The rapidly approaching Nürburgring 24 hour race has a new face ready to take the grid in the shape of Volkswagen’s new third generation Scirocco. The race will take place over the weekend of 23-25 May and while the Scirocco will be new to Nürburgring competition, a couple of the team drivers have credentials of […]
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 […]
One of the many side industries associated with tourist laps of the Nürburgring Nordschleife is photography. Most photographers you see Ring-side are generally taking happy snaps for their own use, but there are some who approach their Nordschleife watching with a bit more seriousness. One such photographer is Rene Graff, who has been kind enough […]
Ouch! This has got to hurt. Spotted recently on YouTube is this clip of a 996 Porche 911 GT3‘s Nordschleife adventure going very, very pear shaped. The good news is that nobody appeared to be hurt, and amazingly the windscreen looks largely unaffected. The accident happened just after the jump at Pflanzgarten I and speculation […]
Here are two promo clips (one above, one below) from Honda featuring Jenson Button at the Nürburgring. He is behind the wheel of Honda’s current British built Civic Type R coupé. The first clip is a bit of banter before Button goes out for his first ever Nordschleife lap. The second, a hot lap, promises […]
