The Taycan beat the Tesla by a couple of seconds; a Model S has now taken 10 seconds off its original time...
of a 7:25.231, a huge improvement on the old 7:35.579 and comfortably ahead of the Porsche’s 7:33.35 as well. Though Tesla pitches this as an ‘official production vehicle lap time’, it isn’t yet on. So it wouldn’t be right to shout it from the rooftops right away, but this new Plaid is seemingly so far ahead that whatever the verified time is, top-dog status seems assured.
Even just watching old lap versus new lap reveals some pretty stark differences, which begin with having an actual steering wheel to hold instead of a yoke - that must be worth a second or two in confidence. But this Plaid Track Pack accelerates, brakes and turns with more speed than the old car, so much so that the 10-second gap is believable before the Model S is even at the bottom of the Foxhole.
As a reminder, the Track Pack unlocks the 200mph potential of the Model S , as well as fitting forged wheels, carbon ceramic brakes with uprated pads and ‘track-ready’ tyres. Certainly does as advertised! Though the validity of fastest production EV around the ‘ring could be debated until the cows come home , it seems clear that Tesla now builds it.
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