Nurburgring lap time

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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...

Hot off the Twitter presses, General Motors' Jason Laird has relayed Mark Reuss' confirmation of a 7:41.27 Nordschleife lap time for the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. That's not bad, all things considered: not so long ago, the Nissan GT-R was pretty proud of its 7:38 lap time. Though Godzilla has...

Today we're deep in Nordschelife territory with the official video of the Dodge Viper ACR's record run and a new video of the record electric car lap from Metropolia's Electric RaceAbout. Beyond that, it's upcoming car news, with hints at the 2013 Nissan GT-R's power upgrades, an exclusive on the...

In early August, the Electric RaceAbout, a former Automotive X Prize contender, set what it claimed to be the Nordschleife lap record for an electric car at (roughly) 9:08. Today, it has announced an improvement to 8:42.72. The latest time comes from testing this month at the Green Hell, and...

Nurburgring lap times. We love to talk about them, compare them, even flaunt them when our cars pull off crazy-low numbers at the hands of factory drivers. But do they really mean anything? The SRT team apparently thinks so, going to the lengths of sourcing two of Dodge's out-of-production Vipers...

As useless as it is to try to compare Nurburgring Nordschleife lap times (the variables are nearly endless) it's nonetheless a favorite pastime for the industry, media, and enthusiasts. Accordingly, it makes sense that McLaren would be doing a share of its final testing of the MP4-12C there, tuning...

We've long lamented the fact that Peugeot's exotic-looking, relatively high-performance EX1 Concept electric car won't be seeing production. The latest feat, a 9-minute, 1.338-second lap of the Nurburgring's Nordschleife just makes the pain worse. The time is nearly a minute quicker than the...

This day was inevitable. With an additional 38 horsepower and 17 pound-feet of torque on board, plus a reprogrammed gearbox and a more aerodynamic body, the new 2012 Nissan GT-R was always going to be quicker around a track than the outgoing 2011 model. Today we find out just how much quicker, and...