Putting the ‘Ring’ into Nürburgring
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 Posted in Nurburgring news | 1 Comment »I know spending a couple of days at the Nürburgring Nordschleife can set you back a fair amount of money; what with fuel prices, lap prices and car hire. But the price being asked for this two-year-old Vertu mobile phone ...
Is this road better than the Nürburgring Nordschleife?
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 Posted in BMW, Fifth Gear, Nurburgring news | No Comments »Is the tight, twisty and ultra smooth Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road in Abu Dhabi better than the Nürburgring Nordschleife? Is it the best road in the world, as some people claim? In Series 15, Episode 7, Fifth Gear sent Tiff ...
ROAD magazine - Nürburgring Nordschleife special
Sunday, February 15th, 2009 Posted in Nurburgring news, Sabine Schmitz | No Comments »Online magazine ROAD, has given us 73 pages of Nürburgring goodness. That's one page for each corner! Included in their Nürburgring Nordschleife special are stories on track days, circuit tips, VLN racing series, past masters and much more (including plenty ...
A lap of the Nordschleife in JD Engineering’s Golf V GTI
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 Posted in Video, Volkswagen | No Comments »Here's an interesting lap from Netherlands based company JD Engineering. Filmed in October 2007 it shows their 376hp (280kW) Mk5 Golf GTI completing a bridge to gantry time of around 8 minutes 18 seconds. The footage itself is not so ...
Hotel An Der Nordschleife now offers car hire
Sunday, February 1st, 2009 Posted in Car hire | 1 Comment »Hotel An Der Nordschleife has followed the lead of RSR Nürburg and now offers Renault Clios for use around the Nürburgring. Although, unlike the RSR option, I suspect these Clios will be left hand drive. As you can see from ...
Walter Röhrl drives new Porsche 911 GT3, but…
Sunday, February 1st, 2009 Posted in Porsche, Walter Rohrl | 1 Comment »...not at the Nürburgring. Details of the the new 997.5 Porsche 911 GT3 were released the other day (see AUSmotive for more), and now a promotional video of the car in action has surfaced. As with other similar videos Porsche's most ...
