SSC, the manufacturer of some of the fastest cars on the planet, have caved to pressure and conceded the fact that its Tuatara hypercar never hit speeds that the company claimed when it published video footage of top speed runs last year. Last October, SSC made headlines when a video […]
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Ford Mustang Mach-E sets lowest energy consumption world record
Ford’s new Mustang Mach-E fully electric crossover, unveiled in 2018, has been used to set a new Guinness World Record for lowest energy consumption during a set journey. An example of the new Mustang Mach-E, which has just launched in the UK, was driven from John O’Groats to Land’s End […]
Porsche 911 GT2 RS breaks Nurburgring lap record (video)
Porsche has broken a second Nurburgring record in as many weeks, this time taking out the outright production car lap record with the 911 GT2 RS. It follows the Cayenne Coupe, which set the SUV record last week. With Lars Kern behind the wheel, the GT2 RS set a blistering […]
Porsche Cayenne Coupe sets Nurburgring record, Turbo S? (video)
Porsche is celebrating a major milestone after setting a new Nurburgring lap record in an upcoming high performance version of the Cayenne Turbo Coupe SUV. A lightly camouflaged version of a production series Cayenne Coupe (model not yet confirmed) managed to lap the 20.8km Nurburgring Nordschleife in 7:38.925, with test […]
Porsche Taycan Turbo S sets EV lap record at The Bend (video)
The mighty Porsche Taycan Turbo S has clocked a lap record around The Bend Motorsport Park, posting a time of 3:30.344. That’s the quickest time ever for a production electric vehicle. Well, it’s actually the first time a proper record attempt was conducted by an electric vehicle. But it’s great […]
New Porsche 911 Turbo resets lap record at The Bend (video)
Porsche has toppled the lap record for a production car at The Bend Motorsport Park which it actually set itself back in 2018, soon after the circuit was opened. The record is now in the hands of the mighty 992 911 Turbo. During a recent visit to the South Australian […]
Lamborghini Urus claims ice-driving speed record in Russia (video)
Lamborghini can officially hold claim to having the fastest car on ice, with its Urus SUV recently setting a high speed record verified by the Russian Automobile Federation (a member of the FIA). Lamborghini’s almighty Urus took to a Russian ice lake known as Lake Baikal back in March, for […]
Porsche Taycan breaks indoor land speed record (video)
Yep, there is a land speed record for indoor driving. And Porsche has just broken it with its spectacular new Taycan fully electric sedan, hitting 165km/h. The record has been verified by the Guinness World Records, however, it didn’t come easy. To pass as a record Porsche had to adhere […]