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Porsche Taycan Gets a Turbo Boost

Manthey Racing turns the electric GT into an Nürburgring ninja—still not fast enough for some.

Porsche is known for building cars that really are extremely good right out of the box. Yes, they tend to be more expensive than other German luxury car brands, particularly once the option list comes out.


But it doesn’t take very long behind the wheel before the driving experience reveals why they’re so good. And that’s just the regular models; the stuff that comes out of the motorsport department in Weissach—like the sublime 911 GT3—is even more focused.


For some drivers, those who spend their spare time enjoying track days at places like the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife in Germany’s Eifel Mountains, even cars like the razor-sharp GT3 RS make too many compromises for the road. For those people, there is Manthey Racing.


Based at the industrial estate alongside the 'Ring, Manthey is a highly successful racing team—majority-owned by Porsche since 2013—that applies its years of experience making Porsches go even faster around the 12.9-mile (20.8 km) circuit known as the Green Hell to create upgrade kits that will turn the dials all the way up to 11.


Manthey’s newest upgrade kit is not for the 911 or 718, but the electric Taycan. Specifically, the Manthey Kit is an upgrade to the Taycan Turbo GT variant, introduced in 2024. More specifically, it requires the Taycan Turbo GT to also have the factory-installed Weissach package: this saves weight with carbon-fiber trim, thinner glass, a lighter sound system, and even loses the second charge port and the rear speakers to cut kilos.

Original source:  https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/05/is-your-porsche-taycan-too-slow-at-the-nurbugring-you-need-this-manthey-kit/
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