I Took Porsche's Manthey Taycan To The Nürburgring. It's A Different Animal: Driven The Taycan Turbo GT was already wild. The Manthey kit makes it faster, sharper, and considerably more focused. Motor1 · Aug 21
Czinger Wants To Steal The Nürburgring Record From The Mercedes-AMG One The 21C has already topped Laguna Seca and COTA, and now the Nürburgring Nordschleife could be on its list. Motor1 · Aug 19
Onboard With The BMW M2 As It Breaks Its Own Nurburgring Record Despite having less power and more weight than the M2 CS, it shaved off half a second from the lap time. Here's how. Motor1 · Jul 7
A Driverless Xiaomi Electric SUV Just Lapped The Ring. We Have Questions Xiaomi’s YU7 GT completed a driverless Nurburgring lap in 10:29.483, showing the current state of performance in self-driving; it's far from what humans can do. InsideEVs · Jun 22
Caterham Seven Nürburgring Edition Is A Tribute To The Green Hell This limited-edition super sports car was unveiled at the recent 24 Hours of Nürburgring race in Germany. Motor1 · May 18
"The most fun I've had all year" - Max Verstappen's F1 colleagues envy his Nurburgring bid In Verstappen's wake, several Formula 1 drivers have formed a fellowship of the 'Ring as they follow the Dutchman's Nurburgring 24 Hours bid Motorsport · May 13
"The most fun I've had all year" - Verstappen's F1 colleagues envy his Nurburgring bid Several Formula 1 drivers have formed a fellowship of the 'Ring as they follow Max Verstappen's Nurburgring 24 Hours bid Autosport · May 13
The GTI Is The Nürburgring's New Front-Wheel-Drive King It’s been almost a year since the Golf GTI Edition 50 became the fastest production Volkswagen at the Nürburgring. However, its 7:46.13 hot lap still wasn’t enough to dethrone the Honda Civic Type R atop the leaderboard for the fastest front-wheel-drive cars at the Green Hell. Motor1 · May 7
Chilling Video Shows Masked Man Near Missing Nancy Guthrie's Home A late-night Ring video of a masked man stealing a cactus in Tucson has unnerved neighbours in the area where 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie disappeared in February, although police stress there is no proven link. International Business Times UK · May 3
Porsche Beat Its Own Nürburgring Time In A 911 GT3 Manthey: Watch Everyone seems to be chasing Nürburgring records these days. After the Corvette ZR1X posted a 6:49.275 lap, Ford clapped back with an even quicker 6:40.835. Not to be left out of the ‘Ring limelight, Porsche is back in the conversation with a new lap time for the 911 GT3 (992.2)… Motor1 · Apr 30
“Doorbell Chud” From Viral Home Invasion Video Smirks In Court As Case Takes Troubling Twist “I hope the judge goes hard on this guy. He's beyond unhinged…” Bored Panda · Apr 21
Josh Barrie reviews The Ring: A knockout Thairish This pub — which makes a claim as the home of British Boxing — is a place for a prawn curry and a few pints Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2025
Nurburgring EV Lap Record Changes Hands But Stays In China BYD’s Yangwang U9 electric supercar has dipped below 7 minutes a lap, beating another Chinese EV, but needing twice the horsepower to do it. InsideEVs · Oct 22, 2025
Watch the Lexus LFA Tear Up the Nürburgring, Before It Became a Legend It's fun to go back through the archive. And with Toyota and Lexus's new sports car inching closer to reality, we're going to take a look back at its predecessor, the mighty Lexus LFA. Back in 2009, when this website was still called WorldCarFans, we uploaded a video of a near-production-ready… Motor1 · Oct 13, 2025
Autosport · Sep 1, 2025 Remembering Stefan Bellof, 40 years on Stefan Bellof lost his life in a sportscar race at Spa 40 years ago today. GARY WATKINS analyses his reputation and asks whether he would have reached the top in Formula 1
Motor1 · Aug 19, 2025 Ford Just Beat the Mustang GTD's Nürburgring Lap Time... With a Van Ford just set a new personal best time at the Nürburgring. But it wasn't in a Mustang GTD. Instead, the company did it in its one-off "SuperVan," an all-electric, track-only demonstrator based loosely on the Transit. The time of 6:48, set by Romain Dumas, makes the van four seconds quicker than…
Motor1 · Aug 15, 2025 The Frustrating Pseudoscience of Nürburgring Lap Times Numbers help us make sense of the world. In cars, numbers tell us a lot—a car that does 0-60 miles per hour in 3.5 seconds is objectively quicker than one that does it in 3.6 seconds.
Motor1 · Aug 1, 2025 'Game On:' Ford CEO Responds to the Corvette's Nürburgring Record The Ford Mustang GTD only held the record for the fastest American car to lap the Nürburgring Nordschleife for a little over 7 months. Ford announced a 6:57.685 lap back in December, and bettered it with a 6:52.07 a few months later, but Chevrolet just took the crown with the Corvette ZR1…
Motor1 · Jul 31, 2025 Watch the Corvette ZR1X Absolutely Demolish the Nürburgring in Its Record Run Shortly after announcing its C8 Corvette Nürburgring Nordschleife lap times, Chevrolet put up onboard videos on its YouTube channel. Naturally, they make for excellent viewing and reveal something key—setting fast laps like this is serious business.
Motor1 · Jul 31, 2025 Mission Accomplished: The Corvette ZR1X Broke Ford's Nürburgring Record Chevrolet has tested Corvettes around the Nürburgring for decades, but it’s been over 10 years since the company released a Nordschleife lap time for America’s sports car. That changes Thursday. Chevy brought three C8 Corvettes to the ‘Ring—the Z06, ZR1, and ZR1X—and now claims the title of fastest American car around…
InsideEVs · Jun 11, 2025 Xiaomi SU7 Ultra Storms The Nurburgring, Beats Porsche And Rimac A production-spec Xiaomi SU7 Ultra just lapped the Nurburgring Nordschleife quicker than the quickest Porsche Taycan.
Motor1 · May 1, 2025 The Ford Mustang GTD Just Broke Its Own Nürburgring Record (Update) Update 5/5/25: Ford has released an uncut video of the GTD's new record lap, which can be seen below.
Motor1 · Apr 17, 2025 2025 Porsche 911 GT3 Takes Manual Nürburgring Record As promised, Porsche set a new Nürburgring lap record for manual-transmission cars with the new 911 GT3. Factory driver Jorg Bergmeister managed to set a lap time of 6:56.294 in a six-speed 2025 911 GT3. That not only crushes the old manual-transmission Nürburgring lap record, it also beats the previous…
Motor1 · Apr 11, 2025 The Ford Mustang GTD Is Back at the Nürburgring Ford has returned to the Nordschleife where it made history last year. On August 7, 2024, the Mustang GTD broke the record for the fastest American production car around the Green Hell after crossing the finish line in 6 minutes and 57.6 seconds. When the Blue Oval announced the lap…
International Business Times · Jan 1, 2025 Osaka Expo 'Grand Ring' A Symbol Of Unity: Architect A towering wooden "Grand Ring" built for Expo 2025 in Osaka pays homage to Japan's architectural history and is a symbol of unity despite criticism over costs, its creator says.