Official confirmation of a release date for Audi’s R8 Spyder is no closer to being locked away. However, the 5.2-litre V10 rag top is not shying away from Nürburgring testing, as this video shows. The sight and sound of the 525bhp V10 powered R8 is one well worth watching. According to autoblog, pencil in a [...]

Alpina is a name well known when it comes to performance BMWs. At the recent Nürburgring 24 hour race they entered two B6 GT3 racers, based on the BMW 6 Series Coupé. The B6 GT3 has 530bhp and 750Nm of torque, tipping the scales at 1350kg (click here for full specs). While it is safe [...]

Apologies for the late notice, but you’d better plan to park yourself on the couch this afternoon. Switch your telly to SBS TV’s Speedweek program which starts at 1pm (check local guides). This is a one-hour TV doco shot by Stuart Greaves from Adrenaline Video with the support of Tony Quinn and his team. See [...]

Top Gear Australia are offering up a trip for two to the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The prize includes airfares, accommodation and, the best part, driver tuition with Ron Simons from RSR Nurburg. You must be over 18 to enter, hold an Australian driving licence and be able to travel in the last week of August this [...]

This video is a couple of years old now, but it’s one of the better TF videos around. There’s not much detail about the car or driver. All we know is that the car in front is a 997 GT3 RS and presumably the car with the camera is too. What is clear, though, is [...]

Thanks to AUSringers reader Ryan for sending in this clip of his BMW Ring-Taxi experience. Ryan and his wife, in Europe on their honeymoon, were lucky enough to have Sabine Schmitz as their tour guide. You’ll have to forgive Ryan’s camera work, as I’m sure you can imagine holding the camera still while Sabine exploits [...]

Thanks to Mathias for highlighting this image of  the Mal Rose Racing Holden Commodore in action at this weekend’s Spa 12 hour race. Mal and his team suffered some bad luck at the N24 a couple of weeks ago and, unfortunately, it looks like things haven’t improved with the trip across the border. The official [...]

The Nürburgring 24 hour race is a tremendous test of endurance for both man and machine. Imagine the relief, then, as the cars cross the line for the last time. Here you can see the four Audi R8 LMS cars finish in formation before the #1 Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 RSR crosses the line to [...]

There are now quite a few YouTube clips appearing from this year’s Nürburgring 24 hour race. This is a clip is from the first 10 minutes or so of the 2009 N24 race. It’s a good example of the staggered starting process, where the cars are broken up by category for three separate rolling starts. [...]

This is the Devon Motor Works GTX. I’d never heard of it either. Thing is, these guys reckon they’ve got what it takes to break the “production car” record around the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The current bar sits at 7 minutes 22.1 seconds, as set by the Dodge Viper ACR in August last year. Okay, so [...]