🏁 Taycan GT / GT3 / GT4 prototype (or hot performance variant) spotted?!

[Jasper4S]

I’m most shocked by the fact they fitted Cross Turismo rims on a sedan. I wish I could get those rims on my ST

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[B61]

My i4 M50 has been getting 3.3+ on road trips consistently. I'm getting more range from it w it's smaller battery & additional weight than I did with my Taycan, and it's just as fast. Porsche is falling behind.

Anyway, that wing looks super out of place on the Taycan.

Just talk with an owner of i4 and said thst his consumption goes down to 12kwh/100km…average 16.

 

[Damtat]

 

[B61]

I'm in, sign me up.

+1

 

[B61]

I’m most shocked by the fact they fitted Cross Turismo rims on a sedan. I wish I could get those rims on my ST

IMO, the best looking rims.

 

[Jasper4S]

Did your dealer help you with that? I want this badly

 

[Damtat]

Did your dealer help you with that? I want this badly

No, it’s not a dealers tunning. https://instagram.com/cmsttuning?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

 

[Archimedes]

Does Porsche traditionally fit test mules with Recaro racing seats?

They do if they're pushing for lap times. If you look at the Turbo S ring lap, they had the same seat that is in this car. Similar roll cage too it appears.

 

[Jasper4S]

No, it’s not a dealers tunning. https://instagram.com/cmsttuning?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Thanks, but i ment the CT rims on your car. How did you convince Porsche to put them on your sedan?

 

[charliemathilde]

It may be no big deal when there are only a few, but I can’t imagine having enough chargers to support 40 EVs on track for a race, or even 20. Yes, batteries need to be improved, but I just don’t think EV racing/tracking will become mainstream until the batteries can be swapped quickly

batteries are never going to be swapped quickly

first, batteries are becoming structural chassis elements, as Tesla is showing. This offers significant weight savings and is much much more valuable to performance than hot swappable batteries.

second, the improvements to charging architecture will increase more rapidly than the progress on swapping batteries, making it moot. The Mission R prototype uses a 900V architecture and charges in 15 minutes. After that, one chemistry change (probably quite some time away) and you're basically at ICE fill up times

 

[charliemathilde]

all this really tells me is that the Taycan is successful enough internally that Porsche is continuing to invest in the platform - they don't do test mules for products they don't care about…

there is nothing but good news in those pictures, and it has nothing to do with ring times, aero bits, or any functional differences real or perceived…

this EV thing is working out for Porsche and they see value in pushing it and iterating on it…

nothing but good news.

nothing worse than an abandoned product line…that's not the case here.

it almost outsold the 911. One of the Porsche execs (CFO? don't recall) bragged about how large the BEV premiums they could charge to their customers. So not much risk of abandoning the taycan.

 

[Damtat]

Thanks, but i ment the CT rims on your car. How did you convince Porsche to put them on your sedan?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/performa...uid=0UCX_OyWQqy&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

[TDinDC]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/performa...uid=0UCX_OyWQqy&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

In the US, just get from Suncoast. Easy Peazy

 

[Tazer]

It’s the Taycan Turbo GT test mule

 

[bosbruce]

My i4 M50 has been getting 3.3+ on road trips consistently. I'm getting more range from it w it's smaller battery & additional weight than I did with my Taycan, and it's just as fast. Porsche is falling behind.

Anyway, that wing looks super out of place on the Taycan.

I get 3.3-3.7 on my Taycan 4S on long trips with standard battery but don't do as well around town where I always drive in sport mode (though not usually racing, I just hate the sluggishness if it starts in second and the transmission delayed shift to first when I stomp on it that makes me feel like I'm driving a dinosaur ICE mobile). I did get better efficiency out my Mustang Mach E (much slower RWD) and my Model 3 AWD+ (which was quicker to 60 if I don't engage launch mode on the Tycan about the same with launch but slower in 1/4 mile). While Model 3 and i4 are more practical, IMO neither looks half as good or handles close to as well as they Taycan. I do wish Porsche put a proper motor in the rear and eliminated the two speed transmission though!

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