Nurburgring lap time
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Tesla plans to introduce a new range-topping powertrain called the Plaid next year and is testing prototypes at the Nürburgring. There are two prototypes, one red and the other blue. Both have heavily tinted windows so it's difficult to see inside the cabin but our photographer at the 'Ring said it looks like the prototypes have stripped interiors, with only a driver's seat, the dash and a safety cage present. This is in contrast to a Twitter post from Tesla CEO Elon Musk on September 12 which said, “Model S at Nürburgring has 7 seats.” We can't be sure whether the red...
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Tesla Model S Plaid reportedly beat the Porsche Taycan's Nurburgring recordA Tesla Model S Plaid prototype has been spotted at the Nürburgring ahead of a possible attempt at setting a lap time.
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Elon Musk claims Tesla Model S will make a Nürburgring run next week
With the Porsche Taycan now a reality, Musk and Tesla may be preparing to challenge the German electric car's performance credentials—before it's even on sale.
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Porsche Taycan electrifies at the 'Ring with 7:42 lap time
The Porsche Taycan set a new electric sedan lap record at the Nurburgring with a time of 7:42.
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Lynk & Co. 03 Cyan Concept is fastest street-legal 4-door around the 'Ring
Lynk & Co.'s 03 Cyan Concept is now the fastest four-door car and fastest front-wheel-drive car around the Nürburgring when it comes to street-legal cars.
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Quick and efficient: VW ID R used one quarter of the energy of a gas car for Nürburgring lap
Two months ago, Volkswagen announced it had obliterated the previous EV lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife with its ID R time-attack special. Two months later, after crunching all of the data, the ID R also lays claim to the most efficient lap ever performed. The ID R used only a...
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Jaguar's XE SV Project 8 is the fastest sedan in production right now.
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2020 Chevy Corvette went mid-engine for both lap times and driver engagement
Team Corvette said the C8 will go for an official Nürburgring lap time.
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Lotus Evija targets Nürburgring production car record
Lotus is confident of beating the current production car record of 6:44.97 with its Evija electric hypercar.
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Aston Martin Valkyrie locked in for Nürburgring record attempt
Aston Martin predicts the Valkyrie will be as fast as a Formula One car.
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Volkswagen ID R obliterates EV lap record at Nürburgring
The Volkswagen ID R set a new electric car lap record at the Nürburgring with a time of 6:05.33, besting the Nio EP9 by more than 40 seconds.
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Renault Megane RS Trophy R is your new front-wheel-drive 'Ring record holder
The Renault Megane RS Trophy R blitzed the Nurburgring-Nordschleife in 7:40:1, quicker than the Honda Type R that held the previous record.
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Check out how Volkswagen changed the ID R electric race car to attack the Nürburgring Nordschleife, including changing the body work and adding a Formula One-inspired DRS.
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Meet the Volkswagen ID R that aims to set a new Nürburgring record
Volkswagen announced its intentions to tackle the Nürburgring Nordschleife with its ID R electric race car in January, and on Wednesday, the company revealed the car set to take on the Green Hell. We've seen the ID R electric race car before when it smashed the outright record at the Pikes...
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2019 Chevy Corvette ZR1 set a disappointing Nürburgring lap time
Spy photographers spotted Chevy testing its most-powerful factory Corvette ever, the ZR1, on the Nürburgring Nordschleife on numerous occasions last year. Yet, we never received an official lap time. The answer is likely because, well, it's rather disappointing. According to a Facebook post...
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Aspark Owl EV hypercar charging up for potential Nürburgring record attempt
The Nio EP9 should watch its back because another electric supercar may have a go at the EV lap record around the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Aspark, the company behind the Owl electric supercar, may take a crack at the lap record. Top Gear reported Monday that the company wants to aim for a lap...
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VW to chase Nürburgring EV record with ID R electric racer
The Volkswagen ID R electric time attack special has a new mission on its hands: Obliterate the EV lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The current record is the 6:45.9 set by Nio and its EP9 track car back in 2017. VW will attempt to break the record this summer and insiders have...
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Toyota Supra chief engineer thinks car is good for 7:40 Nürburgring lap time
With a 335-horsepower turbocharged inline-6, the 2020 Toyota Supra likely isn't on its way to break any lap records, but chief engineer Tetsuya Tada laid down his best guess for a Nürburgring Nordschleife run. Speaking to Road & Track at this week's 2019 North American International Auto...
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Porsche has a new 911 on its hands, the 992 generation, and naturally it's faster than the model it replaces. However, we've just learned that the performance gap isn't a small one, at least when it comes to the Carrera S variant. Speaking on Thursday during a drive event for the redesigned 2020 Porsche 911 Carrera S, a Porsche spokesman revealed the car will lap the Nürburgring in a time of 7:25, which makes it a full 5.0 seconds faster than the previous-generation Carrera S. The time, achieved with all of the car's available performance options, is seriously quick as it's also close to...
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AMG's new GT R Pro runs a 7:04.63 Nürburgring hot lap
There's a new top dog in AMG's GT sports car family, the GT R Pro, which the Affalterbach tuner unveiled last week at the 2018 LA Auto Show alongside an updated GT range. AMG announced at the debut that the GT R Pro is capable of a Nürburgring lap time of 7.04.632, and now we have the video of...
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Porsche targets 6:30 Nürburgring lap time for next hypercar
Just 6 minutes and 30 seconds. That's the targeted lap time for the 12.9-mile Nürburgring-Nordschleife for Porsche's next hypercar. The information was confirmed to Top Gear magazine at last week's 2018 LA Auto Show by Frank-Steffen Walliser, the head of Porsche's motorsport department as well...
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Mercedes-AMG GLC63 S smashes Alfa Romeo Stelvio's 'Ring record
Mercedes-AMG's GLC63 S is now the fastest SUV around the Nürburgring, with AMG development engineer Markus Hofbauer having managed to fling the 503-horsepower small SUV around the full Nordschleife in a time of 7:49:369. That compares to the previous record of 7:51.7 set by the similarly...
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Porsche sets 6:40.3 Nürburgring record with modified, street-legal 911 GT2 RS MR
Porsche may not be the king of the Nürburgring-Nordschleife when it comes to the production-car lap record anymore, but it set a new record for the fastest street-legal car at the famed circuit. The automaker announced Friday that a modified Porsche 911 GT2 RS MR lapped the 'Ring in 6:40.3...
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AMG boss thinks Project One could beat Porsche 919 Evo's 'Ring record--with right mods
Back in March, Mercedes-AMG boss Tobias Moers was pretty confident the upcoming Project One hypercar would be able to crack the 6:11.13 Nürburgring lap time set by a Porsche 956 race car in 1983. That was an outright record for any type of car at the German racetrack that lasted until June of...
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