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When it comes to lap records, the Porsche Panamera Turbo S is one of the cars that made the headlines last year. Beyond the questionable record lap time of the Jaguar XE Project 8, the four-door Porsche snatched the luxury class lap record at the Nurburgring.
But it was short lived, with the Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S snatching the title of fastest luxury sedan from the ‘Ring’. Again, this rules out the Jaguar XE Project 8 record, achieved without the rear seats.
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Porsche then turned to its home in North America and the local track: the Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. It was a success, with the German marque winning the title of the fastest four-door sedan with the Panamera Turbo S lap time of 1 minute and 31.51 seconds.
It should be noted that the Panamera Turbo S dethroned another Porsche four-door sedan on the 2.54 mile race track. The record was previously held by the Porsche Taycan Turbo S, which completed the lap in 1 minute and 33.88 seconds.
Driving the Panamera’s lap time record was PCNA professional race car driver Leh Keen, who was also the same driver behind the Taycan’s success last year.
The 2021 Porsche Panamera Turbo S is expected to arrive in US dealerships in spring 2021. It will come standard with performance-oriented equipment such as Porsche Ceramic Composite Brakes (PCCB), Porsche Torque Vectoring Plus (PTV +), rear axle steering and Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control Sport Roll Stabilization System (PDCC Sport).
The record version is delivered here with the ultra high performance Michelin Pilot Sport cup 2 ND0 tires as an option and approved for the road. The set was a newly developed sample, size 275/35 ZR 21 103Y XL at the front and 325/30 ZR 21 108Y XL at the rear.
Watch the record lap from inside the cockpit via the embedded video at the top of this page.
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