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Track test: Porsche Taycan electric car versus BMW M8 Gran Coupe

A German magazine has conducted an epic petrol versus electric car track test, with surprising results. 


The new Porsche Taycan electric car has lined up against a BMW M8 Gran Coupe Competition in a head-to-head track test in Germany in the hands of a race driver thanks to AutoBild magazine.

While we won’t give away the result – even though you might guess it – we will say it was closer than many would expect.

For diehard petrol heads, the test shows there is still plenty of life left in fossil-fuel-powered performance cars.

For electric car nerds, there may be some bragging rights given how close the performance was among these two vehicles.

The Porsche Taycan Turbo S has a combined peak output of 560kW/1050Nm thanks to two electric motors that deliver all-wheel-drive. It has a claimed 0 to 100kmh time of 2.8 seconds and weighs 2339kg.

The BMW M8 Gran Coupe Competition edition is powered by a twin turbo 4.0-litre V8 (460kW/750Nm) matched to an eight-speed auto and all-wheel-drive. It has a claimed 0 to 100kmh time of 3.2 seconds and weighs 1945kg.

The vehicles were track tested at the Lausitzring, in the north-east of Germany near the borders of Poland and the Czech Republic.

Here’s the full video so you can see the results for yourself.

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Joshua Dowling

Joshua Dowling has been a motoring journalist for more than 20 years, spending most of that time working for The Sydney Morning Herald (as motoring editor and one of the early members of the Drive team) and News Corp Australia. He joined CarAdvice / Drive in 2018, and has been a World Car of the Year judge for more than 10 years.

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