All Posts Tagged With: "nurburgring"
Nürburgring redesign in the works with rollercoaster, steak house and a disco!
The Nürburgring in Germany has gained notoriety of late as being the battleground on which automakers pit their weapons-grade production sports cars against each other for lap time bragging rights. Open to the public through the months of April and October, it is also the Mecca for any motoring enthusiast worth his or her salt. [...]
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VIDEO: Enzo, MC12, Carrera GT and Zonda at the ‘Ring
If you liked Motor Trend’s drag race between the Corvette ZR-1, Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, Porsche 911 GT2 and Nissan GT-R, you’re going to love this. Because while MT’s roster included some mouthwatering supercars, this video has got the top level of discontinued exotic machinery – Ferrari Enzo, Maserati MC12 and Porsche Carrera GT – [...]
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Corvette ZR-1 knocks four seconds off ‘Ring time
Back at the Nürburgring, the hot Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 has just ripped four seconds off its claimed 7:26 lap. The new time, with Jan Magnussen at the wheel, is a claimed 7:22.4 for the full 12.93-mile loop. While the number is pretty bloody fast, it is still .3 seconds off the time earned by the [...]
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Car Porn: Supercarmovies releases Nurburgring SUPERTEST vids
As we told you a couple of weeks ago, there’s one incredibly lucky dude in Europe who happens to own at least a handful of the greatest supercars of the modern era. He also happens to house them near the Nürburgring. It was only a matter of time before all five of the cars were [...]
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Spy Shots: Has Acura gone mad? X6 competitor spotted on the ‘Ring
There is no doubt that Honda moves to the beat of its own percussionist, especially compared to its Japanese competitors. Of late, however, the Acura side of the house seems to be making some very odd decisions. There is the most obvious front and center example – the new shield grille, which one dealer has [...]
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VIDEO: Viper ACR and Corvette ZR1 battle on the ‘Ring
A couple months back, the bone-stock Corvette ZR1 put supercars everywhere on notice when it took on the famed Nurburgring and ran a Nissan GT-R-beating 7:26. The track-ready, fire breathing Viper ACR bested the Corvette’s amazing effort by posting an incredible 7:22 lap time. Despite a four second difference in total track time, blogger Andi [...]
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Spy shots: next Jaguar XJ caught at, where else, the Nurburgring
Since you can’t even really call it a car anymore if it hasn’t been blasted around the ‘Ring in development, Jaguar has taken the mechanicals of the next XJ sedan to everyone’s favorite playground. Those internals wear the ill-fitting sheetmetal of the current XJ, with the addition of serious wheel arches and a fire-breathing nose.
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Ferrari sets up shop at the Nürburgring
The Nürburgring has become an absolute Mecca for automotive enthusiasts and racing fans across Europe and around the world. Setting new ‘Ring records has become a vaunted pursuit, and any automaker worth its bolts brings its latest sportscar prototypes to test there. Among those marques is Ferrari, which in addition to three racing circuits that [...]
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Arial vs. KTM vs. Lotus 211 comparo in progress at the ‘Ring
Back in April, fellow Auto@CooOneger Chris Tutor caught the Veritas RS3 heading out onto the Nurburgring for a photoshoot. Today, Chris took a brief break from his day-job to see what he could spy on the ‘Ring’s webcam and found the same trio of lightweight, track-tools that dance in our minds when we hit REM [...]
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Audi insider claims V10 R8 will beat ZR1 around the ‘Ring
Them’s fightin’ words, but when we’re talking about a V10-powered version of the Audi R8, you’d better be taking them seriously. According to an Audi insider as reported by Auto Motor und Sport in Sweden, the more powerful R8 will set a new lap record for a production car at the Nurburgring. That would mean [...]
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