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Porsche Rented the Nurburgring for 918 Spyder Owners, Brought Along a Carrera GT

Corporate creativity takes all sort of shapes these days, but we have to admit that one of the best we've seen all year comes from Porsche, which recently rented the Nurburgring, offering the Green Hell to 918 Spyder owners.
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So, why would the German automaker go through such a hassle for a halo car that has gone out of production? There are many potential answers to such a question, but we have a preferred one.

You see, despite more than one carmaker struggling to steal the 918 Spyder's Nurburgring record (you know, the 6:57 lap set by Mark Lieb), this still sits in Zuffenhausen's trophy cabinet.

And what better way to celebrate the link between such a record and the real world if not allowing 918 owners to drive their record-holding machines on the all-feared Nordschleife?

Oh, and to make sure the celebration is complete, Porsche brought along a Carrera GT. A Martini-liveried Carrera GT, that is, with the senior halo car lapping the Ring at flying pace. Sure, other delicious Zuffenhausen machines, such as a 991 GT3 RS, were present, but we're here to focus un the hyper segment.

Speaking of other automaker working to grab the 918's Ring laurels, both Koenigsegg and Pagani are currently in this race. Angelholm reportedly broke the said record, but never got to make things official due to the crash that tore apart their One:1 earlier this year. However, the Swedes promised they would return to the track to complete the journey against the stopwatch.

As for the Italian automaker, Pagani din't make its Nurburgring production car lap record attempt official. However, we've seen the Huayra BC dropping blitz laps with former Ring record holder Marc Basseng behind the wheel.

And with the hooning season ending next month due to the weather, Porsche might just keep the Nurburgring accolade until 2017.

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