissach Package.
The Weissach Package makes the car a lot lighter by removing the back seats and replacing them with a carbon fiber shelf, it also adds a new fixed rear wing to help the EV’s aerodynamics.
On the day, racing driver Patrick Long clocked a time of just 1: 27.15 on the 2.54-mile track which is impressive.
“I expected precise steering, but I didn’t realize how perfectly the Porsche Active Ride system would compensate for the car’s body motion,” Long said.
It managed to knock 6.73 seconds off the previous record, set by a Taycan Turbo S in 2020, when it completed a lap in 1:33.88.
The Turbo GT has been a bit of a record setter for Porsche, having already set a new record on the Nürburgring’s Nordschleife loop.
The Taycan Turbo GT managed it in just seven minutes, 7.55 seconds, making it the fastest four-door production vehicle to take to the track.
Meanwhile, the Taycan Turbo S earned an unusual record after an appearance in the 2025 action thriller Den of Thieves 2: Panthera.
According to the movie’s director, the Taycan was the first EV to feature in a Hollywood car chase, which is a pretty cool claim to fame.
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Claire Reid is a journalist who hails from the UK but is now living in New Zealand. She began her career after graduating with a degree in Journalism from Liverpool John Moore’s University and has more than a decade of experience, writing for both local newspapers and national news sites. Claire covers a wide variety of topics, with a special focus on cars, technology, planes, cryptocurrency, and luxury.
