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At 124 mph (200 km/h), the standard Turbo GT with Weissach Package generates 209 lbs (95 kg) of downforce. The Manthey Kit increases this to 638 lbs (290 kg). At top speed—now 192 mph (309 km/h)—the car creates 1,631 lbs (740 kg) of downforce to push it onto the road surface.
Bigger friction brakes with high performance pads have been fitted, and the driving dynamics have been honed by a new setup that makes use of the active ride suspension and rear axle steering.
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In addition to the bodywork there’s an optimized powertrain with more power.
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Jonathan Gitlin
The various gates at Manthey’s Nurburgring HQ are named after different race tracks, which is why that says Spa.
Jonathan Gitlin
The BYD Yangwang U9, seen at the ‘Ring last summer. That’s Polyphony Digital’s Kazunori Yamauchi fresh from a passenger lap, a few months before the car appeared in Gran Turismo 7. (I hope the real thing drives better than the car in the game…)
The BYD Yangwang U9, seen at the ‘Ring last summer. That’s Polyphony Digital’s Kazunori Yamauchi fresh from a passenger lap, a few months before the car appeared in Gran Turismo 7. (I hope the real thing drives better than the car in the game…)
The various gates at Manthey’s Nurburgring HQ are named after different race tracks, which is why that says Spa.
Jonathan Gitlin
The BYD Yangwang U9, seen at the ‘Ring last summer. That’s Polyphony Digital’s Kazunori Yamauchi fresh from a passenger lap, a few months before the car appeared in Gran Turismo 7. (I hope the real thing drives better than the car in the game…)
Manthey has also worked some magic on the powertrain. Maximum current has increased by 30 percent to 1,300 A, which increases nominal power by 26 hp (20 kW) to 804 hp (600 kW). Attack mode, imported from Formula E (where Porsche has had quite a lot of success in recent seasons) boosts this to 978 hp (730 kW) for 10 seconds. And while total power output in launch control is still the same 1,019 hp (760 kW) as the Weissach Pack, peak torque in this mode increases by 22 lb-ft (30 Nm) to 936 lb-ft (1,270 Nm).
“The Manthey Kit turns the Taycan Turbo GT with Weissach Package into the ultimate track tool. On the Nordschleife, you can feel the stability and confidence the car offers in fast sections and when braking,” said Kern. “We were able to improve the previous best times thanks to significantly improved aerodynamics, further improved tires in terms of performance, and higher available overboost power.”
Importantly for Porsche, Kern’s lap time means that once again, the German OEM holds the electric vehicle Nordschliefe lap record, wresting it back from BYD, which set a 6:59.157 lap time in late 2025 with the Yangwang U9, a car with more than three times as much power as this Taycan. But none of these road cars are anywhere close to the outright EV lap record, set by Romain Dumas in 2019 in Volkswagen’s ID.R, when he lapped the place in 6:05.336.
Pricing will be announced in time, but the base Taycan Turbo GT with Weissach Package starts at $243,700.
