New steering wheel and new brakes and track mode probably helped a lot. Incredible car.
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THX723
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I had hope to see higher top speed on the final straight. Likely was battery thermo throttled at that point, which is consistent with another Plaid that ran there recently.
Impressive lap time nonetheless.
Impressive lap time nonetheless.
I would have loved to see the real time SoC as it ran that course. I'm sure they started at 100% but I wanna know what it ended at.
THX723
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It appears Porsche may have already retook the fastest EV crown, and set to announce in a couple days, on the company's 75th anniversary. How much faster? and what's the (new?) Taycan spec? Competition is fun!
WilliamG
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Porsche has always had a very heavy hp tax. It will be interesting to see how they respond going forward to competition in the market on hp given the EV paradigm.
redmunds
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I think you're referring to the Mission X, but who knows when that will reach production.
Porsche Mission X
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THX723
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Not the Mission X concept. It’s the rumored 1000hp(?) and tri-motor(?) Taycan Turbo GT Porsche’s been testing at the Ring. Looks like they are keeping that close to their cheats for a bit longer. We shall see.I think you're referring to the Mission X, but who knows when that will reach production.
Porsche Mission X
The spectacular hypercar concept with high-performance electric drive. Discover the future now.
12Pack
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As a multiple reservation holder for a RHD MS Plaid in the UK, this makes me a bit sad, but a bit more angry at the arbitrary cancellation. Will be test driving an LHD version next week, but more to get a feel for the performance and interior updates for daily driving compared to my Raven MS performance, and hoping to come away unimpressed!
The time was good for a fat sedan, but subjectively seemed quite a struggle. Not something one could do lap after lap all afternoon, which is the usual expectation for a performance car.
The time was good for a fat sedan, but subjectively seemed quite a struggle. Not something one could do lap after lap all afternoon, which is the usual expectation for a performance car.
It is what it is. With price no object there are better cars. For the price, nothing close to its level of performance. Where I live the Plaid is a hard to beat combo. I have a lot of 100F+ days, want cold AC, a car that won't overheat in the insane traffic, and can deal with the crappy roads. My neighbor has a 720S and can barely drive it on the roads here. The dips on the road have such a steep approach and departure angle he is constantly grinding the nose of the car into them.
So while it may be a little soulless (still like stirring the gears) I also love always being in the "right gear" for instant acceleration. The track pack will take care of my last major gripe until I decide if I want to swap out the suspension at some point. I may have no choice to live with it based on the need for being able to raise the car to avoid damage on the dips in the road. I do love being able to throw 4 friends in the car and still being able to have incredible acceleration with just a tap of my foot on the pedal.
As for the 'Ring video, looks like the suspension was a weak spot and tires could be better.
So while it may be a little soulless (still like stirring the gears) I also love always being in the "right gear" for instant acceleration. The track pack will take care of my last major gripe until I decide if I want to swap out the suspension at some point. I may have no choice to live with it based on the need for being able to raise the car to avoid damage on the dips in the road. I do love being able to throw 4 friends in the car and still being able to have incredible acceleration with just a tap of my foot on the pedal.
As for the 'Ring video, looks like the suspension was a weak spot and tires could be better.
Tri-motor would likely be close to 900 bhp (current ones are 616bhp) , overboosted will probably hit 1k bhp (was 750bhp on the Ring 7:33 run), thats just theory estimate, and adding a motor will likely increase the weight (was already 300lb difference vs the Plaid). Tesla powertrain and motors are just extremely efficient in producing raw power, likely the battery pack are holding it back for now, i dont think theres way around it unless someone figure out how to modify power delivery curves. As for the rumored taycan beating the track packaged Plaid, I dont think it exist at this point.
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