Battle of the World’s Most Powerful Sedan: Porsche Vs.  Tesla

Battle of the World’s Most Powerful Sedan: Porsche Vs. Tesla


Porsche Taycan, by far the main contender for the best electric sports car in the world that money can buy, that is, outside the extreme world of electric hypercars where it is difficult to say about any of them that they are “normal”. But on this court, at least in terms of performance, there has been a player who has been beating and pleasing all manufacturers in this field for several years now – they call it the Tesla Model S in the Plaid version.

Now, with the launch of the Taycan Turbo GT and the “Weissach” package that takes the Porsche product a few clicks over the edge, madness. This is the first time they have touched an electric car from the manufacturer, and the result is interesting. The feature, which includes a party to reduce weight and increase horses, increases the output of the electric engine to a combined 1,033 hp in normal mode and to 1,108 horses when it is in “boost” mode, called the attack here for two seconds. In fact, it is the most time-consuming task that is irresponsible.

Low altitude aircraft:The first car on the Tesla Model S Plaid

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In terms of weight, it reduces 75 kg compared to the Taycan Turbo S according to, part of the food comes from the use of carbon fiber parts and part of stopping the electrical operation of systems like the door of the luggage compartment, for example. .

And with the Weissach package, another 70 kg is given by canceling the rear seats and using the front seats in carbon fiber, removing sound insulation materials, deleting one of the two charging ports, manual opening mechanism instead of electric, light shades solar, and easier. multimedia system than the conventional model. The suspension and stopping are handled by new tuning, ceramic brakes in the front, an aerodynamics package, the floor of the car is divided by air ducts and Pirelli P tires designed for electric vehicles (R ELECT).

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And what does it do for fun? In terms of performance, the car clocks in at 2.3 seconds in the 0-100 jump, and with the Weissach bag, you save another 0.1 seconds. For speed lovers, it will still be slower than the standard S Plaid model’s 2.1 seconds. The maximum speed is 305 km / h, here also the S model will continue to separate itself with its maximum of 322 km / h.

But there’s a twist in the story here, if you’re still a numbers guy and a bit sentimental, the GT Turbo recorded a time of 1:27:9 around the Laguna Seca track in the US, 2.4 seconds faster than the S Plaid. example. It lapped the Nürburgring track with the pre-production version of the model in 7:07:55 minutes, the fastest four-door car on the track. This is 17:45 seconds faster than the S Plaid model that held this record until then. This power and capability comes at the cost of reducing the range to 555 km compared to the standard Taycan’s maximum range of 678 km.

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Type isn’t the only price to sacrifice on the road to Porsche’s electric driving machine, there’s also a financial price. While the price of the Model S Plaid is NIS 646,000, in Europe the starting price of the Taycan Turbo GT is around 240,000 euros.

If you want such a car in Israel, it will have to be made to special order and the price is expected to be around NIS 2 million. Well, at least you can say that the cost of fuel will be very low.