Say what you will about the relevance of front-wheel drive hot hatches when faster all-wheel drive alternatives are on the market; there’s something uniquely appealing about a performance car that can put its power down efficiently through the front wheels alone. Among the industry’s very finest FWD hot hatches is the Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR. […]
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It might be positioned lower than its Italian sibling, the Lamborghini Urus, and hasn’t been officially unveiled by Audi yet, but even so, the RS Q8 has just become the fastest production SUV to have ever lapped the Nurburgring. Ingolstadt’s super-SUV clocked a stunning 7 minutes and 42.253 seconds, thus beating the old record holder, […]
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The latest prototype of BMW’s G80-generation M3 has been filmed while testing at the Nurburgring. Production of the previous M3 ended roughly 12 months due to emissions regulations, but the German company is clearly taking its time perfecting the new one, despite now having a gap in its family of M models. This prototype, like […]
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Additional spy shots of the Genesis GV80 have come across our desk, while we also learned that the first cars should arrive in North American dealerships towards the end of the second quarter of 2020. [Updated 11/1/2019] The wait for Genesis’ first SUV is almost over as we’re nearing the GV80’s world debut which will […]
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In case we didn’t have enough pictures of the 2020 Porsche 911 GTS Cabriolet to quench your curiosity last time, our spies spotted what appears to be the same camouflage-free prototype testing on the Nurburgring again. We still think that it will arrive within the next few months as a 2020 model. Get a closer look […]
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Shortly after our eagle-eyed spy photographers snapped a pair of Tesla Model S Plaid prototypes undergoing testing at the Nurburgring, Automotive Mike on YouTube has filmed the duo continue to be put through their paces. Tesla first brought two examples of the Model S to the German circuit in September in a bid to beat […]
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Tesla has once again upgraded a Model S Plaid prototype it is currently testing at the Nurburgring, as our latest spy images reveal. Late last week, a pair of Model S prototypes lapped the circuit with a number of bold aerodynamic parts, including a dark blue one with a crazy rear diffuser. Fast forward a […]
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It was a terrible Tuesday for German automakers as two different prototypes crashed on the Nürburgring. According to our spy photographers, the first crash occurred shortly before lunchtime as a BMW M3 prototype entered the Hatzenbach section of the Nordschleife. As the car was traveling through the section, the driver hit some wet grass and […]
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A Ferrari 488 Pista has been driven around the Nurburgring by Sport Auto in just 7:00.03, one of the quickest laps ever recorded by the German publication. Not dissuaded by the fact that Ferrari itself isn’t interested in setting official Nurburgring lap times, they jumped behind the wheel of a 488 Pista to see how […]
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The mysterious Porsche Panamera prototype spied testing at the Nurburgring last month allegedly lapped the circuit in just 7 minutes and 11 seconds, multiple media outlets report. GTspirit reached out to Porsche and discovered that the prototype was created by a small internal project team aiming to explore the racing potential of the Panamera as […]
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