Audi R8 Spider unmasked!
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 Posted in Audi, Manufacturer testing | No Comments »NextAutos is reporting sightings of an Audi R8 Spider on roads near the Ring. The Spider—although naming has not been confirmed—is believed to be available with the existing 4.2 litre V8 engine as well as the 5.0 litre V10, as ...
Random manufacturer testing at the Nürburgring Nordschleife
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 Posted in Manufacturer testing, Video | 1 Comment »This is a pretty cool clip showing a bunch of random exotica being tested at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Car spotting at it's finest! There's too many models to mention but Porsche, Ferrari, Audi, Aston Martin, Alfa Romeo and Mercedes-Benz cars ...
Bend it like Schumacher?
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in Ferrari, Manufacturer testing | No Comments »Since retiring from full time racing seven time F1 world champion Michael Schumacher has been keeping his toe in the water by taking on a testing and development role with Ferrari's road car program. The Italian manufacturer recently hired the ...
Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR Speedster - pictures and video
Thursday, July 24th, 2008 Posted in Manufacturer testing, Mercedes-Benz | 2 Comments »If you've not seen, read or, most impressively, heard about this car before then here's a best of the web gathering of information. As you can see from bridgetogantry's photo this Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR Speedster is a pretty wild looking ...
Porsche’s Nordschleife engine simulator
Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Manufacturer testing, Porsche | 1 Comment »This is very cool! Porsche have collected data from countless hours of Nürburgring Nordschleife testing to produce the virtual engine simulator. The telemetry gathered enables the simulator to not only recreate the acceleration and engine braking from a lap at ...
Corvette ZR1 latest to claim Nürburgring headlines
Saturday, June 28th, 2008 Posted in GM, Manufacturer testing | 1 Comment »According to the blog of Corvette's Chief Engineer, Tadge J Juechter, the ZR1 is the latest car to claim the headlines with a full Nordschleife lap of 7:26.4. That is almost three seconds faster than the much hyped Nissan GT-R ...
2010 Honda NSX Nürburgring test footage
Saturday, June 21st, 2008 Posted in Honda, Manufacturer testing | No Comments »With thanks to bridgetogantry.com here is a short clip of the new Honda NSX in testing at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. You can see the car driving through the Brünnchen complex, doesn't sound too bad either.
Honda NSX test mule laps Nürburgring in 7:37
Friday, June 20th, 2008 Posted in Honda, Manufacturer testing | No Comments »Honda is the latest manufacturer to have thrown its hat into the Ring chasing uber fast lap times. A report on autoblog.com suggests a Honda NSX test mule has been timed by spy photographers lapping the Nordschleife under 7 minutes ...
2009 Cadillac CTS-V claims Nürburgring Nordschleife record
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in GM, Manufacturer testing | 1 Comment »American car. Nordschleife. Record. Hmm, okay, this is not a joke, a 2009 model Cadiallc CTS-V with GM Performance Division's John Heinricy behind the wheel has reportedly lapped the Nürburgring Nordschleife in under 8 minutes, or 7:59.32 to be precise. ...
Nissan GT-R V-spec getting closer
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 Posted in Manufacturer testing, Nissan | 1 Comment »News of Nissan's lighter, faster V-spec version of its GT-R has been around for a while now. Again, from Autoblog, is news that the car has been spied in testing at the Nordschleife. This photo, taken at the mini-Karussell, shows ...
