The interwebs brings word that the new F10 BMW M5 has set what is being claimed as a new lap record at the Nürburgring for a production model four-door sedan. The time has been set, apparently, by a BMW test driver. The time being bandied about is 7 minutes 55 seconds. That’s pretty quick, but [...]
Last night on the Nürburgring webcams I noticed a group of BMWs at the TF gates. Turns out it was an ‘M Festival’ promo event announcing plans to return the new BMW M5 to Ring-Taxi duties in 2012. Currently the M3 sedan is being used for Ring-Taxi rides, filling the void between the end of [...]
As we expected back in March, BMW has confirmed they will be using the M3 Sedan for Ring-Taxi duties. It’s proved to be a popular choice as well with the official Ring-Taxi website currently indicating there are no tickets available.
Renault weren’t the only ones to be claiming bragging rights after the recent industry pool booking at the Ring. This time it’s Chevrolet who are laying claim to holding the fastest production car lap record on the Nordschleife. The time? 7 minutes 19 seconds; bloody fast! Only, Porsche reckon they’ve done a 7:18 in the [...]
Three years ago Renault set a new front-wheel drive lap record at the Ring using a stripped out track-ready Megane R26.R. Well now they’ve gone and broken it using a far more civilised Megane Renaultsport 265 Trophy. The new mark is 8:07.97—bloody fast, and it betters the BMW 1 Series M Coupé among others. Renault [...]
This crazy looking electric powered Peugeot EX1, complete with 250kW, has set a new lap record on the Nürburgring Nordschleife for an electric powered car. It didn’t hang about, either, posting time of 9:01.338—oh so close to breaking the 9 minute barrier. Stéphane Caillet, from Peugeot’s Research & Development Centre, was the man behind the [...]
Fears the BMW Ring-Taxi was a thing of the past have been put to rest with news the company will return to the Nürburgring in 2011. However, instead of using the familiar V10-powered M5 they will be using the lighter V8-powered M3. This probably makes some sense as the M5 is nearing the end of [...]
The BMW Ring-Taxi is one of the icons of the Nürburgring. It has helped launch Sabine Schmitz into the media spotlight, as well as delivering thousands of kilometers of happiness to its customers. And now it looks like the ride is over. BMW contracted out the management of the Ring-Taxi to a company called OK [...]
German publication Rhein Zeitung recently published a new article on the management of the Ring°card. Their source material comes via the German National Audit Office. We touched on this story a couple of weeks ago via a YouTube clip. It’s difficult not to inject personal opinion into this story; the Ring°card is essentially poorly executed [...]
Earlier this week the operators of the Nürburgring, namely Kai Richter and Jörg Lindner, fronted the fans to discuss concerns over the running of the Ring. Dale from Bridge to Gantry was there and has been kind enough to post a summary of events for those unable to attend (follow source link below). And this [...]
