Porsche continues to dominate Road Atlanta.
Recently, Porsche took a field trip from its North American headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia to beat the previous production electric vehicle lap time record on the iconic course with its new pinnacle performance-orietned electric vehicle: the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT. Equipped with the racing-focused Weissach Package available for the car, the Taycan Turbo GT was able to shatter the previous record set by the previous generation’s Porsche Taycan Turbo S by roughly seven seconds, a significant improvement.
However, Porsche refused to stop there. Two other Porsche models, the electrified Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid, and the most performance-focused version of Porsche’s SUV icon: the Cayenne Turbo GT, took to Road Atlanta to set lap time record of their own. In the case of the Cayenne Turbo GT, its lap time of 1:34.38 set a new record for Performance SUVs at Road Atlanta, while the Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid set a lap time that bested the previous Panamera Turbo S at 1:30.98.
Together with the Taycan Turbo GT’s record on the track, the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid and the Cayenne Turbo GT’s dominance of Road Atlanta demonstrates the incredible variety of Porsche’s performance engineering capabilities, boasting the ability to create not only an incredibly powerful electric racing-focused vehicle, but also a luxury SUV that can prove itself on the track, and a luxury sedan that uses an electrified powertrain to deliver formidable performance.
