It’s done it. The 2018 Honda Civic Type R has run the ultimate gauntlet in the performance car world, setting a new lap record at the Nurburgring. The production version stopped the clock in a blistering time of 7:43.80, cementing in a new lap record for a production front-wheel drive […]
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Top Gear’s Stig drives dodgem car to world record speed (video)
Renowned backyard builder and shed engineer Colin Furze was asked by Top Gear to build the world’s fastest dodgem car, and he did not disappoint. In his step-by-step YouTube series, he dissasembles the tired old carnival ride, including electric motor, and the large pole with contacts that draw electric current […]
Ford GT sets fastest 1-mile record at Texas Mile, hits 471km/h (video)
The world record for the fastest 1 mile (1.6km) has been shattered by a modified MkII Ford GT, at an astonishing 293.6MPH (471.5km/h). At the quarter mile mark, the car was travelling at 260km/h, increasing to 352km/h by the half-mile mark, before warping into the unfathomable speed at which it […]
Mercedes-AMG GT R sets production car lap record at Bathurst
The Mercedes-AMG GT R has only just been announced for Australia, and it isn’t scheduled to arrive in showrooms until July. But that hasn’t stopped the company from setting a new production car lap record at Bathurst over the weekend. As reported last week, the AMG GT R is an […]
Insane 1380kW Honda Civic breaks FWD 1/4 mile record (video)
The quarter-mile record for a front-wheel drive car has been broken by a 20-year-old Honda Civic with 560,000km on the clock. Yes, you read correctly. SpeedFactory Racing has claimed the coveted record with a 7.61-second quarter-mile sprint, crossing the line at 323km/h. It also set a new speed trap record. […]
AMS Nissan GT-R sets new 1/4 mile record (video)
Last week we saw Ekanoo Racing break the Nissan R35 GT-R quarter mile record. This week, the record has been shattered again, by renowned US GT-R tuner AMS Performance. AMS took its crazily-modified GT-R, known as Alpha G, down the strip in Michigan in a record time of 7.14 seconds […]
Ekanoo Racing Nissan GT-R breaks 1/4 mile record (video)
Ekanoo Racing is the proud new quarter-mile record holder for both the R35 Nissan GT-R and Porsche 911 Turbo. The Bahrain-based team at Ekanoo Racing took to the drag strip to assert its dominance in one of the most competitive areas in drag racing, the world of the modified R35 […]
1152 Ram trucks parade Nurburgring to set new record (video)
Ram trucks aren’t really a common sight at places like the Nurburgring. However, a flock of 1152 examples of the heavy-duty US ute recently turned up to the notoriously dangerous circuit to set a new record. The spectacle was organised by AutoGlobalTrade AG, with around 1317 Ram truck owners initially […]