In just over a month, the Porsche Taycan electric sportscar will make its global debut.

The car will be released in three variants, and people clearly can’t wait for its arrival because pre-orders have surged to 30 000.

That’s 10 000 more than their original first-year target run of 20 000 Taycans, and more than the entire number of reservations for fellow automaker Volkswagen’s electric ID3 hatchback.

In short, people are excited and there’s a lot of buzz around the release.

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If all pre-orders for the Taycan, which has been impressing crowds on a tour across China, New York and the UK ahead of its official debut in September, successfully convert to sales, it could beat sales of Porsche’s more iconic models such as the 718 Boxster and the 911, which sold 24,750 and 35,573 units respectively in 2018.

This car is also set to be a serious contender against Tesla’s flagship premium electric vehicle, the Model S.

To be fair, if it doesn’t explode in a parking lot it already has the upper hand.

Here’s what you can expect from the three variations on the Taycan, interspersed with those leaked interior shots we mentioned in the headline.

At the lower end of the spectrum, there will be a base rear-wheel drive Taycan, which will have an 80kWh battery with two choices of motors (240kW or 280kW).

In the mid-range will be the “Carrera 4S” with a 96kWh battery, all-wheel drive and a choice of either 320kW or 360kW motors.

The top-of-the-range Taycan, dubbed the “Turbo” according to the British mag, will have the same size battery as the mid-range mode, but offer 440kW of power and 880Nm of torque, and able to deliver 1000Nm bursts for 10-second periods.

It is also understood that the range of the Turbo model will be up to 515km, although on what cycle was not made clear.

Porsche has other plans for the Taycan as well, reports CarBuzz.

Ahead of its world debut in September, Porsche has announced that its first fully electric car will appear in the upcoming animated Playmobil movie based on the Playmobil toy line. Specifically, a secret agent character called Rex Dasher will drive a white Mission E Concept, which previews the production Taycan.

This is the first film project between Porsche and Playmobil, but not the first collaboration. If your kid is fancy, you can get them a Porsche toy to play with.

Playmobil designs a new Porsche play set every year, like the one below in the arms of this slightly smug-looking youngster:

The movie isn’t out yet but you can watch the new Taycan in action here:

[sources:driven&carbuzz]