7:56.234 minutes. That’s the record lap time of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive on the Nürburgring, making it the first electric series production vehicle to make the loop in under eight minutes.
We mentioned a few weeks back that Mercedes was loaning seven-time F1 world champion Michael Schumacher an F1 car to lap the notorious Nürburgring Nordschleife. Now we have video of that incredible event, with Schumi heading out on track behind an A45 AMG, a CLA45 AMG, an SLS AMG Black Series...
Retired for the second time, you’d be forgiven for thinking seven-time F1 World Champion Michael Schumacher would be taking it easy. Maybe he’d take one of his Harleys out for a ride here and there, or have a nice game of golf, tennis, or soccer. Nope, not even close.
This video, which was filmed in 1962, features Formula 1 veteran Hermann Lang taking a trip down memory lane as he tackles the Nürburgring in his 1937 Mercedes W125 racecar. He shows us the ins and outs of much of the track as it existed then, with Graham Hill narrating the lap.
Aston Martin unveiled its newest collaboration with Zagato, this time based on the V12 Vantage. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the DB4GT Zagato, the Aston Martin V12 Zagato debuted over the weekend at the Villa D’Este Concours in Italy. Next month, it will compete in the 24 Hours...
Everyone with car knowledge had doubts about the time nissan claimed to have posted around the Nurburgring using what they called a "stock GT-R".
The power to weight ratio just didn't add up to the lap time that Nissan claimed the car could do.
Nissan said the stock GT-R posted a lap time of...