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It's a fact that Nürburgring lap times have become something of a standard when it comes to comparing sports cars’ performance. Car & Driver magazine decided that it was impractical to conduct its annual Lightning Lap event in Germany as they had 20 cars to test, so its editors chose the Virginia International Raceway (VIR) as the U.S. equivalent of the ‘Ring.
- Drive Goes Inside Jaguar’s Nürburgring Test Facility, Samples The Xkr-s
Maybe some of you are thinking, “oh, it's just another Nürburgring video where a lucky chap is having a blast driving a powerful carâ€. Bear with us, though, because it's much more than that. In fact, it’s a look at the inside...
- Auto Express And Road&track Video Review The New Ferrari F12berlinetta
It didn’t take long for the first videos of the new Ferrari F12berlinetta to trickle down through the internet after the Italian automaker began inviting the press for test drives at the Fiorano circuit. Among the first magazines to post a review...
- Cadillac Tells Us How It Makes New Ats Sound Like It Does
Nürburgring lap times are all good and well and a great marketing tool. However, for the vast majority of your average consumer, how fast a professional racing driver can lap the Nordschleife makes little to no difference at all when it comes to choosing...
- Video: 2011 Subaru Impreza Wrx Sti Test Car Laps The Nurburgring In 7:55.00, Faster Than Panamera And Cts-v
Subaru has just released test footage of its soon-to-be-launched 2011 Impreza WRX STI sedan from the Nurburgring race track. Described by the Japanese automaker as the firm's "fastest WRX STI ever", the 2011MY turned the Nurburgring race...
- Porsche Panamera Turbo Allegedly Laps The Nurburgring In 7:56 , Beats The Cts-v By 3 Sec
If the report on German magazine Sportauto is true and rally legend and Porsche test driver, Walter Röhrl, did indeed lap the Nordschleife track in 7 minutes and 56 seconds with the new Panamera Turbo, then there goes Cadillac's claim for having...
Cars
Lexus LFA Loses to Ferrari 458 Italia in C&D's 2013 Lightning Lap Test
It's a fact that Nürburgring lap times have become something of a standard when it comes to comparing sports cars’ performance. Car & Driver magazine decided that it was impractical to conduct its annual Lightning Lap event in Germany as they had 20 cars to test, so its editors chose the Virginia International Raceway (VIR) as the U.S. equivalent of the ‘Ring.
While the 4.1-mile long track is one-third of the Nordschleife, it features more than 30 turns and elevation changes and, according to C&D, it makes for a demanding venue in which to test each car to its limits.
Read more »- Drive Goes Inside Jaguar’s Nürburgring Test Facility, Samples The Xkr-s
Maybe some of you are thinking, “oh, it's just another Nürburgring video where a lucky chap is having a blast driving a powerful carâ€. Bear with us, though, because it's much more than that. In fact, it’s a look at the inside...
- Auto Express And Road&track Video Review The New Ferrari F12berlinetta
It didn’t take long for the first videos of the new Ferrari F12berlinetta to trickle down through the internet after the Italian automaker began inviting the press for test drives at the Fiorano circuit. Among the first magazines to post a review...
- Cadillac Tells Us How It Makes New Ats Sound Like It Does
Nürburgring lap times are all good and well and a great marketing tool. However, for the vast majority of your average consumer, how fast a professional racing driver can lap the Nordschleife makes little to no difference at all when it comes to choosing...
- Video: 2011 Subaru Impreza Wrx Sti Test Car Laps The Nurburgring In 7:55.00, Faster Than Panamera And Cts-v
Subaru has just released test footage of its soon-to-be-launched 2011 Impreza WRX STI sedan from the Nurburgring race track. Described by the Japanese automaker as the firm's "fastest WRX STI ever", the 2011MY turned the Nurburgring race...
- Porsche Panamera Turbo Allegedly Laps The Nurburgring In 7:56 , Beats The Cts-v By 3 Sec
If the report on German magazine Sportauto is true and rally legend and Porsche test driver, Walter Röhrl, did indeed lap the Nordschleife track in 7 minutes and 56 seconds with the new Panamera Turbo, then there goes Cadillac's claim for having...