By introduces we mean presents, because this colorful Taycan is not part of Porsche’s lineup. Instead, the car will be auctioned through RM Sotheby’s between April 6 and April 13, with all the proceedings heading to the Suisseculturale Sociale non-profit organization which seeks to support the COVID-19 pandemic-struck art scene from Switzerland.

Underneath the art car’s vivid body lies a 563-horsepower Porsche Taycan 4S that was handed over to American artist Richard Phillips, who did all the work live at the Leuehof pop-up restaurant on Zurich’s Bahnhofstrasse.

The restaurant itself was closed in December after a set of measures meant to contain the coronavirus’ spread were adopted and will remain closed for the foreseeable future.

Because of that, Porsche will cycle through a couple of display locations, meaning that the painted Taycan 4S can be admired at the Porsche Centre Geneva from March 1 and at Porsche Centre Zurich from March 22.

Mind you, this is Porsche’s second collaboration with New York’s Richard Phillips, who was also involved in a Le Mans-racing art car together with Porsche factory driver Jorg Bergmeister back in 2019.

“The Queen of the Night livery culminates at the rear of the car with its namesake blossom wrapping completely around the bumper while being dramatically lit up by the Taycan’s signature horizontal light bar. Conceptually, my Queen of the Night livery takes into consideration that the design of the Taycan is an instant icon of electric mobility and speed,” explains the artist.

Making sure the painting gets transferred to the car exactly as the artist wants it was SIGNal Design from Germany, who also worked on the Le Mans art car from 2019 we mentioned earlier. Heat guns were used to apply the final vinyl to the car.