Just as the new Aston Martin DBX is about to hit the market with a promising Nurburgring lap time, and Lamborghini recently seen lurking around the circuit with a mysterious Urus, Audi has stormed into the scene and smashed the SUV lap record with its upcoming RS Q8. The Audi […]
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Bugatti Chiron hits 490km/h, first hypercar to pass 300mph (video)
Bugatti has done it. Set the new record for the fastest car in the world. Well, sort of. It’s not technically a production car record. However, a near-production prototype based on the Chiron Sport has helped Bugatti become the first manufacturer to crack the 300mph mark. The car is based […]
Porsche Taycan sets Nurburgring lap record (video)
Yes, it has done it. And it’s not even out yet. The Porsche Taycan has set a new lap record around the Nurburgring for a four-door electric sports car. A pre-production model recently went around the 20.6km course in 7:42, with Porsche 911 GT3 R racing car driver, Lars Kern, […]
Lynk & Co 03 Cyan concept sets FWD Nurburgring lap record (video)
Cyan Racing, formerly known as Polestar, is claiming a new Nurburgring lap record for a road-legal front-wheel drive, four-door vehicle, with its Lynk & Co 03 Cyan concept setting a lap around the treacherous circuit in 7:20.143. You may not have heard of Cyan Racing. Basically, as you might know, […]
Jaguar XE SV Project 8 resets Nurburgring sedan lap record (video)
Jaguar’s mental XE SV Project 8 has set another lap record, improving on its own lap time around the notoriously punishing Nurburgring in Germany. The company has released a cool 360-degree video of the flying lap. The XE SV Project 8 is a bespoke model developed by the Special Vehicle […]
2019 Bentley Continental GT sets production car record at Pikes Peak
Bentley has cracked a new record run up the famous Pikes Peak Hill Climb course in the US, setting a production car record with the new Bentley Continental GT. The courageous climb stopped the clock in 10:18.488, slashing 8.4 seconds from the previous record. Pikes Peak ace Rhys Millen piloted […]
Alfa Romeo Stelvio QV sets record laps at 3 UK circuits (video)
The Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio (also known as the QV) once held the Nurburgring lap record for a production SUV. Not happy with just one record, the corner-crunching SUV has now set benchmarks at some of the UK’s most famous race circuits, including Silverstone, Donington Park, and Brands Hatch. Alfa […]
Burnout world record set at Summernats 32, 126 cars smoking
This year’s Summernats 32 car festival in Canberra saw a new record planted into the Guinness World Record books. What was the record for exactly? A massive burnout, of course. More specifically though, the record involved 126 vehicles performing a simultaneous burnout, beating the previous record of 119 vehicles. The […]