But simply being ridiculously quick in a straight line (think 2.8 seconds to 60mph for the range-topping car, likely to be called the Turbo S) was never a guarantee of a decent lap time, least of all around a track as tortuous as the ‘Ring. What is far more impressive when you drive the Taycan is the way that power is controlled.
For all its considerable mass and the fact it has very unracy sounding air sprung suspension, Porsche has done an incredible job providing the Taycan not just with oodles of grip, but also an iron grip over its body movements. Key to this was exploiting one of few dynamic advantages brought by cars that are purpose built for electric applications. Because you can distribute the car’s single greatest source of weight – its battery packs – along the bottom of the car like a skateboard, the result is a car with a lower centre of gravity than any other Porsche on sale, even a GT3 RS.