Nordschleife


Spy Shots: BMW resurrecting the M3 CSL?

We're not sure what to believe anymore. A bit over a year ago, reports surfaced that BMW was planning a successor to the E90-generation M3 CSL, a highly coveted, track-focused version of its legendary sports coupe. Within a month, the Bavarian automaker had announced that it was canceling the program. And then these photos show up. This M3 test mule was seen lapping the Nürburgring with a host of modifications and little in the way of camouflage. Knowing full well that the Nordschleife is swarming with more papparazi than Lindsay ... Read more →

Improvements to 2010 Porsche 997 Turbo slash ten seconds from 'Ring time Frank Filipponio

With its new-for-2010 direct-injected, 3.8-liter turbocharged flat-six, the upgraded 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo has fired a shot across the bow of the world's supercar armada. Promising better ...

Spy Shots: Toyota-Subaru coupe prototype caught ringin' der Nürburg Chris Shunk

Toyota's FT-86 concept, which will be officially unveiled at next week's Tokyo Motor Show, combines attractive, aggressive aesthetics, rear-wheel drive and a Subaru-sourced boxer engine with the ...

Spy Shots: Lexus LF-A back on 'Ring wearing white Frank Filipponio

Looks like the Lexus LF-A (LF-L?) might be closer to production than we had thought. The gang at NextAutos just posted spy pics of a very production-ready-looking white LF-A doing some more hotlapping ...

VIDEO: On board the Radical SR8LM's record-setting Nürburgring lap Noah Joseph

Some of the best sportscars on the road are those derived from racing machinery. But by the time you take them back to the racetrack...well, that's just backwards thinking. At least, that's how it ...

Radical SR8LM sets new Nürburgring record at 6:48 3 months ago on Autoblog

What's the best way to set the fastest lap time for a street legal car? Make it as close to a race car as possible. And that's exactly what British carmaker Radical does best. They've held the Nürburgring Nordschleife lap record since running their SR8 there in 2005, setting a 6:55 lap ...

Nürburgring Rapid Response Nissan GT-R: World's fastest fire engine 3 months ago on Autoblog

If there's one performance metric that's pure marketing hype, it has to be a vehicle's Nürburgring time. Our good pal Jack Baruth brilliantly debunked this ever-growing myth. In case you missed Jack's article, here's the gist: "Sorry. There's no "Nürburgring lap time record" for a ...

Nissan sets up shop at Nürburgring, christens new store with limited-edition 370Z 4 months ago on Autoblog

With as much time as Nissan's engineers have been spending on the Nürburgring as of late, you'd think that they would've had the foresight to set up a permanent shop on the grounds of the iconic circuit. As it turns out, they have. Yesterday, the Japanese automaker opened the doors on ...

Natural Born Winner: VW returns to the 'Ring with Scirocco GT24-CNG 7 months ago on Autoblog

Phase 1: Dominate your class in endurance racing. Phase 2: Continue to dominate your class in endurance racing, only this time do it without gasoline. That seems to be the game plan with the Volkswagen Group's racing programs, so after winning at Le Mans five times with the gasoline-powered Audi ...

Revised Nissan GT-R clocks 7:27.56 lap time at the Nürburgring 7 months ago on Autoblog

Enough is never enough. Not when you're talking supercars and Nürburgring lap times. As if enough jaws weren't dropped when Nissan posted their fantastic initial time of 7:29 around the vaunted Nordschleife (besting Porsche's best), the automaker's engineers went back to the garage looking ...

VIDEO: Godzilla as Snow Monster - GT-R dons Blizzaks, runs Nordschleife 10 months ago on Autoblog

All the dumb, fun crap we ever did involving cars and snow while growing up has been rendered fully obsolete by the GT-R freaks at Autohaus Brömmler, who threw a set of Blizzak LM-25 performance winters on their project car and then took it to the snow-covered 'Ring. And here we thought ...

Spy Shots: Subaru WRX STI spec C 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a hi-res gallery of the Subaru WRX STI spec C It looks like a regular STI, right? Well, according to the spies at KGP, it's not. This is actually the forthcoming Impreza WRX STI spec C out for a cruise in some approipriately sloppy weather. Note the white wheels and reworked rear ...

VIDEO: Cadillac CTS-V takes to the 'Ring, pummels into submission 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Cadillac CTS-V at the 'Ring. GM is pretty pleased with the Cadillac CTS-V's 7:59.32 run around the Nurburgring, and the crew on the ground had the foresight to strap a few video cameras to the supercharged sedan to capture every second of John Heinricy's ...

Green Hellraiser: Caddy CTS-V storms Nordschleife in 7:59.32 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for more shots of the CTS-V on the 'Ring The badassery going in inside the supercharged LSA V8 stuffed under the domed hood of the 2009 Cadillac CTS-V appears to translate well on the Nordschleife's graffiti-marked tarmac. GM announced today that John Heinricy exercised his right to ...

Aston Martin to have big presence at Nrburgring 24 Hours 2 years ago on Autoblog

Remember last year when Aston Martin completed the Nürburgring 24 Hours with pretty much a showroom stock V8 Vantage driven by the company's CEO, Ulrich Bez, and three other professional drivers? They finished 24th overall out of a field of 220 entrants, most of which were pure race cars. ...

VIDEO: Opel Corsa OPC hits the 'Ring 2 years ago on Autoblog

As we told you back in January, there's a new Opel/Vauxhall Corsa OPC overseas that's attractive, fun and athletic to boot. For now it remains the exclusive property of our friends in Europe, but with GM stating that Opel will essentially equal Saturn by 2014, and Bob Lutz telling us we should see ...

VIDEO: 911 997 GT3 at the 'Ring 2 years ago on Autoblog

Porsche and Nürburgring seem to go hand-in-hand. The ultimate customer race cars and the ultimate test of man and machine. Where many companies have proving grounds to help develop their sports cars and sport sedans, the Germans are blessed with the Nordschleife. Porsche has always said that ...

Autoblog Night Watch: Der Nrburgring 2 years ago on Autoblog

It's claimed numerous lives and Niki Lauda's ears. It snakes through 22 kilometers of German countryside. It's been updated, modernized, even replaced. But the Nordschleife course of the formidable Nürburgring circuit in Germany is still the most famous – and infamous – track in ...

BMW's 'Green Hell' Facility reinvented 3 years ago on Autoblog

BMW has just reopened one of its most important technical workshops after finishing a three-year remodel. The reason this facility is so important is that for some 40 years, it has been BMW's base of operations at the Nürburgring. The center has been expanded and reconfigured to allow ...

VIDEO: Nurburgring in 8:29...in a wagon 3 years ago on Autoblog

Lapping the Nurburgring's infamous Nordschleife circuit in less than nine minutes is downright impressive, no matter what way you look at it. But in a wagon? Unbelievable. Okay, so this isn't some soccer mom's family-hauler; it's a 450-hp Audi RS6 Avant, capable of hitting sixty in 4.2 seconds ...






Autoblog Podcast #154: Gobbling up the News

Chris, Sam, and Dan kick out a podcast just in time for the long holiday drive.

 
 

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