The McLaren P1 LM has set a record lap of the Nurburgring for a road-legal production vehicle. This video shows former Indianapolis champion Kenny Brack piloting the P1 LM around the circuit in 6minutes 43.2 seconds – 2.7 seconds quicker than China’s all-electric Nio EP9 managed earlier this month. The P1 LM is a road-legal version of the P1 GTR, and was developed by Lanzante … [Read more...] about Prototype McLaren sets record lap of Nurburgring
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Volvo keeps quiet about record lap in S60 Polestar
Lap records at Germany’s Nurburgring circuit are usually shouted from the rooftops. But Volvo kept its time in the S60 Polestar sedan quiet for a year or so. “Being Swedish, we didn’t want to shout about the record,” the narrator in this video says. What happened was that Cyan Racing, the Volvo racing team, was at the Nurburgring last year for a round of the WTCC. After the … [Read more...] about Volvo keeps quiet about record lap in S60 Polestar
Chinese EV the Nio EP9 sets record lap at Nurburgring
Chinese electric hypercard the Nio EP9 electric hypercard has set a new lap record at Germany’s Nurburgring circuit. It recorded 6min:45.9sec for the 20.8km run, a full 7 seconds quicker than the 6min:52.01sec the Lamborghini Huracan Performance set earlier this year as the fastest production car. In doing so, the EP9 beat the time it set last October by an unheard of 20 … [Read more...] about Chinese EV the Nio EP9 sets record lap at Nurburgring
Sitting alongside the driver in the new Ford GT
Ford has held the official media launch of the GT supercar at its testing ground in the US state of Utah. Only 1000 will be built, each costing around $NZ1 million. In this video, Matt Burt, editor of Britain's Autocar magazine, talks about the car's origins, from the GT 40 Kiwis Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon drove to win Le Mans in 1966, to the Ford GT of 2005. Burt takes the … [Read more...] about Sitting alongside the driver in the new Ford GT
Beefed-up Toyota Land Cruiser world’s fastest SUV
A heavily modified Toyota LandCruiser has unofficially claimed the title of world’s fastest SUV, being timed at 370.18km/h, or 230.02mph. The Land Speed Cruiser's 5.7-litre V8 delivers around 1500kW and was built by the company’s Motorsports Technical Center, and made its debut at the 2016 SEMA show in Las Vegas. … [Read more...] about Beefed-up Toyota Land Cruiser world’s fastest SUV