Archive for October, 2008

Corvette ZR-1 takes 4 seconds off Nürburgring lap time

Claims of near record setting lap times by the Corvette ZR-1 have recently surfaced, with claims the ZR-1 has just posted a best Nürburgring Nordschleife lap time of 7:22.4. Previously, the ZR-1 lapped the Ring in 7:26.4 with Jim Mero at the wheel. Now, Danish ace Jan Magnussen has dropped the time by some margin, [...]

Nordschleife spectator guide – racetours.co.uk

Watching other people lap the Nürburgring Nordschleife is almost as much fun as lapping it yourself. Almost! If you’re making the trek to the Ring from Australia, or anywhere really, I highly recommend setting aside some time to just watch the cars go by. To do that you need to know how to access the [...]

Renault Megane III Coupe spied in testing

Last month pictures of the new Renault Mégane III were revealed. Now, the Coupé model has been spotted in testing on the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Styling cues such as bigger front air dams and centre exhaust point to this being a Renaultsport model in development, which is due to be shown at next year’s Geneva Motor [...]

Porsche and Nissan trade off-track insults over that lap time

A few days ago a Porsche official made the extraordinary public claim that Nissan cheated when setting the GT-R’s amazing lap of 7 minute 29 seconds around the Nürburgring Nordschleife. And now Nissan is fighting back defending its honour. At a recent preview of the 911 Cabrio August Achleitner, the 911 product chief for Porsche, [...]