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2025 Corvette ZR1 – 2.3 Seconds 0-60 MPH

Posted on 20 December 2024 by Ken Zino

The 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is the fastest car ever built by an American auto manufacturer. At a test track in Germany in October 2024, General Motors (NYSE: GM) President Mark Reuss drove a 2025 Corvette ZR1 233 mph, setting a top speed record for any current production car priced under $1 million.* The Corvette team set this two-way average speed on the northbound and southbound straightaways of the High-Speed Oval Track at ATP Automotive Testing Papenburg. Now building on the marketing campaign, Chevy said this week that a 2025 Corvette ZR1 with 1064 horsepower is the quickest Corvette ever, achieving 0-60 mph in 2.3 seconds with the optional ZTK Performance Package. The 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is the fastest car ever built by an American auto manufacturer. At a test track in Germany in October 2024, General Motors (NYSE: GM) President Mark Reuss drove a 2025 Corvette ZR1 233 mph, setting a top speed record for any current production car priced under $1 million. Now building on the marketing campaign, Chevy said this week that The 2025 Corvette ZR1 with 1064 horsepower is the quickest Corvette ever, achieving 0-60 mph in 2.3 seconds with the optional ZTK Performance Package. Clearly waiting is the next event – a Nürburgring run, AutoInformed opines.* Continue reading →

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Mustang GTD Laps Nürburgring in under Seven Minutes

Posted on 10 December 2024 by Ken Zino

A 2025 Ford Mustang GTD completed of the 12.9-mile at the 73-turn “Green Hell” in 6:57.685 at the Nürburgring Ford Motor (NYSE: F) said today.* This means Mustang GTD is only the sixth stock, production sports car to complete an officially certified sub-seven-minute lap and the fifth fastest in the production sports car class according to the Nürburgring’s records.

Mustang GTD represents the pinnacle of Mustang performance. Ford said it benefits from lessons learned by the Ford Performance Motorsports and Multimatic Motorsports Mustang GT3 program, in particular around aerodynamics and setup for tracks such as the Nürburgring. However, Mustang GTD isn’t subject to the rules and regulations of GT3 racing, which prohibit much of the technology that allow a sub-seven-minute Nürburgring lap. Ford Motor is hardly the first company to use a speed run as a marketing ploy, however meaningless it is when the green flag waves in a real race, AutoInformed notes. Continue reading →

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Porsche 911 Hybrid Debuts on 28 May

Posted on 13 May 2024 by Ken Zino

Porsche said this morning in in Stuttgart that a hybrid-drive 911 sports car has completed development and will premiere on 28 May 2024. It is said to be 8.7 seconds faster than its predecessor on the Nürburgring, the track that is often used by marketers of performance sports cars for bolstering credulity of claims. Porsche performance claims have an extremely high degree of certainty in AutoInformed’s experience.  Continue reading →

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Taycan Turbo GT Sets Records at Laguna Seca, Nürburgring

Posted on 11 March 2024 by Ken Zino

Porsche said today that the upcoming Taycan Turbo GT with Weissach package set the fastest electric production car lap at Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca. The Taycan is scheduled to go on sale this spring as part of the expansion of the premium line of its all-electric sports sedan to include the Taycan Turbo GT and the Turbo GT with an optional Weissach package. The Weissach setup is built for the track and eliminates the rear seats for a higher power-to-weight ratio. At peak power, both models can deliver more than 1100 PS (pferdestarke) or 1084.51 horspower. Continue reading →

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Nürburgring: 911 GT3 Manthey Performance Kit – $10,174/s

Posted on 2 June 2022 by Ken Zino

A 911 GT3 with the Manthey Performance Kit, powered by a 375 kW (510 PS) engine, posted a lap time of 6:55.737 on the Nürburgring’s North Loop, the Nordschleife. This makes it exactly 4.19 seconds faster than the 911 GT3 without the kit, Porsche said today. The modifications focused on aerodynamics and chassis components. The new Performance Kit was developed between the Porsche engineers in Weissach and the Nordschleife specialists from Manthey in Meuspath. Continue reading →

