Nurburgring lap time

  • 2017 Dodge Viper ACR in preparation for Nürburgring lap record attempt - Image via Prefix

    The Dodge Viper is weeks away from ceasing production for good, and fans are determined to see it go out with a bang. That’s why 378 of them banded together to provide funds for one final assault on the Nürburgring. The funds were required to ship two 2017 Dodge Viper ACRs to the German track plus pay for its use and various other expenses. Also helping with the attempt, which will take place in the coming weeks, is Kumho which helped organize track time and is supplying the tires, in this case street-legal Ecsta V720 tires that are available on the Viper ACR from the factory. The...

  • Subaru WRX STI Type RA NBR Nurburgring record run
    Subaru WRX STI Type RA NBR claims Nürburgring sedan record with 6:57.5 lap

    Weather did not spite Subaru today. After torrential downpours derailed its first effort at a Nürburgring lap record, Subaru returned to the Green Hell with its WRX STI Type RA NBR and rung up a 6:57.5, a record-breaking run around Germany's most notorious race track. Subaru completed the run...

  • McLaren P1 LM Nürburgring video
    Go behind the scenes of the McLaren P1 LM's record-setting Nürburgring lap time

    This past May, a new king of the Nürburgring Nordschilfe was crowned when the McLaren P1 LM became the quickest street-legal car around the famed, 12.9-mile long circuit. "Street-legal" and "production" lap times are different, however. The P1 LM is a McLaren-backed project by Lanzante, which...

  • 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE on the Nürburgring
    2018 Chevy Camaro ZL1 1LE laps the ‘Ring in 7:16.04

    The days of singling out American muscle cars as hopeless handlers are well and truly over. Case in point is the performance of the 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE on what’s arguably the world’s toughest race track: the Nürburgring. The 650-horsepower Detroit special has lapped the...

  • Glickenhaus SCG003C at the 2017 24 Hours of Nürburgring
    Watch the Glickenhaus SCG003C lap the 'Ring in 6:33.20

    During qualifying for lthe 24 Hours of Nürburgring on May 27, American driver Jeff Westphal put the Glickenhaus SCG003C supercar on the pole for the SP-X class with a time of 8:15.427. Why should we care? Because the famous Nordschliefe was part of the course, and the car covered that...

  • The Beast of the Green Hell promotion for the Mercedes-AMG GT R
    Documentary series dives into the Mercedes-AMG GT R and its ties to the Nürburgring

    Mercedes-AMG gave the GT R a proper nickname after showcasing its latest creation to the automotive world: The Beast of The Green Hell. The Beast is the Mercedes-AMG GT R; The Green Hell is none other than the Nürburgring. Mercedes-AMG has put together a new, five-part documentary series to...

  • Volvo S60 Polestar set a 7:51.110 Nürburgring lap time in May, 2016

    Volvo in-house tuner Polestar last week released a video claiming it set a lap record for “road-legal, four-door cars” at the Nürburgring in May 2016 using a stock S60 Polestar sedan. The time of 7:51.110 was set immediately after the German round of the 2016 World Touring Car Championship in which the Polestar Cyan Racing team was competing. Polestar says that because the result was important for Polestar Cyan Racing, which at the time was in the midst of the 2016 WTCC season, it had to keep the details secret for a full year. The problem is that Alfa Romeo at the 2015...

  • McLaren P1 LM Nürburgring Lap Record
    McLaren P1 LM sets new street-legal Nürburgring record

    Step aside, Lamborghini Huracán Performante. Even the track-only Nio EP9 electric supercar cannot be spared from the McLaren P1 LM: the new king of the Nürburgring, as far as street-legal cars are concerned. The McLaren P1 LM, a road-going version of the P1 GTR track car, clocked a...

  • James Glickenhaus - Image via Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus Facebook page
    James Glickenhaus wants to create a Nürburgring lap time standard

    James Glickenhaus brought his amazing SCG003 to Geneva. This served as the debut of the road-legal version of the race gear that Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus has produced and taken to battle at events like the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. He and his team have logged many hours on the Green Hell...

  • Mini Cooper driven around the
    Mini laps the 'Ring on two wheels

    Doing a side wheelie must be the en vogue automotive stunt of the moment. Recently, we saw the fastest speed for a car driven on two wheels set by a Finnish stunt driver in a BMW 330d. Now we have a Chinese stunt driver setting a Mini on two wheels, and driving a complete lap of the...

  • McLaren P1 laps the Nürburgring
    McLaren P1 takes on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife, goes sub-7.0 minutes

    Epic is a word that gets used a lot on the Internet. Overused, really. It should be reserved for things like this, the McLaren P1 attacking the Nürburgring-Nordschleife. Unlike many of the fastest Nürburgring lap videos, this is not a raw in-car GoPro dump. It's a celebration of the...

  • Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series attacks the Nürburgring Nordschleife.
    Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series Attacks The Nordschleife: Video

    Having spent some more time behind the wheel of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series on track recently (stay tuned for our write-up), we can vouch for the no-B.S. credentials of the car when pushed hard. Here, it's pushed beyond hard, well into crazy territory, on the Nürburgring...

