Video: Porsche Taycan Turbo v 911 GT3 RS v Cup racer
Aussie Supercars drivers compare three of Porsche’s quickest cars at SandownPlenty has been written about the pace of the new Porsche Taycan, which is claimed to hit 100km/h in just 2.8 seconds in top-shelf Turbo S form.
That’s mighty quick, but not as quick as the latest Porsche 911 Turbo S (2.7sec) and the German sports car maker’s quickest-ever production car, the million-dollar, limited-edition, LHD-only 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid hypercar that could hit 100km/h in 2.6sec but was discontinued in 2015.
Plenty has also been written about how slow electric cars can be around a racetrack, due to the significant weight disadvantage of their batteries.
Take, for example, the Tesla Model S with new Plaid mode, which is claimed to hit 100km/h in an astonishing 2.0sec flat but, unlike almost all Porsches, is yet to set the Nurburgring Nordschleife on fire.
So imagine our surprise when Porsche had the bravery to drop this video on its official YouTube page comparing the performance of the Taycan Turbo, 911 GT3 RS and 991-series 911 Cup racer (on slicks) in both a straight line and around Melbourne’s Sandown International Raceway.
At the wheel for the drag and track contests, which were conducted in December 2020 ahead of the Taycan’s local launch next month, are Porsche Track Experience instructors Tony D’Alberto, Chris Pither and carsales’ own Bathurst 1000 champ Luke Youlden.
Naturally, the Taycan Turbo pipped both the road and race 911s in the standing-start drag race, but check out the video to see which car won the handicap-start hot lap contest.
Our only question is: how much quicker would the Taycan Turbo S flagship have been in both shootouts?
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