It hasn’t been officially confirmed yet but according to a Chris Harris tweet, the Lexus LFA Nurburgring Edition has lapped Nurburgring Nordschleife in 7:14, making it very near one of the fastest proper production, street-registered supercars in the world. Chris Harris, journalist from EVO magazine in the UK and race […]
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Toyota EV P001 breaks Nurburgring electric vehicle lap record with 7:47.79
Toyota Motorsport has done it. As our previous report outlined, Toyota Motorsport was aiming to smash the electric vehicle Nurburgring lap record time and now it has done exactly that, with a time of 7:47.79. The previous Nurburgring electric vehicle record was held by the Peugeot EX1 Concept which managed […]
Video: Chris Harris laps the Nurburgring in a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
Renowned motoring journalist and race car driver Chris Harris has recently posted up a video of himself doing a flying lap of the Nurburgring in a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG ‘Gullwing’ supercar. For those who are unaware, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Gullwing was made to pay homage to the original Mercedes-Benz […]
Video: Nurburgring crazy wet lap by Andreas Gulden
There’s not much point even explaining this video, recently added on YouTube, it’s quite simply one of the craziest wet laps of the Nurburgring we’ve ever seen. The lap was done by Andreas Gülden, the Chief Instructor at the Nurburgring Driving Academy. Almost every corner is taken with a dab […]
Gumpert Apollo crashes during Nurburgring lap record attempt
While attempting to set a new Nurburgring lap record, a Gumpert Apollo Speed has crashed into a barrier just after taking off. The Gumpert was being driven by Adrian Sutil, current F1 Force India Formula One driver. According to Nurburgring enthusiast website, BridgetoGantry, Sutil was attempting to break the car’s […]
2012 BMW M5 sets Nurburgring sedan record of 7:55
The 2012 BMW M5 has apparently just set a new Nurburgring production sedan lap record of 7:55; that’s 18 seconds ahead of the previous E60 BMW M5 lap time of 8:13. Although it is a bit of a rumour at this stage, according to various international reports, the new M5 […]
2012 BMW M5 RingTaxi spotted?
The team from BMWblog.com have spotted, what appears to be, the new BMW M5 RingTaxi. It could be just a prototype or apart of an insider wishlist. Either way, the idea of taking a ride in the new BMW M5 around the Nurburgring sure sounds good to us. The Nuburgring […]