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Does Honda Civic Type R Fight Back for Its Lost Crown?
Does Honda Civic Type R Fight Back for Its Lost Crown?

21 Jun 2020, 07:07 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / Renault smashed the Civic Type R lap record on the Nurburgring racetrack in Germany in 2019 beating it with almost three seconds. Now, Honda wants to revenge.

 
How Sub-7 Minute Nurburgring Lap Records Fell like Dominoes
How Sub-7 Minute Nurburgring Lap Records Fell like Dominoes

28 Dec 2019, 00:05 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / One of the most interesting TIL facts about the last decade is the sheer number of Nordschleife records, including the first sub-7 minute laps

 
Tesla Model S Plaid Prototype Now Attacking the Nurburgring With Giant Rear Wing
Tesla Model S Plaid Prototype Now Attacking the Nurburgring With Giant Rear Wing

23 Oct 2019, 08:10 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / There is no easy way of saying this, but Tesla may have contracted the “must-have Nurburgring lap record” disease, and there is no turning back now

 
Tesla Model S Plaid Prototype Returns With Huge Diffuser At The Nurburgring
Tesla Model S Plaid Prototype Returns With Huge Diffuser At The Nurburgring

16 Oct 2019, 08:19 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / After unofficially mopping the floor with the Porsche Taycan Nurburgring lap time, a couple of Tesla Model S Plaid prototypes now want more

 
Tesla Model S Plaid Attempts Nurburgring Record But Doesn't Improve Time
Tesla Model S Plaid Attempts Nurburgring Record But Doesn't Improve Time

19 Sep 2019, 08:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Apparently, the two Tesla Prototypes attempted to set a Nurburgring record on Wednesday evening, part of the performance slot during the industry pool

 
Tesla Model S Plaid Obliterates Porsche Taycan's Nurburgring Record
Tesla Model S Plaid Obliterates Porsche Taycan's Nurburgring Record

17 Sep 2019, 12:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Everyone knew this was coming after Tesla dispatched a number of modified Model S prototypes on the Nurburgring Nordschleife last week

 
Porsche Panamera Turbo ST Sets Nurburgring Trailer Record Towing Porsche Tractor
Porsche Panamera Turbo ST Sets Nurburgring Trailer Record Towing Porsche Tractor

30 Nov 2017, 10:22 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / With the race for Nurburgring records getting sharper and sharper, you can expect to see even crazier adventures of the sort

 
Watch: Nurburgring SUV Record Broken by Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio
Watch: Nurburgring SUV Record Broken by Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio

29 Sep 2017, 09:07 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The Italian SUV managed to improve the Porsche Cayenne Turbo S' time by more than eight seconds and become the new holder of the record

 
Dodge Viper ACR Sets New Nurburgring Record, Crashes Immediately After
Dodge Viper ACR Sets New Nurburgring Record, Crashes Immediately After

2 Sep 2017, 07:31 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The team didn't manage to beat the record they set out to, but after several technical problems and limited track time, they didn't come out empty-handed

 
VW Golf GTI Clubsport S and Megane R26R Prove that FWD Is Great
VW Golf GTI Clubsport S and Megane R26R Prove that FWD Is Great

14 Jun 2017, 12:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We are currently witnessing the limits of what FWD hot hatchbacks can do, but the argument being made here is AWD doesn't make things more fun

 
Volvo Drove an S60 Polestar at the 'Ring and Kept Its Time Secret For a Year
Volvo Drove an S60 Polestar at the 'Ring and Kept Its Time Secret For a Year

25 May 2017, 14:23 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The Swedes at Volvo seem to be better at keeping secrets than people imagined, and the best example is one that they kept hidden for an entire year

 
Glickenhaus Posts Video To Show The SCG003 Can Beat The Huracan Performante
Glickenhaus Posts Video To Show The SCG003 Can Beat The Huracan Performante

10 May 2017, 13:40 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus has posted a comparison video that puts the SCG003 GT3, Porsche 918 Spyder and Lamborghini Huracan Performante on the 'Ring

 
2018 Porsche 911 GT3 Facelift Laps the Nurburgring in 7 Minutes and 12.7 Seconds
2018 Porsche 911 GT3 Facelift Laps the Nurburgring in 7 Minutes and 12.7 Seconds

4 May 2017, 16:48 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / 7 minutes, 12.7 seconds: The 911 GT3 sets a new best time7 minutes, 12.7 seconds: The 911 GT3 sets a new best time7 minutes, 12.7 seconds: The 911 GT3 sets a ne

 
2017 Honda Civic Type R Smashes Front-Wheel-Drive Record At The Nurburgring
2017 Honda Civic Type R Smashes Front-Wheel-Drive Record At The Nurburgring

24 Apr 2017, 08:21 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Honda has announced that its development team established a new lap record for front-wheel-drive cars at the Nurburgring. It is 5 seconds slower than the M4 CS

 
Glickenhaus Has Same Nurburgring Lap Time Goal As The Mercedes-AMG Project One
Glickenhaus Has Same Nurburgring Lap Time Goal As The Mercedes-AMG Project One

31 Mar 2017, 15:28 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus is preparing to set a new record at the Nurburgring. According to the boss of the company, they are joined by Mercedes-AMG

 
NIO EP9' Nurburgring Lap Record Video Is Almost Silent, Blistering Quick
NIO EP9' Nurburgring Lap Record Video Is Almost Silent, Blistering Quick

24 Mar 2017, 08:53 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Usually, onboard videos bring noise to the viewers, and they feel a part of the action. Things change with EVs, and the NIO EP9 is no exception. It's still fun

 
Lamborghini Insists It Did Not Cheat For Nurburgring Record, Condemns Bloggers
Lamborghini Insists It Did Not Cheat For Nurburgring Record, Condemns Bloggers

22 Mar 2017, 13:03 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Lamborghini insists it did not cheat its way to a Nurburgring record. The company says that the pay-per-click ad model is to blame for blogger's claims

 
Lamborghini Stands by Huracan Performante 'Ring Lap, Admits Using Better Tires
Lamborghini Stands by Huracan Performante 'Ring Lap, Admits Using Better Tires

9 Mar 2017, 17:36 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Lamborghini's Huracan Performante Nurburgring lap time started a massive controversy, and even Jim Glickenhaus contradicted the brand. Lambo says it was real

 
Electric NIO EP9 Supercar Sets Driverless Lap Record At Circuit of the Americas
Electric NIO EP9 Supercar Sets Driverless Lap Record At Circuit of the Americas

27 Feb 2017, 17:01 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / NIO EP9, an electric supercar designed by a start-up company, has set a driverless lap record on the Austin circuit, known as COTA. It has 1,360 HP

 
Glickenhaus To Unveil Production SCG003 S In Geneva, Nurburgring Record Targeted
Glickenhaus To Unveil Production SCG003 S In Geneva, Nurburgring Record Targeted

20 Feb 2017, 11:03 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The Americans at Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus have scheduled the public unveiling of the SCG003S for the 2017 Geneva Motor Show. A Nurburgring record is desired