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Volkswagen ID.R Sets New EV Record on The Nürburgring

Posted on 3 June 2019 by Ken Zino

The Volkswagen ID.R, powered by two electric motors, lapped the Nürburgring-Nordschleife in 6:05.336 minutes – faster than any electric vehicle before it. Romain Dumas (F) beat the previous record set by Peter Dumbreck (GB, NIO EP9) in 2017 by 40.564 … Continue reading →

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Porsche Sets Record 5 Minute 19.55 Lap Time at Nürburgring Nordschleife in Marketing Ploy with an outdated 919 Hybrid

Posted on 3 July 2018 by Ken Zino

Timo Bernhard (D) lapped the 20.832-kilometer (12.94 miles) Nürburgring Nordschleife – aka Green Hell – race circuit in 5 minutes and 19.55 seconds. This is an average speed of 233.8 km/h (145.3 mph) on what is one of the world’s … Continue reading →

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Porsche 919 Hybrids One Two at Nürburgring. Toyota Trounced

Posted on 31 August 2015 by Ken Zino

Over the weekend, 62,000 people saw a repeat of Porsche’s one-two result at Le Mans in 2015, the third major success for the young team. For ex Formula One driver Mark Webber, it is the first WEC race win. Porsche has extended its lead in the manufacturers’ world championship 33 points ahead of Audi and 95 in front of defending champion Toyota. Nissan has withdrawn entirely after laughable efforts. Continue reading →

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Toyota Defending Endurance Title at Nürburgring

Posted on 24 August 2015 by Ken Zino

This weekend’s race marks a return to race action for the Toyota TS040 Hybrids after a 10-week break since the Le Mans 24 Hours, when Toyota finished sixth and eighth, after a thorough and embarrassing thrashing from Porsche and Audi in France. Continue reading →

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WEC at Nürburgring Sees Toyota, Audi and Porsche Battling

Posted on 22 August 2015 by Ken Zino

The race in Germany starts the decisive final stage of WEC. Within the twelve weeks, the last five races will be held in Europe, North America and Asia. The best drivers can score a maximum of 130 points in them until the end of November. Currently, the tally of the leaders, Fässler/Lotterer/Tréluyer, are at 80 points. Continue reading →

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Bankrupt Nürburgring Track sold to Capricorn

Posted on 27 March 2014 by Ken Zino

As these things go, it appears a sound resolution by German bankruptcy officials who put forth a bidding process and ultimately approved the deal. Continue reading →

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Camaro Z/28 Beats Porsche 911 Lap Time at Nürburgring

Posted on 16 October 2013 by Ken Zino

A new 2014 Camaro Z/28 running at Germany’s Nürburgring road course posted a 7:37.40 lap time, Chevrolet says. This beats the best times for the Porsche 911 Carrera S and the Lamborghini Murcielago, among other expensive cars that cost much … Continue reading →

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Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Runs a 7:41.27 lap at Nürburgring

Posted on 11 October 2011 by Ken Zino

The Camaro joins a production Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR (American Club Racer) that posted a 7:12.13 lap time on the12.9-mile Nürburgring Nordschleife last month, that was faster than a 2012 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, which posted a lap time of 7:19.63 back in June. Continue reading →

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Dodge Viper Bests Chevrolet Corvette Lap Time at Nürburgring

Posted on 27 September 2011 by Ken Zino

A Porsche 997 GT2 RS posted a 7:18 lap time last year, but the Porsche at $350,000 in Germany is roughly three times more expensive than the ZR1, which begins at with an asking price of more than $110,000 in the U.S. No current production 2011Viper exists so Chrysler’s Street and Racing Technology (SRT) division used a 2010 model. Continue reading →

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Milestones: the BMW 328 Turns 75 Years Old

Posted on 14 June 2011 by Ken Zino

Henne set a lap record for all sports cars during the race, and won the non-supercharged class in the rain. It was the debut of what became one of the most successful sports cars on the track. The win was to be followed by more than 200 others with factory sponsored and privateers running 328s into the 1950s. Continue reading →

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