What’s the fastest car in the world? How long is a piece of string? It all depends. Today, the answer to the first question is the SSC Tuatara, which has just recorded a top speed of 455.2km/h (282.9mph). Using the Kennedy Space Center runway in North America, which was built […]
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Porsche Taycan drifts its way to a new world record (video)
There are still a handful of enthusiasts who reject the idea that an electric car can do exciting things, like drift. Porsche has smashed through that illusion, sideways, with its new Taycan fully electric sports sedan. Porsche’s electric sedan, the Taycan, has already acquitted itself well to enthusiasts of the […]
Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series sets Nurburgring lap record (video)
Another Nurburgring lap record has been shattered by Mercedes-AMG. This time it’s the big one. Yep, the new AMG GT Black Series has just clocked the all-time production car record. With GT3 racing car driver Maro Engel behind the wheel, the mighty V8 coupe lapped the notoriously challenging 20.6km circuit […]
2021 Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S resets Nurburgring lap record (video)
The 2021 Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S 4Matic has set a new lap record around the Nurburgring, resetting its previous lap record set in 2018. It remains the quickest production four-door luxury car to ever lap the circuit. Thanks to various tweaks introduced for the 2021 model year, the beast managed […]
Porsche sets Nurburgring record in 2021 Panamera (video)
Porsche has done it. With the upcoming 2021 Panamera, it has set a new lap record as the fastest executive-class production car to ever lap the Nurburgring. And it’s about time to be honest. It should own every Nurburgring record there is for its key vehicle segments. Test driver and […]
2020 Nissan GT-R Nismo sets new Tsukuba lap record (video)
The recently-introduced 2020 Nissan GT-R Nismo has broken the production car lap record at Japan’s Tsukuba Circuit, posting a blistering lap in just 59.3 seconds. It is apparently one of the first production cars to cut below the 1:00 minute mark. We’ve done some digging around but we can’t seem […]
Renault Megane RS Trophy-R sets lap record at Suzuka (video)
Following its cracking lap time at The Bend Motorsport Park a couple of weeks ago, the new Renault Megane RS Trophy-R has just set a lap record around Suzuka circuit in Japan. The new Trophy-R is the hottest hot hatch Renault sells at the moment, with just 500 units planned […]
Renault Megane RS Trophy-R sets lap record at The Bend (video)
Coinciding with its local market arrival, the Renault Megane RS Trophy-R has already made its mark by setting a lap record around The Bend Motorsport Park in Adelaide, for a front-wheel drive production car. With TCR driver James Moffat behind the wheel, the new super hatch did a lap in […]