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Volkswagen Unwraps Monster Golf24 with 440HP Five-Cylinder Turbo for 2011 Nürburgring 24-hour Race
Volkswagen has announced that it will compete at this year's 24-hour endurance race at the Nürburgring with an all-new challenger, the freshly developed Golf24. The dramatic racing version of the Golf borrows the 2.5-liter turbocharged five-cylinder engine from sister company Audi's TT RS and RS3 models, modified to deliver 440-ponies and a maximum torque of 540Nm or 398 lb-ft. Power is transmitted to the permanent four-wheel drive by a sequential six-speed gearbox with paddle shift operation. Read more »
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Toyota To Field A Pair Of Gt86 Coupes In The Nürburgring 24 Hour Race [video]
Toyota is wasting no time in preparing its newly launched 86 rear-wheel drive coupe (named GT86 in Europe) for its motorsports activities. The Japanese automaker announced today that in cooperation with its motorsports partner Gazoo Racing, it is entering...
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Vw Scirocco Gt24-cng To Enter Nurburgring 24h Race
For this year's 24-hour endurance race at the Nurburgring in Germany on May 23-24, Volkswagen has readied two natural-gas-powered Scirocco models that will participate alongside three gasoline-powered 325HP Scirocco GT24s with which the automaker...
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Audi R8 Lms Breaks Cover At Essen Motorshow - New Image Gallery
The GT3 race version of the Audi R8 called LMS made its first public appearance at this week's Essen Motorshow in Germany. Audi's first-ever racing sports car that has been developed specifically for customer use will available from autumn 2009...
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Vw Scirocco Gt24 325hp Fully Revealed
The race-prepped Scirocco GT24 that will participate at the Nürburgring 24-hour endurance in two days time was fully revealed today at the GTI meeting at Wörther Lake in Austria. The Scirocco that we’d all like to get behind the wheel, is...
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300hp Vw Scirocco 2.0tfsi Ready For 24h Nurburgring Race
The racing version of the new Volkswagen Scirocco is all set to show off its sporting credentials at next month’s 24-Hour Race at the Nürburgring (23 -25 May) as the German carmaker completed a comprehensive endurance test at the Motorsport...
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