Mercedes is getting in on the Nurburgring lap recording-setting action, knocking the Alfa Romeo Stelvio QV from its pedestal by setting a new lap record for a production SUV, using the GLC 63 S. It has just set a lap in 7.49.369. Well, it always had the potential to set […]
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2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS MR sets Nurburgring lap record (video)
Porsche is reclaiming the Nurburgring lap record for a road-legal vehicle, using a 911 GT2 RS MR to clock an incredible lap time of just 6:40.3. This is the quickest-ever lap for a road-legal vehicle. It can’t really be regarded as the fastest production car as the GT2 RS in […]
Subaru WRX STI sets Transfăgărășan Highway record (video)
You might remember a couple of years ago Subaru clocked a lap record in a modified WRX STI around the legendary Isle of Man TT motorcycle road circuit. Well, another record has been set. This time it’s the Transfăgărășan Highway in Romania. Subaru enlisted the same driver, rally man Mark […]
Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S claims Nurburgring lap record (video)
Mercedes-Benz is claiming a new Nurburgring lap record with its Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S 4-Door, recently clocking a lap in 7:25.41. This is apparently a new record for a four-seat vehicle. Yes, we know. The Jaguar XE SV Project 8 currently holds the record for a production sedan, with a […]
Jaguar XE 300 Sport sets record at abandoned Circuit de Charade (video)
Jaguar is busy at work setting lap records around the world with the new I-PACE and the XE SV Project 8. But it seems even the regular models are being included in the action. Using an MY2019 Jaguar XE 300 Sport, race driver Vincent Radermecker lapped the long-forgotten Circuit de […]
Video: Porsche Cayenne Turbo helps crazy cyclist set new speed record
Some days you wake up in the morning and don’t really feel like going to work. But what was cyclist Neil Campbell thinking of the morning he woke up and done this crazy stunt? Thanks to a new Porsche Cayenne Turbo, he’s just set a new European record for the […]
BMW M2 Competition breaks another unusual record (video)
BMW is continuing its quest to take out existing records set by humans. The next stunt will include strapping a sword to the rear of an M2 Competition and cutting things down. Yep. Just a few weeks after BMW’s M division released a pretty obscure promotion of the M2 Competition […]
Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid sets 6 lap records (video)
Porsche is wrapping up a successful showcase of just what its new Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid can do after setting six lap records at six famous circuits around the globe. Porsche started out with a goal, “to set the benchmark lap record at 6 FIA race tracks, [with] the fastest […]