The electric hypercar broke the record by over 3sec
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With a sub-7min lap time
Ford's most hardcore road-legal Mustang ever, the Ford Mustang GTD, has just posted a Nürburgring lap time of 6min 57.6sec at an average speed of 178kph. That makes it the fastest American production car ever around the Green
The Taycan cleared the Model S’ electric lap record by five seconds
That curious new Porsche Taycan with a wing you've been seeing zipping around the Nurburgring in 7min7sec has a name. It's the new Taycan Turbo GT.Basically, it's a range-topper above the Turbo S aiming to make life
by Ollie Kew
It's called the Type R S
The Honda Civic Type R recently made headlines for becoming the fastest front-wheel drive car to ever lap the demanding Nürburgring Nordschleife. However, the record run was met with some controversy when 'Ring Raider and Youtuber Mischa Charoudin pointed out
After retaking the title from the Porsche Panamera Turbo S
Ridiculous news just in: Mercedes-Benz has retaken the record for the "fastest luxury class vehicle on the Nordschleife" from Porsche, after AMG development engineer Demian Schaffert set a time of 7min 27.8sec in a 2021-spec AMG GT 4dr. The
by Tom Harrison
Honda’s hot hatch continues to break records
It's hard to believe the Honda Civic Type R's record-breaking Nürburgring blitz is already half a decade old. While the vehicle no longer holds the record for fastest front-wheel-drive car around the 'Ring-it has since
by Drei Laurel
Each Ferrari model must master this course before being sold
It's a very special place, Fiorano. So special, that Enzo's old office remains on the grounds, just beside the circuit itself, in timewarp status; a reminder that the Big Man wanted a special place in the world away from prying
by Vijay Pattni
Your move, Tesla
In case you haven't noticed from the incessant, seemingly daily drip-feed of information, Porsche is set to release its first all-electric car very soon-the Taycan.But now it's laid down a real benchmark, having sent the big
Times have changed
Chinese cars are rubbish? It looks like another nail has been driven into this line of thought's coffin.Cyan Racing (formerly known as Polestar) and Lynk & Co, a Swedish-Chinese car manufacturer owned by Geely, have just broken not one, but
by Drei Laurel
Honda’s hot hatch is now the fastest FWD production car around that circuit
Honda has deployed the Civic Type R to set a new front-wheel-drive, production-car lap record at the iconic Mount Panorama circuit in Bathurst, Australia. Not the most exciting news, you may think, but the driver was a certain Jenson
by Greg Potts
Another track record falls
For the last few weeks Honda's been setting front-wheel drive, production car records at various European race tracks. The car? Our favorite big hot-hatch, the Civic Type R.First came Estoril, then Silverstone, Spa, and Magny Cours. For its
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Experts from AMG and Nismo weigh in
Six minutes and 48 seconds. A time possibly etched into your memory, because six minutes and 48 seconds is the time it took a Radical SR8 LM to scorch a path around a small racetrack in the Eifel mountains. Namely, the Nü
by Vijay Pattni
Tops previous record by nearly 4 seconds
Last week, we told you about the public debut of the all-new Honda Civic Type R. Now, we're sharing with you a video of the car lapping the Nurburgring Nordschleife circuit in seven minutes, 50.63 seconds, supposedly making it
It will make you wish you had his talent
Last week, we reported that Subaru had promised to release the "full, unedited in-car driver point of view" of Mark Higgins's record-breaking Isle of Man TT lap in the all-new WRX STI.Well, the Japanese carmaker released it
For electric-powered motorcycles
Professional motorcycle rider John McGuinness is a veteran at the Isle of Man TT races, having first joined the event in 1996 and his first win coming three years later in the 250cc class. Since then, he had reportedly won nearly every
By 30 seconds
Three years after a previous-generation Subaru WRX STI cracked the 21-year-old lap record of the Isle of Man TT course for four-wheeled vehicles, the all-new fourth-generation model has just topped it by putting in a time
With former British Rally champion Mark Higgins
In 2011, a stock Subaru Impreza WRX STI sedan driven by former British Rally Champion Mark Higgins broke the 21-year-old lap record for cars at the Isle of Man TT circuit by posting a time of 19 minutes and 56.
Is this circuit the new Nurburgring Nordschleife?
A stock Subaru Impreza WRX STI sedan has broken the 21-year road car lap record for the Isle of Man TT circuit set in June 1990 by Tony Pond.In just his very first run around the nearly 61-kilometer course,
