On 15 September 2025, Porsche Cars Australia sent a Taycan Turbo GT down Sydney Dragway and recorded a 9.083 second quarter mile at 252.04km/h, a time Porsche describes as the fastest unmodified production car run recorded on an Australian drag strip. It is quick enough to trigger the 150mph parachute-mandatory rule. The car doing it has no engine.
The Brief
The Taycan Turbo GT is the flagship of Porsche’s electric Taycan range, developed specifically to chase lap records rather than simply top the model line-up on paper. With the Weissach package fitted, the car set a 7 minutes 7.55 second lap of the Nurburgring Nordschleife in October 2023, a record for the as-delivered car that customers can actually buy and drive away.
What Has Changed
In May 2026, Porsche’s own newsroom confirmed a Taycan Turbo GT fitted with an aftermarket Manthey Kit, adding upgraded aerodynamics, tyres, brakes and chassis hardware, lapped the Nordschleife in 6 minutes 55.533 seconds. That time belongs to the modified car, not the standard Turbo GT buyers receive from a dealer, and the two should not be confused.
Performance
Power output runs to 580kW on a continuous basis, 760kW with Launch Control engaged, and a maximum 815kW for two seconds using Launch Control Overboost, or 700kW for ten seconds in Attack Mode. Dual-motor all-wheel drive with a single-speed front and two-speed rear gearbox sends 0 to 100km/h past in 2.3 seconds, or 2.2 seconds with the Weissach package. Top speed is 290km/h standard, 305km/h with Weissach. The 105kWh gross battery on 800V architecture supports DC fast charging up to 320kW, taking the car from 10 to 80 per cent in around 18 minutes, with a WLTP combined range up to 512km.
Australian Pricing
The Taycan Turbo GT is priced from $419,100 before on-road costs for the current model year, with dealer drive-away figures typically ranging from $440,000 to $458,000 depending on state and specification. At Australian launch in March 2024, the Turbo GT and Turbo GT Weissach were priced identically at $416,600 before on-road costs.
The EV Question
Porsche’s own global delivery figures, published in January 2026, show Taycan deliveries fell 22 per cent year on year to 16,339 units, attributed to a broader slowdown in electric vehicle adoption even as fully electric models still met Porsche’s overall delivery targets. The Turbo GT breaking records has not translated into buyers rushing toward electric Porsches more broadly, an honest counterpoint to the halo car’s headline numbers.
Running Costs
Ownership economics for the Turbo GT look nothing like a petrol Porsche’s. There’s no engine servicing in the traditional sense – Porsche’s maintenance schedule for the Taycan covers brake fluid, cabin filters and the usual wear items, with routine visits typically running $600 to $1,000, well under half what a 911 Turbo S costs to service annually. Home charging on an off-peak electricity plan costs a fraction of the 98 RON premium fuel this car would otherwise drink, though the 320kW DC fast-charging network in Australia is thinner outside major cities, worth mapping before a long trip. The real running cost is tyres: the Turbo GT’s mass and instant torque are hard on rubber, and staggered 21-inch performance tyres run $3,000 to $4,500 a set, with owners reporting wear rates similar to a combustion car with twice the power. Insurance sits in a similar band to the 911 Turbo S, typically $8,000 to $14,000 a year for agreed value cover given the car’s replacement cost and repair complexity.
Living With One
Day to day, the Turbo GT is deceptively easy to own for a car capable of a 9-second quarter mile. There’s no cold-start ritual, no warm-up lap before the performance is safe to use, and the frunk plus rear boot combine for genuinely usable luggage space that a combustion GT car of similar performance can’t match. The trade-off is planning around charging on longer trips rather than a five-minute fuel stop, and a home wallbox is close to essential rather than optional if the car is going to be used the way Porsche intends. For an owner who mostly drives around a capital city with occasional longer runs on the fast-charging network, none of this is a real inconvenience. For someone chasing outback distances without infrastructure, it remains the wrong tool for the job – which is precisely why Porsche still builds the 911 alongside it.
Verdict
The Taycan Turbo GT proves an electric car can out-accelerate, out-brake and out-lap almost anything else on sale, Porsche included. Whether that changes many minds about buying an EV is a separate question entirely, and the sales figures suggest the answer, for now, is not really.
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