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Hyper Marketing as Mercedes-AMG ONE Sets Nordschleife Record
Mercedes-AMG is the first car manufacturer to have run the Nürburgring Nordschleife with such a hypercar and set official records there just by finishing. It does allow for hyper marketing though, so to speak. The Mercedes-AMG ONE is therefore not only the absolute fastest road-legal vehicle on the Nordschleife, but also first – for the moment in AutoInformed’s understanding until, say, McLaren, Aston Martin and Ferrari show up – in the Nürburgring “super sports car” category. Continue reading
Posted in marketing, milestones, performance
Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed.com, hyper cars, Ken Zino, Mercedes-AMG ONE, Nordschleife
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VW Plans Electric Record Run on Nürburgring-Nordschleife
The ID. R is the marketing amperage behind an entire range of electric vehicles that Volkswagen plans to launch from 2020 onwards. The ID. R’s motorsport ventures – arguably – show the huge potential power that e-drive can deliver on prosaic, possibly gridlocked roads in the future. Continue reading
Posted in alternative fuels, electric vehicles, performance, racing
Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive blog, connected vehicles, Eifel Mountains, Ken Zino, new vehicle reviews, NIO, Nordschleife, Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, volkswagen, VW ID. R, World Touring Car Cup
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Audi R8 LMS at the 24 Hours Nürburgring
The Audi drivers at the 24 Hours Nürburgring pool experiences from GT3 racing, the DTM and Le Mans. They are tasked with a fourth victory for the brand since 2012. Continue reading
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Tagged 24 Hours Nürburgring, Audi Sport, Audi Sport Team WRT, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Ken Zino, Nordschleife
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Porsche 911 GT3 – Sets Nordschleife Record
“More and more 911 GT3 customers are opting for the six-speed manual transmission. And more and more often we are asked by these customers how fast a 911 GT3 with manual transmission would be on the Nordschleife,” said Andreas Preuninger, Director GT Model Line. “We have now answered this question and – although we know that the variant with PDK seven-speed is significantly faster – we drove our official lap time with a manual six-speed gearbox. Even without the automated, super-fast and precise gearshifts of the PDK, and with a conventional instead of electronically controlled limited-slip differential, the new 911 GT3 shaved ~3.6 seconds off the time of its predecessor with PDK.” Continue reading →