Nurburgring

Mercedes-AMG lost its Nürburgring production car record in 2021 when the Porsche 911 GT2 RS came roaring back to top the list. But it still had an ace in the hole: the 1,049-hp One hypercar, which has shot past the Porsche for Nürburgring supremacy.

Tesla has recently been busy proving the chops of it Model S Plaid by sending a production version of it around the Nürburgring, and CEO Elon Musk today claims that these efforts have resulted in a new world record for the vehicle's class.

Earlier this year we saw Mercedes-AMG roll out its most powerful V8 ever, the GT Black Series, and the automaker has wasted little time in showing what it can do, having it round the Nürburgring Nordschleife faster than any production car before it.

A German driver has set a blistering new lap record for the Nurburgring Nordschliefe in a variable cab tractor. Without the use of racing slicks, Christian Menzel was able to slash the previous record – held by a Porsche – by more than half.

Porsche unleashes its 590-hp Taycan at Nürburgring and leaves fellow four-door EVs in its wake.

China’s Cyan Racing has taken to the tarmac of Nürburgring and come out the other side as the holder of two new records.

Jaguar's most extreme performance car ever has just stamped its authority on the Nurburgring – again – belting out a time a whopping seven seconds faster than any other four-door production car has managed. All hail the world's fastest family sedan.

​​​Volkswagen built its ID.R with the intention of showing what the heads in its electric drive division are capable of. The twin-motor electric racer has put in yet another momentous showing at Nürburgring-Nordschleife, where it has broken the lap record for electric vehicles by 40.564 seconds.​

In the mountains fringing Nagoya, just 30 minutes from its head office, Toyota is building a dynamic driving test center as part of a commitment to making its cars more fun to drive. Modeled on parts of the Nurburgring, one section of the new track is now up and running.

The newest Lamborghini, the Aventador SVJ, has yet to be released to the public. That hasn’t stopped Lambo from taking it to the Nurburgring and setting a Nordshleife lap record, though. The Aventador SVJ set a new production car lap record of 6:44.97 minutes while wearing stylish camouflage.

Not a full year after raising the bar on the production car Nürburgring record, Porsche put its 919 Hybrid Evo race car on the track and destroyed the three-decades-old all-time record (also set in a Porsche) by nearly a minute.

Toyota is building a miniature replica of the Nurburgring Nordschleife circuit in Japan in its quest to test its cars as comprehensively as possible. In total 11 racetracks will be built on a new 650-hectare site near Nagoya with total expenditure expected to be around $2.8 billion.​​