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Aston Martin One-77 headed to the Nurburgring, 40 confirmed orders

Posted: Jul 23, 2009

Aston Martin is building a pre-production version of the One-77 supercar that will take on the Nurburgring, reports AutoCar. Sources say that the unit you see at auto shows is just a running prototype and the next stage of the car’s development is to build a pre-production version for fine tuning at the Nurburgring, where [...]

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Miscellaneous Thoughts: Sandra Bullock loves Top Gear, get Nurburgring insurance, 2010 Infiniti M to debut next month

Posted: Jul 21, 2009

Filed under: Infiniti, Miscellaneous Thoughts

The day is almost over and that means it’s finally time for our Miscellaneous Thoughts post for the day.
Sandra Bullock loves herself some Top Gear: Hollywood actress Sandra Bullock loves Top Gear and that may be the fault of her West Coast Choppers CEO husband Jesse James. ”I love Top Gear. I live for Top Gear. Bullock [...]

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Video: Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG takes a lap around the Nurburgring

Posted: Jul 16, 2009

Filed under: Mercedes-Benz, Videos

Let’s go back-to-back with the SLS AMG right now. We just posted details on the upcoming Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG with electric-drive and now we have a video of the upcoming Mercedes-Benz supercar lapping the Nurburgring. Unfortunately no lap-time details were revealed – but stay tuned and we’ll give them to you as soon as we [...]

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Report: Porsche Panamera Turbo laps Nurburgring in 7:56, beats Cadillac CTS-V’s time

Posted: Jul 11, 2009

Filed under: Cadillac, GM, Porsche

Porsche and Nissan have been going at each other for a while now claiming to have beaten each other at Nurburgring Nordschleife lap times. In the latest development, the Nissan GT-R recently lapped Green Hell in 7:26.7. Nonetheless, that’s still a bit slower than the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1’s 7:26.4.
General Motors is also the proud holder [...]

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Nissan opens new 500 sq-mtrs Nurburgring facility

Posted: Jul 10, 2009

Filed under: Nissan

When your company owns a legendary Nurburgring Nordschleife lap time, it’s only right that you own a shop at “Green Hell.” Nissan announced today that it is opening a new 500 square meter facility at the Nurburgring where fans can experience the company’s history of fascinating sports car.
Fans can visit the facility from 10 a.m [...]

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Video: Watch the Nissan GT-R lap the Nurburgring in 7:26.7

Posted: Jul 08, 2009

Filed under: Nissan, Videos

About 2 months ago the Nissan GT-R reported a faster Nurburgring lap time of 7:26.7. Nissan has just released the video of the Nordschleife circuit lap.
“This record demonstrates our commitment to the continuous evolution of the Nissan GT-R,” says Kazutoshi Mizuno, Chief Vehicle Engineer and Chief Vehicle Specialist. “We would like to continue delivering the passion and [...]

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Nissan working on Nurburgring edition of the 370Z

Posted: Jun 03, 2009

Filed under: Nissan

According to reports by European media, Nissan is working on a special limited-edition Nurburgring version of the Nissan 370Z to pay tribute to the race-prepped 370Z that raced during the 24-Hour Race. No power upgrades are reported for the Nurburgring edition, meaning the limited-edition 370Z continues to run on its 332-hp 3.7L V6.
So what’s all [...]

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Video: Lexus LF-A catches fire during Nurburgring 24-Hour Race

Posted: May 28, 2009

Filed under: Lexus, Videos

Just yesterday we heard updates on the Lexus LF-A that will make its production debut at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show later this year. It was reported that the LF-A is now reaching a top speed of more than 218 mph? Pretty hot right?
So hot that the Lexus LF-A race version that ran laps during [...]

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Citroen GT supercar to lap Nurburgring at 24-Hour Race event

Posted: May 21, 2009

Filed under: Citroen

The GTbyCitroen (or Citroen GT, GT by Citroen or whatever you want to call it) made its debut at the 2008 Paris Motor Show last year without any engine under the hood since Citroen never planned on a road-going version of the car. The supercar, which was a joint project between Citroen and the makers [...]

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2009 Lexus LF-A Nurburgring 24-Hour race version unveiled

Posted: May 20, 2009

Filed under: Lexus

Lexus today released photos of its new 2009 Lexus LF-A 24-Hours Nurburgring Race version. Lexus said that the race version was “developed with an eye toward commercial release.” Lexus engineers will use feedback from the 24-Hour Race to tune the production LF-A’s performance.
Power comes from a 4.8L V10 making more than 500-hp. The Lexus LF-A will race [...]