The Nurburgring is sheer motoring Valhalla for many, with the most turns, elevation changes and complex array of bitumen of any circuit the world over. It is embedded in legend and is the place where almost every automaker hones their vehicle’s engine and suspension tune before bringing it to market. […]
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SEAT Leon ST Cupra sets wagon record at Nurburgring (video)
What’s the quickest wagon around the Nurburgring? It turns out the latest SEAT Leon ST Cupra estate is, setting a cracking time of 7:58.12 after its hatchback brother broke the front-wheel drive record last year. Based on the SEAT Leon Cupra hatch, the new model uses Volkswagen Group’s MQB platform […]
Video: Porsche Cayman GT4 lapping Nurburgring in 7:42
German publication Sport Auto has put together another one of its Supertests at the Nurburgring, this time with the epic new Porsche Cayman GT4. For those who don’t know, the new GT4 is the most potent and track-worthy edition of the Cayman ever made. It sits just beneath the 911 […]
2015 Honda Civic Type R sets FWD Nurburgring lap record (video)
The new Honda Civic Type R has done it, posting the fastest ever front-wheel drive production car lap around the Nurburgring in Germany. A development vehicle set a cracking time of 7:50.63. At this time, although a development vehicle, it easily beats the now-previous FWD record-holder, the much more serious […]
2015 BMW X6 M laps Nurburgring in 8:05, as quick as V8 M3
With a 423kW twin-turbo V8 on board, the new BMW X6 M, revealed last week, is one of the most powerful production SUVs yet. It seems it is also very fast, reportedly matching the previous-gen BMW M3 coupe Nurburgring lap time. Speaking with Sport Auto website, BMW M project manager […]
Nurburgring sold again, to Russian billionaire Viktor Charitonin
A Russian billionaire has bought the Nurburgring racing circuit and road course in Germany. The man, Viktor Kharitonin, has apparently already made a second payment instalment even though it is not due until December. The Nurburgring was bought by Capricorn Group and Getspeed earlier this year, of which Capricorn took […]
Toyota Prius sets Nurburgring record (video)
The Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid has broken a lap record at the Nurburgring. Say what? Yep, the world’s most popular hybrid people’s car has set an economy record around the otherwise high-speed, vehicle-punishing Nordschleife in Germany. Toyota took a Prius Plug-in Hybrid, which is capable of running on electric power […]
Driving the Nurburgring Nordschleife (video)
You always hear manufacturers boasting about their cars that have been developed on the Nurburgring, or clocked such-and-such time on the Nurburgring. What makes this place so special?