Spy Shots – 1000-hp Porsche Taycan GT

The regular Porsche Taycan will soon get a mid-cycle facelift with redesigned front and rear bumpers – and we can show that facelift undisguised for the first time today. But what’s more important, our man at the Nürburgring snapped this super-potent GT version which will add a huge spoiler at the rear to mark its extraordinary position in the Taycan’s lineup. The big news about this prototype hides under the bonnet: As confirmed by an insider from the company’s R&D department in Weissach near Stuttgart, we’re looking at Porsche’s answer to the Tesla Model S “Plaid” – a Taycan GT with over 1000 hp!

However, today’s Taycan is unlikely to make more power via just a software update. While the battery pack should be able to provide at least 1000 hp (745kW) of power, the issue is motor limitation. All other 1000-hp electric vehicles are tri motor setups, while the Taycan is dual motor. There is a limit to the amount of torque, and by extension HP, an EV motor can create with current technology. Thus Porsche would have to come out with a tri motor variant of the Taycan. And while there has been doubt within enthusiasts whether the current chassis packaging allows for that, these shots and the inside information prove them wrong.

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If the Tesla Model S “Plaid” is the car Porsche is trying to overtake, we’d soon see a 1000+-hp Taycan GT with a sub-2-sec sprint run to 100 km/h and a top-speed beyond 320 km/h.