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The NIO EP9 has set a new lap record on the Nordschleife: 6 minutes 45.9 seconds. The EP9 is a Chinese electric hypercar producing 1341 BHP (1 Megawatt) and 1480 Nm torque. The EP9 already held the lap record for an electric car at 7 minutes 5.12 seconds as of …

A press release from Porsche, Stuttgart states that the 911 GT3 has completed a lap of the Nordschleife in 7 minutes 12.7 seconds, 12.3 seconds faster than the previous GT3 model. The claim appears to be that the car was “standard”, with Michelin Pilot Sport 2N1 tires. Weight savings? It …

James Glickenhaus (of SCG OO3 fame) wants to run a competition at the Nürburgring in order, once and for all, to find out which street legal car is fastest around the Nordshleife. Glickenhaus is sure the winner will be his own SCG 003S, based on the racing successes of his …

Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG), with founder Jim Glickenhaus, is claiming that the company’s SCG 003 Stradale road-going hypercar will be able to lap the Nürbrgring in 6:30. That’s a whole 27 seconds faster than the Porsche 918 Spyder. It all started when Pininfarina was commissioned to make the Ferrari Enzo …

Alfa Romeo has unseated the Porsche Panamera and its recent Nürburgring sedan record, beating the Panamera’s (7:38) time by 6 seconds on September 8, 2016. The Giulia Quadrifoglio 8 speed automatic, driven by Alfa test driver, Fabio Francia, lapped in 7:32, also beating out a previous time of 7:39 by …

Longer than words we’re used to. Longer than races we’re used to. The literal translation is: Organizer, community—long distance, cup Therefore a community organization of an endurance cup (cup meaning trophy/championship). And with that done, we promise to keep the rest of the words short, using as many abbreviations and …

Porsche has used the Nordschleife for years for testing their vehicles and has recently (late June 2016) announced that their Panamera Turbo has obtained the lap record for production sedans. Yes, a 4-door sedan hatchback! Its newly redesigned 2017, second-generation Panamera Turbo has lapped the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 7:38. With …

The end of May (2016) saw “four days at full throttle,” in the 44th ADAC Zurich 24-hour race. This event always pushes driver and vehicle to the limit as more than 200 vehicles lap the Nordschleife and Grand Prix Circuit for one whole day and night. This year’s event was …

Since the reopening of the n-ring in April there are no reports of the dam bursting wide open and records being broken immediately. Koennigsegg has said that the company MAY attempt a record run in 2016, but that preparation is everything and takes a long time. Driver, car, available dates …

The speed restrictions on the N-Ring Nordschleife were removed March 30, 2016. Restrictions (between 200 and 250 km/hr) were imposed March 2015 following an accident which resulted in the fatality of a bystander. Some repaving, and the addition of more protective fences, has led to a declaration that the Nordschleife …