Do you know Monster Jam? Taikan also runs!

Monster Jam Monster Truck and Taycan S Cross Turismo

Do you know Monster Jam? A popular competition (race?) in the United States in which something like a monster truck called a "monster truck" is raced and competed by jumping.

In particular, the freestyle is a competition that excites everyone, and big monster trucks jump on top of many cars and show off their skills.

Actually, I have seen this Monster Jam in the United States a long time ago. Quite a rare experience ^ ^

This is the image when I went to see it. 2003 maybe? It's about that time, so I'm still shooting with a low-resolution digital camera (laughs) ↓

This time, Porsche said that he ran a Taycan at one of the venues of this monster jam.

Linsey Read, a woman who has been driving for Monster Jam for over a decade, invited Porsche racing driver Leh Keen to the 72,000-capacity NRG Stadium in Texas.

The car Mr. Keen brought to this stadium is Porsche Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo.

No, no matter how much you call it a cross-turismo, how elegant it is in front of a monster truck (laughs).

The Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo is built in Stuttgart, Germany with powerful dual electric motors, can seat up to 5 people, and has 20-inch wheels.

This model is equipped with a highly adjustable air spring suspension.

On the other hand, the monster truck is a V8 supercharger that runs on methanol fuel, and the wheel size is 66 inches!

It has a driver's seat only, a replaceable fiberglass body and a very robust chassis with dual-tube nitrogen-filled hydraulic dampers.

This is said to absorb the impact of landing from a height of about 18 meters when the car jumps.

Other than the commonality of 4-wheel drive, they ran two completely different cars at the monster truck venue, and they seemed to have a lot of fun.

However, since I could hardly catch the appearance of the Taikan from the monster truck side (the vehicle height is too high (laughs)), I trust that the Taikan is following me in a safe position. I had no choice but to run.

We were able to do this because both of us are professional drivers.

Mr. Keane, who was driving the Taikan, said, "It seemed like I was racing towards the building," and in fact, the speed on the soil in this venue is about to reach triple digits. It was said that it was.

I can still understand the Taycan, but I think it's pretty amazing that a monster truck of this size was running at a speed of nearly 100 kilometers per hour in this dirt venue.

At the end, a monster truck jumps over the Taikan. This is the real thrill of monster trucks ^^

I don't know why Porsche bothered to run the Taycan with the monster truck this time, but I wonder if they wanted to appeal to the popular monster truck fan base in the United States ^ ^?

I went to see Monster Jam

Since it's a big deal, I'd like to take a look back at the monster trucks I saw in the past (from here on, it's the photos I saw at Monster Jam in 2003)↓

Above the cars lined up like this...

Monster truck jumps over! !

…But while I was doing it, I fell on top of the cars in the middle of the jump (everyone was very excited (laughs)), so as the competition progressed, the cars lined up became more and more tragic. To.

The audience is already overjoyed ^^

When the car flips over after a jump...

A bulldozer heads to collect the car, but when this happens, the spectators...

Big, excited, excited (laughs).

The monster truck competition had an atmosphere of "That's so American", and it was an event that was very exciting, especially among uncles.

It was a very good experience to be able to actually see the monster truck in front of me ^ ^

So, finally, here is a video of the Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo driving elegantly (compared to the actual monster trucks) at the monster truck venue (1:01).

Finally, there is also a place in the video where the monster truck jumps over the Taycan ^ ^ ↓

For those interested, here is the official Monster Jam website:The Official Monster Jam® Site

Source:(Official) All-wheel drive, done differently