Posts Tagged ‘nurburgring’

  • Special Edition Suzuki Swift For The 2010 Rock Am Ring
    Suzuki has released a special edition Swift Sport model for the 2010 ‘Rock am Ring’ event which takes place in early June. The new special edition Swift Sport will boast branded logos inside, followed by a new entertainment system which uses a 6.9-inch display. There will be storage space for 30gb of music and iPod connectivity available. There is a 1.6-litre...
    by Dean at March 16th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
  • Nurburgring Police Cars? The Audi S3 & BMW M3 In Police Clothing
    Images of high-powered Nurburgring Police cars have been found online. These images show a BMW M3 Coupe as well as an Audi S3 in some fancy police uniform with a URL on the rear end. We don’t exactly know what’s going on here, but it sure is interesting. Check out the images below. ...
    by Dean at November 23rd, 2009 at 06:11 pm
  • Porsche’s GT3 RS For 2010 Has Unofficially Lapped The ‘Ring In 7min 33sec
    Reports have said that the 2010 Porsche 911 GT3 RS has unofficially lapped the Nurburgring in 7 minutes and 33 seconds. While Porsche fans might be impressed with this time, it’s pretty sad to say that it’s actually quite far away from the Corvette ZR1’s 7 minute 26, and the new Nissan GT-R’s 7 minutes 27 second time. While 7 minutes 33...
    by Dean at October 28th, 2009 at 04:10 pm
  • Porsche’s 911 For 2010 Has Lapped The ‘Ring 10 Seconds Faster Than The Previous Model
    The 2010 Porsche 911 has now officially beaten it’s old time around the Nurburgring. The 2010 911 has not only beaten the predecessor’s time, but instead, it literally whipped it ass. A 10 second improvement means that Porsche have changed something really important on the new model. Porsche’s 2010 911 will have 3.8-litre flat-six boxer turbocharged...
    by Dean at October 15th, 2009 at 04:10 pm
  • BMW’s Prototype M3 Caught On The ‘Ring — What Could BMW Be Testing?
    Most BMW enthusiasts know that the Bavarian automaker like to create an M3 and then let it stand for a couple of years. Well, it seems like before the next upgrade in 2013, BMW might release a new, more performance orientated Motorsport 3 coupe. The M3 caught on the Nurburgring was spotted with a basic rear wing, a new front bumper splitter and what seems to...
    by Dean at October 15th, 2009 at 04:10 pm
  • Toyota/Subarau Caught On The ‘Ring For The First Time
    New spy images reveal a prototype version of the Toyota/Subaru sports car doing some laps on the Nurburgring race track in Germany. We already know what the Toyota FT-86 Concept looks like, and this means that either we’re in for a surprise with Subaru revealing their model very soon, or Toyota is simply just doing tests with a camouflaged production vehicle. Either...
    by Dean at October 14th, 2009 at 05:10 pm
  • VW Release A Scirocco R Racing Game For The iPhone
    Volkswagen are once again offering a free game for the iPhone and iPod touch users. The first game was the VW Polo Challenge. The latest VW Scirocco game will be available from the Apple App store where it is called the “Scirocco R 24 hour Challenge”. The game allows you to race the Scirocco around the Nurburgring race track on your Apple device. Car...
    by Dean at September 18th, 2009 at 01:09 pm
  • Radical Has Set A New Nurburgring Lap Record
    Radical has claimed the fastest Nurburgring time with a production car. The Radical has lapped the ‘Ring in only 6 minutes and 48 seconds, beating it’s previous time of 6 minutes 56 from 2005. The new SR8LM Radical was racing around the ‘Ring on what you could call the ‘perfect’ racing day – clear skies and high temperatures. “The...
    by Dean at August 20th, 2009 at 02:08 pm
  • Gumpert’s Apollo Sport Sets A New ‘Ring Lap Record
    Gumpert has finally put their new Apollo Sport on the Nurburgring in Germany where it actually set a new lap record for a road-legal production car. The record was achieved then the Audi-powered Apollo Sport lapped the track in only 7 minutes and 11.57 seconds. The man in the drivers seat was 26-year old Florian Gruber. So how did the Gumpert achieve this? Well,...
    by Dean at August 19th, 2009 at 12:08 am
  • 2011 BMW X3 Caught On The Nurburgring Doing High Speed Testing
    BMW’s X3 for 2010 has been caught on the Nurburgring in Germany where it was doing laps in the famous BMW camouflage kit. The pictures reveal the 2011 BMW X3 (coming in 2010) with a new flashed out design that includes a new aggressive looking front end which features new air intakes for a muscular appearance. The engine will be standard BMW engines, and...
    by Dean at August 18th, 2009 at 05:08 pm