PORSCHE TAYCAN TURBO GT BLASTS QUARTER-MILE RECORD AT SYDNEY DRAGWAY
In a demonstration that roars louder than any marketing line, Porsche’s new Taycan Turbo GT dropped jaws at the Sydney Dragway this week - covering the quarter mile in 9.083 seconds and hitting 252.04 km/h. That run is believed to be the fastest time ever recorded by a production car, unmodified, on an Australian drag strip. The run even busted through the IHRA (International Hot Rod Association) speed cap. In Australia, drag strips governed by IHRA mandate that any car exceeding 150 mph (240 km/h) must deploy a parachute - but this Taycan launch was so blistering it smashed past that rule. It makes sense that the Taycan Turbo GT isn’t just a fast EV - it’s Porsche’s most powerful road car to date. On tap is 760 kW of overboost power, with the ability to spike up to 815 kW for short bursts.
This isn’t some half-hearted grocery-run EV turned dragstrip racer. Porsche pulled it to a grassroots drag meet and let the physics speak. The juxtaposition is electric (pun intended) - a car built for circuits, now defining performance on the strip. Other noteworthy times and comparisons include when the Taycan Turbo GT Weissach variant has also impressed on the quarter mile in the States. In tests, the monstrous EV that has Turbo in the name, even though there’s not even an engine, managed a run of 9.23 seconds at 241.56 km/h, putting it among the quickest electric sedans ever to roll off the showroom floor. On circuit laps, the Taycan Turbo GT has set record times in various locations (Road Atlanta, Yas Marina) for series-production EVs. These numbers show what Porsche is doing: not just chasing straight-line bragging rights, but building a car that performs all over.
Why this should make you pay attention…
Production spec, no mods: This wasn’t a beefed-up, stripped-out drag car. No hidden trickery, no massive engine swaps - just engineering.
Electric performance credibility: This run punches through EV scepticism. The Taycan Turbo GT now stands as a benchmark for what electric propulsion can do when Porsche lets it loose.
Rule-bending: Exceeding 240 km/h on a strip that demands a parachute - it’s a statement that Porsche’s not just playing by old rules, they’re rewriting them.
Marketing + culture: Taking a hyper-cred car to a public drag meet - where V8s tend to own the noise - and winning? That’s culture war victory, in metal and software, much to the annoyance of ICE fans.
The Taycan Turbo GT’s run at Sydney is a microphone-drop moment: “Yes, electric cars can dominate in straight-line performance too.” If someone said 15 years ago that an EV sedan would one day sprint past “1,000-hp V8 beasts” on a quarter mile, people would’ve laughed. Now, Porsche is making that look like an ordinary Tuesday. For those of us in petrol-land watching, this run is a reminder: the future is arriving at dragstrip velocity.
Take a look at the YouTube video that has nothing to do with the Sydney record, but it does show how bonkers the Taycan in this spec can be when it races Stateside against a Tesla: Quickest Porsche EVER! * 1092 HP Taycan Turbo GT Weissach vs Tesla Model S Plaid 1/4 Mile DRAG RACE | DragTimes
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