Just over a year ago, Volkswagen unveiled the I.D. R Pikes Peak. An all-electric racecar built specifically to set a new record at the Pikes Peak hill climb. 250 days since the project began, Volkswagen bagged the all-time record at Pikes Peak with the first ever sub-8 minute time with Romain Dumas at the wheel. … Continue reading Volkswagen I.D. R is the fastest EV to lap the Nürburgring
Lamborghini Aventador SVJ gets bragging rights with new Nürburgring record
Here we go again. Lap times and records at the Nürburgring Nordschleife for road-legal cars just get more and more ludicrous with every new track-focused supercar in the market. Less than a year after Porsche took the crown by a considerable margin in the 911 GT2 RS to dethrone the Lamborghini Huracan Performante, the Italians … Continue reading Lamborghini Aventador SVJ gets bragging rights with new Nürburgring record
EVs blitz the timesheets at Goodwood FoS 2018
Fully electric drivetrains for the purpose of speed and lap times are trending for manufacturers who are just now entering the EV market. The hybrid setup already proved to the world the benefits of immediate power and monstrous torque in order to get ridiculous performance figures and while Formula E is the only full-racing format … Continue reading EVs blitz the timesheets at Goodwood FoS 2018
New Porsche 911 GT2 RS: A new benchmark of performance
More than half a century of putting the engine in the back of a million cars, Porsche has put together what is undeniably the most powerful 911 ever, to roll out of their Stuttgart home. It's the baddest, the maddest and the fastest one yet, and it comes with a massive wing - the new 911 … Continue reading New Porsche 911 GT2 RS: A new benchmark of performance
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