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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 …

A new supercar had massive ups and downs when it went to prove its track-worthiness on the Nurburgring route. The Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus SCG003 was put through its paces on Nordschleife and, according to reports, put in a 6 minute and 42 second lap time—quite the incredible run! The Glickenhaus …

When people think of companies that hold the current Nurburgring lap record for street-legal cars, their minds often turn to Porsche or McLaren. However, the reality is Radical is in the lead. It not only hit a 6 minute and 55 second lap time in 2005, it bumped up the …

            Honda is certainly ramping up its Nurburgring development program! To spearhead this effort, it brought the new NSX model to the Nordschleife track to put the hybrid supercar through its paces. With a 2015 launch, the NSX will go under the name Acura NSX …

Every so often, there comes a report from Nurburgring that many wish would turn out to be true, only to discover it was an unsubstantiated rumor all along. In this instance, the rumor surrounded the Chevrolet Corvette Z06, which was stated to have completed a lap time of just 6 …

            American-made muscle cars have sometimes struggled to keep their place on the Nordschleife lap time rankings. However, a couple of models have begun to show decent promise on that front. Foremost was the Chevy Camo Z/28, which ran the lap in 7 minutes and …

            It looks like the Nurburgring track has an entirely new owner. For years, the track has struggled to maintain profitability, with various costly construction projects and efforts to turn it into a more extravagant tourist attraction often falling flat and putting the complex into …