Nurburgring
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Although it can't magically create a motorsports heritage, Lamborghini says its new cars are razor-edged, not just designed for rich poseurs. The Huracan Performante, which will launch at the Geneva Motor Show, gives credence to that claim with a scalding Nürburgring Nordschleife lap time.
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The Nordschleife has become the ultimate test bed for anyone who wants to prove their sports car is the real deal. Now, Mercedes has set a new rear-drive record for production cars with the AMG GT R.
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The Nordschleife has grabbed plenty of attention lately, with a glut of records for front-drive cars, but none of the record attempts can match Han Yue's latest lap. Yue used a modified Mini to lap the Nordschleife on two wheels, completing the lap in just over 45 minutes.
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Audi is gearing up for this year's 24 Hours of Nurburgring by celebrating its 2015 victory. The all-new R8 V10 plus "selection 24h" limited edition celebrates that victory with upgraded standard equipment and a race-inspired aesthetics package.
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In 2004, the Donkervoort D8 RS set a Nürburgring record, blowing the previous Porsche Carrera GT record away by close to 15 seconds. And now Donkervoort is launching that model's spiritual successor, the D8 GTO-RS.
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Volkswagen has swept past Renault, Seat and Honda in the race for Nürburgring bragging rights, having lopped 1.42 seconds off the existing front-drive production Nordschleife record in a Golf GTI Clubsport S.
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Lotus debuted the 3-Eleven at Goodwood earlier this year, calling the car its "quickest and most expensive series production car ever." But just how quick is it? To find out, the carmaker has been testing the 3-Eleven at the Nürburgring, and it turns out it's faster than even Lotus thought.
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A hydrogen fuel cell car built by students from TU Delft university is claimed to have become the fastest of its kind to lap the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The Forze VI car was unveiled in 2013 by the Forze student racing team. It is said to have lapped the circuit in under 11 minutes on May 7.
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It looks as though the Nürburgring Nordschleife may have a new contender for its production car lap record. Two Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG) SCG003C supercars were entered in the VLN Endurance Championship season opener with SCG saying their performances were cause for optimism.
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Track day cars are the hothouse flowers of the automotive world. Radical, one of the more well known of these motorized hothouse denizens, has big ambitions for its new RXC Turbo 500. Radical aims to make it the fastest production car ever around the famous Nurburgring.
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Porsche has given its mid-engined Cayman the full-on GT treatment, with the new GT4. The race-focused Cayman shares some of its components with the 911 GT3, but eschews its double-clutch gearbox for a more involving six-speed manual transmission.
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Last month, Land Rover claimed a new record for a production SUV as its 2015 Range Rover Sport SVR ran the Nordschleife circuit in eight minutes and 14 seconds. Now the company reveals the specs behind how a two and a half tonne Chelsea tractor is able to do a lap time like a stabbed rat.
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