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Hennessey Venom F5 Revolution Sets New 2:10.90 Lap Record at its 'Home' Track COTA
Hennessey Venom F5 Revolution Sets New 2:10.90 Lap Record at its 'Home' Track COTA

25 Mar 2024, 14:19 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Hennessey calls it the "decathlete of hypercars," and the Venom F5 Revolution doesn't disappoint around Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas

 
2024 Nissan GT-R NISMO Sets Production Car Lap Record at Tsukuba Circuit in Japan
2024 Nissan GT-R NISMO Sets Production Car Lap Record at Tsukuba Circuit in Japan

19 Jan 2024, 21:59 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Four years ago, the GT-R NISMO lapped the Tsukuba circuit in 59.361 seconds. Back in January 2024, the 2024 model improved to 59.078 seconds

 
New Porsche Taycan Turbo GT Spied at the Nurburgring, New Lap Record Incoming
New Porsche Taycan Turbo GT Spied at the Nurburgring, New Lap Record Incoming

13 Sep 2023, 20:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Not long now, Porsche is expected to publish a release according to which the Taycan Turbo GT is the fastest production electric sedan at the Nurburgring

 
992 Porsche 911 GT3 RS Beats 991.2 Porsche 911 GT2 RS Lap Record at Road America
992 Porsche 911 GT3 RS Beats 991.2 Porsche 911 GT2 RS Lap Record at Road America

11 Jul 2023, 20:54 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The latest and greatest 911 GT3 RS entitled to wear license plates just smashed the lap record at Road America with nothing more than a MR alignment

 
Honda Announces New FWD Civic Type R Nürburgring Lap Record, but There's a Catch
Honda Announces New FWD Civic Type R Nürburgring Lap Record, but There's a Catch

20 Apr 2023, 06:24 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / As per tradition, the latest iteration of Honda's Civic Type R sets a fresh front-wheel drive lap time record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife

 
Fresh Mercedes-AMG ONE Teaser Hints at Major Nürburgring Nordschleife Milestone
Fresh Mercedes-AMG ONE Teaser Hints at Major Nürburgring Nordschleife Milestone

10 Nov 2022, 09:52 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The plug-in hybrid German hypercar might have completed a dream journey for any sports car - a bonkers-fast new lap record on the infamous Green Hell

 
VW Golf R Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary With a Nürburgring-Nordschleife Record
VW Golf R Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary With a Nürburgring-Nordschleife Record

22 Aug 2022, 14:07 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Naturally, the Volkswagen Golf R “20 Years” special edition has become the fastest member of the VW R division around the fabled Green Hell

 
2023 BMW M3 Touring Still Testing on the Nurburgring Nordschleife, 7:30 Lap Time Rumored
2023 BMW M3 Touring Still Testing on the Nurburgring Nordschleife, 7:30 Lap Time Rumored

16 Jun 2022, 11:16 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The G81-generation 2023 BMW M3 Touring may have lapped the Green Hell in 7 minutes and 30 seconds, besting the 7:45 of the Mercedes-AMG E 63 S 4Matic+ T-Modell

 
Czinger 21C Crushes Production Lap Record at Circuit of the Americas With AI
Czinger 21C Crushes Production Lap Record at Circuit of the Americas With AI

19 Oct 2021, 18:02 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / This Czinger 21C is modern automotive technology personified, and to create the 21C, Czinger Vehicles used AI to optimize for weight and performance

 
Czinger 21C Smashes Laguna Seca Lap Record, Beats McLaren Senna
Czinger 21C Smashes Laguna Seca Lap Record, Beats McLaren Senna

5 Aug 2021, 14:40 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The all-new hypercar from the Californians at Czinger has managed to snag the track record at Laguna Seca. It even beat the McLaren Senna's time.

 
Laguna Seca EV Record Drops, Randy Pobst and Tesla Model S Plaid Are to “Blame”
Laguna Seca EV Record Drops, Randy Pobst and Tesla Model S Plaid Are to “Blame”

3 Aug 2021, 08:44 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Is anyone surprised that a Tesla Plaid has snatched the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca electric vehicle record when Pobst is involved?!

 
2022 Audi RS 3 Is Officially the Fastest Compact on the Nurburgring Nordschleife
2022 Audi RS 3 Is Officially the Fastest Compact on the Nurburgring Nordschleife

3 Aug 2021, 07:50 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / With semi-slick tires on its feet, the 2022 Audi RS 3 Sedan has officially broken the lap record for production compact cars on the Nurburgring Nordschleife.

 
Tesla Eyeing Nurburgring Lap Record With Nearly Stock Model S Plaid
Tesla Eyeing Nurburgring Lap Record With Nearly Stock Model S Plaid

26 Jul 2021, 20:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Ready or not, Elon Musk intends to get the Model S Plaid under the 7:00 mark on the most difficult racetrack of them all

 
Watch the Ferrari SF90 Break the Indianapolis Lap Record for Production Cars
Watch the Ferrari SF90 Break the Indianapolis Lap Record for Production Cars

21 Jul 2021, 07:23 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / The Ferrari SF90 Stradale is now officially the fastest production car at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The PHEV lap the track in 1:29.625 last week.

 
Mercedes-AMG Congratulates Porsche for Breaking the Nurburgring Lap Record
Mercedes-AMG Congratulates Porsche for Breaking the Nurburgring Lap Record

25 Jun 2021, 20:57 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Mercedes-AMG is happy for Porsche's new lap record, but the Germans also throw shade at Porsche for using aftermarket mods

 
How the Manthey Performance Kit Helped Porsche Set a New Nurburgring Lap Record
How the Manthey Performance Kit Helped Porsche Set a New Nurburgring Lap Record

25 Jun 2021, 11:55 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / At the Nürburgring, Porsche reclaimed the fastest lap record for a production car last week using a 911 GT2 RS equipped with an optional Manthey Performance Kit

 
Porsche GT2 RS Sets Nürburgring Record, Makes the AMG GT Black Series Look Slow
Porsche GT2 RS Sets Nürburgring Record, Makes the AMG GT Black Series Look Slow

24 Jun 2021, 11:17 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Porsche just won't stop setting record after record on the famous Nürburgring race track in Germany, and this time we're looking at yet another sub-7 minute run

 
Porsche Taycan Turbo S Is The Quickest EV Around Australia’s The Bend
Porsche Taycan Turbo S Is The Quickest EV Around Australia’s The Bend

9 Jun 2021, 10:10 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / With Luke Youlden pro-racing driver behind the wheel, the Porsche Taycan Turbo S has completed a lap of The Bend Motorsport Park in Australia in 3:30.344

 
Watch the 2022 Porsche 911 GT3 Lap the Nurburgring and Hit Almost 180 MPH
Watch the 2022 Porsche 911 GT3 Lap the Nurburgring and Hit Almost 180 MPH

19 Feb 2021, 12:10 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The new Porsche 911 GT3 is quicker than a handful of 700+ horsepower supercars, plus the 918 Spyder, on the Nürburgring Nordschleife!

 
Tuk-Tuk Sets Nürburgring Record With Koenigsegg Tech, Pays the Ultimate Price
Tuk-Tuk Sets Nürburgring Record With Koenigsegg Tech, Pays the Ultimate Price

25 Jan 2021, 09:09 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / We've seen some silly vehicles at the Nürburgring over the years, but this one is just off the scale at a whole new level