From 0 to 60 mph in less than two seconds, only the 2025 Porsche Taycan Turbo GT has ever been tried. That’s faster than the Tesla Model S Plaid and the Ferrari SF90, which were the Taycan’s nearest rivals. Notably, the Turbo GT needed the Weissach package, which is supposed to save 165 pounds. As a result, the standard may move along even more quickly. Eventually, it happened. Recently, the high-performance division of the auto business has been competing for less than two seconds to go from 0 to 60 miles per hour. The newly released Porsche Taycan Turbo GT, with 1092 horsepower, was the first to accept the dare and break the record with a time of 1.9 seconds. Having some Fun with a Sub-Two-Second Run When it was launched in 2008, the Bugatti Veyron, with 1001 horsepower, got halfway there thanks to four turbochargers. One of which was changed just for the launch and gave the car enough power to reach 60 mph in 2.5 seconds. The 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder’s 2.1-second blast showed that a run under two seconds was on the way using our current 1-foot-rollout testing method. Several all-wheel-drive supercars have since come close to breaking the two-second mark, and the development of electric vehicles has made our cause even stronger. Both the Tesla Model S Plaid and the Lucid Air Sapphire, which are big four-door EVs, took 2.1 seconds. The Ferrari SF90 plug-in hybrid, which has 986 horsepower, took simply 2.0 seconds. Record Breaking One notable example is the Taycan Turbo GT with the Weissach package, which eliminates the back seat and other extras to save about 165 pounds. However, it failed to hit this important milestone. The five-seater, 5,203-pound Turbo GT we tried had heavier Pirelli P Zero Trofeo RS tires. The initial few hundred feet of the runs (Sport Plus mode, stability control off, hold both pedals to activate launch control) were slowed because we could hear and feel a tire fighting for grip. In contrast, the Taycan’s launch control works perfectly when the tires are properly heated. Remember that our testing surface is just regular concrete, slightly uneven surface, super-sticky drag strip. Somewhat unsettling, we noticed that the back axle’s one-two shift has gotten a lot faster since the first-generation Taycan. Within 15 seconds of its two motors pushing you back into your seat, the Turbo GT’s top speed of 180 mph is no longer controllable. It was more than just a record-breaking performance—a 1.949-second run, which rounds down to 1.9—it was fantastic. This took the Taycan two passes, one in 1.898 seconds and the other in 1.910 seconds. In many cases, our scores are the average of the fastest runs going in each direction, taking wind and other factors into account. What the heck? Nevertheless, as the speed rises, the two main four-door rivals of the Porsche start to close the gap. In 9.3 seconds, the Taycan goes from 0 to 150 mph, which is a tenth faster than the 1020-hp Model S Plaid and the same time as the 1234-hp Air Sapphire, even though both have higher top speeds. Around 160 mph, the Plaid is faster than the Sapphire by 0.7 seconds and by 0.2 seconds. The Sapphire crosses the finish line first, ahead by 1.1 seconds, which makes sense since the Taycan has 142 fewer horsepower and only one electric motor compared to the Air. Is a Faster Time Ahead? A lot of the credit goes to the Trofeo RS tires, but the Turbo GT also stopped faster than the other four-door EVs—141 feet at 70 mph and 274 feet at 100 mph. Furthermore, it did better on the skidpad than the Sapphire, which averaged 1.04 g and was on par with the Plaid, which weighed 375 pounds less. A hundred pounds less curb weight usually means a tenth of a second faster time from 0 to 60 mph, assuming everything else stays the same. We are still waiting to find out if a Turbo GT with the Weissach pack can hit 1.8 ticks.
