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Billed as a mid-size SUV, the Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio is a mighty proposition. Priced at £69,500 on the road, this performance biased motor is powered by a 2.9-litre V6 Bi-Turbo petrol engine. Whilst it may not be climbing up any mountains any time soon, the Stelvio Quadrifoglio will beat most other cars off the line. A real […]
Just what is Kia up to? Their upcoming car is being blasted around the Nurburgring – which can surely mean one thing. This is either a performance car, or a car with a serious performance edition. Kia is encouraging us all to get over to www.thecurveahead.net to find out what awaits through the curve ahead. There’s […]
Aston Martin has made history recently – by completing a world first hydrogen-fuelled zero CO2 emission lap of the 24 km Nordschleife circuit in Germany. The lap was completed on Saturday 27th April 2013 with Aston Martin Chief Executive Officer Dr Ulrich Bez at the wheel of the prototype Aston Martin Hybrid Hydrogen Rapide S, […]
In this video, one of our American cousins takes a tour of the Nurburgring Nordschliefe with Phil Talboys, head of European Test Operations for Jaguar. Just why the Nordschliefe is so popular as a test bed for cars is revealed as well as a more in depth look at Jaguar’s cars. This video is well […]
The Honda Civic Type R has long been a staple of the British hot hatchback scene, from the early ‘breadvan’ type all the way to the last generation run out series featuring a Mugen edition. Auto Express has revealed that Honda has a new Civic Type R coming soon – and it will be fitted […]
From: carbuzz.co.uk – Car choosing made easy! Well, this year is now in full swing – it is especially apparent in the world of motor racing where just about everything from F1 to BTCC has started up. But what about the infamous Nurburgring Nordschleife? Do you know how long it is? What a nightmare it […]
The latest round of the Scirocco R-Cup is due to take place at the Nürburgring this weekend, 5-6 August 2011. Volkswagen has released a new live-streaming application in celebration, ‘R-Cup Mobile’ which allows you to catch all of the racing action no matter where you are. The latest update of the ‘R-Cup mobile’ app is […]
Renault Sport has shown just why their hatchbacks keep winning awards in a number of categories – the new limited edition Mégane Renaultsport 265 Trophy set a new benchmark time for a production-specification front-wheel drive car at the Nürburgring’s infamous Nordschleife circuit. The time set was an extremely quick 8 minutes and 8 seconds. Laurent […]
This is the Peugeot EX1 electric car and it recently set a new track record at Germany’s Nürburgring-Nordschleife circuit. Stéphane Caillet, driver and tuner-technician from the Company’s Research & Development Centre, was at the wheel of the EX1 Concept Car, which covered the circuit’s 20.832 kilometres (12.944 miles), convincingly beating the electric speed record for […]
Aston Martin’s mighty new four door sports car – the Rapide – will be driven hard at the Nürburgring Nordschleife for the 38th ADAC Zurich 24 hour Race on 15th and 16th of May. I must say, I’d love to be there to see it in action! Last year, the V12 Vantage managed a place […]