  • Alfa Romeo 4C attacks the Nürburgring Nordschleife

    Tiny, minimalist, fast, and beautiful: the Alfa Romeo 4C is just about the perfect truly modern interpretation of the supercar--at least for some. It has officially logged a Nürburgring Nordschleife lap time of 8 minutes, 4 seconds. Shown in these photos confirming the lap time still wearing a few hints of pre-production camouflage, the Alfa 4C's combination of 240 horsepower and roughly 2,100-pound weight helped it achieve the fastest lap time ever set by a car with less than 250 horsepower, according to Alfa Romeo. Super-sticky Pirelli P Zero Trofeo tires also helped the little car...

  • Porsche 918 Spyder
    Porsche 918 Spyder Capable Of Faster Nürburgring-Nordschleife Lap?

    With a blistering 6:57 lap of the Nürburgring-Nordschleife already under its belt, Porsche's 918 Spyder may be capable of still faster laps, says the driver who clocked the record-setting run. Porsche factory racing driver Marc Lieb spoke with Australia's Drive recently, saying he thinks the...

  • 2013 Holden Commodore SS V Ute at the Nürburgring
    Holden sets Nürburgring ‘record’ with VF Commodore Ute

    A version of the latest VF-Series Holden Commodore, the high-performance SS V Ute, was recently taken to the Nürburgring in Germany for some final tuning and one very important test. That test was to see how fast the car could lap the famous German track’s full Nordschleife, which Holden...

  • Porsche 911 laps the Nordschleife in 7:37.9
    Watch The 991 Porsche 911 Carrera S Lap The 'Ring In 7:37.9: Video

    We love the new Porsche 911 Carrera S--so much so that we named it our Best Car To Buy last year. It looks like Timo Kluck loves it, too, in this video of him hustling it around the Nürburgring Nordschleife in just 7:37.9. If you missed our impressions from behind the wheel of the new 911, you...

  • 2014 Porsche 918 Spyder
    Porsche 918 Spyder Laps The Nürburgring In 7:14: Official

    Porsche's 918 Spyder is no secret--in fact, it's a bit of a camera whore. But we're fine with that--it's a stunner, and it's crazy fast, too. How crazy fast? How about a Nürburgring Nordschleife lap time of 7 minutes, 14 seconds. Yep, that's the official word from Porsche as of just a few...

  • 2013 Audi R8 e-tron with 8:09.099 Nürburgring lap time
    Audi R8 e-tron Is The Fastest Production EV Around The ‘Ring

    It may not be the fastest electric car around the Nürburgring-Nordschleife, but Audi’s R8 e-tron electric sports car, which goes on sale later this year, has set the fastest lap time around the famous German race track for a production-destined EV. The time set by the R8 e-tron was...

  • Sabine Schmitz drives the Grand Cherokee SRT8

    In an attempt to highlight the 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8's on-road abilities, SRT hired 'Ring ace Sabine Schmitz to take it on a hot lap of the Nordschleife.

  • 2013 Porsche Boxster
    2013 Porsche Boxster S Sets 7:58 Nurburging Lap Time

    Restyled, redesigned, and thoroughly updated for the 2013 model year, the new Porsche Boxster is undoubtedly (to our eyes, anyway) the best yet. It's also the fastest yet, lapping the benchmark Nurburgring Nordschleife in just 7 minutes, 58 seconds, according to a photo from Porsche's official...

  • 2010 Dodge Viper ACR-X
    Viper ACR-X Laps The 'Ring In 7:03.058: Video

    There's fast, then there's scary fast, then there's the Dodge Viper ACR-X, the track-only, high-downforce, stripped-out-and-caged version of the last-gen Viper. It may only be 9 seconds faster than a standard, street-legal ACR, but they're nine very significant seconds. Tickling 2g in lateral...

  • Chevy's Phase Five Camaro ZL1 video
    The 2012 Camaro ZL1's German Vacation: Video

    In Chevy's "Phase Five" video, the 2012 Camaro ZL1 laps the Nürburgring in an impressive 7:41.

  • 2012 McLaren MP4-12C on the Nordschleife
    2012 McLaren MP4-12C Sets Unofficial 7:28 Nurburgring Lap: Video

    We all know the 2012 McLaren MP4-12C is quick--the numbers and McLaren engineering alone tell us that much. But how quick is it at the Nurburgring? In the hands of one driver, on a single lap, it can circumnavigate the 'Ring in 7:28 seconds, as the video below shows. Unfortunately, that's all it...

  • The 2012 Chevy Camaro ZL1 makes its Nurburgring lap
    2012 Chevy Camaro ZL1 Runs The Nurburgring: Video

    Yesterday we learned about the 2012 Camaro ZL1's lap time of 7:41.27 through GM president Mark Reuss. Today, Chevy has released the official video. It's chock full of exactly what you'd expect: engine roar, tire scream, and lots of on-the-limit driving, including a few instances of opposite lock...

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