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 (7:29). Not only that, it is also quicker than Porsche’s latest GT2 (7:32). Pretty darn [...]
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 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 40 seconds, or 7:37 to be precise. That’s some pretty elite territory the NSX would [...]
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. This time is now being claimed as the fastest ever lap around the Nürburgring by [...]
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 the car being put through its paces, read the Autoblog article for more detail and [...]
Autoblog recently published a story about the new Chevrolet Camaro being tested at the Nürburgring. While clearly designed for the North American market, much of the engineering of this car has been undertaken at Australia’s Holden facilities, a fact highlighted by the Victorian registration plates on the car spied in testing. Surely we won’t, finally, [...]
Aston Martin has started testing its new 4-door Rapide at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Spy photos reveal a sleek glass roof that will no doubt add further appeal for some to the already stylish looking Aston. The Rapide will be powered by a 480bhp V12 and is expected to go on sale in Europe in late [...]
MINI is close to fulfilling the required power demands in its market segment with the ‘Stage II’ John Cooper Works (JCW) MINI Cooper S which is due for release later this year. Power is expected to be close to 220bhp which is a healthy increase from the 192bhp gained from the ‘Stage I’ bolt on [...]
The next generation MINI Convertible (R57) has been caught in testing at the Nurburgring. Of note is the lovely bit of oversteer as shown in the image to the left. See the excellent MINI website MotoringFile for more info.
