Posts Tagged ‘Nurburgring 24 Hours’

Peugeot RCZ Diesel First & Third In Nurburgring 24hrs

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 15:32 by No Comments
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The stunning new Peugeot RCZ showed brilliant performance at the 2010 Nurburgring 24 hours race as they managed to secure the first and third place in D1T diesel category. This victory for Peugeot is very remarkable for two reasons, first they are going to launch the car into the market very soon and this racing [...]

Posted under category: Peugeot Tags: Nurburgring 24 Hours, Peugeot, Peugeot RCZ

BMW M3 GT2 Wins The 2010 Nurburgring 24 Hours Race

Monday, May 17, 2010 14:17 by No Comments
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BMW’s return to the Green Hell for the 24 hours race of 2010 turned out to be a wise decision as the team wins the overall victory, bringing home BMW’s 19th Nurburgring title. The victorious car was a M3 GT2 driven by Jörg Müller (DE), Augusto Farfus (BR), Uwe Alzen (DE) and Pedro Lamy (PT). [...]

Posted under category: Bmw, Motorsport Tags: Bmw, Bmw M3, Nurburgring 24 Hours

Aston Martin At 2010 Nürburgring 24-Hour Race

Thursday, May 13, 2010 18:04 by No Comments
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Aston Martin is ready to take on the Green Hell at this year’s Nurburgring 24-Hours with a four-door Rapide and a specially prepared V12 Vantage. The Rapide is basically the production version which has been fitted with some safety features and sport suspension, and lost its luxury toys. As you see in the picture above, [...]

Posted under category: Aston Martin, Motorsport Tags: Aston Martin, Nurburgring 24 Hours

Video: BMW Z4 GT3 Lapping The Nurburgring

Wednesday, April 7, 2010 15:27 by No Comments

As the world is admiring the new Mercedes SLS GT3, BMW’s GT3 racer the Z4 is preparing for this year’s Nurburgring 24 hours endurance race. Matter of fact you can watch it lapping the track for the first time in the video above! The car’s powered by the M3′s V8 engine tweaked to deliver 480 [...]

Posted under category: Bmw, Videos Tags: Bmw, Bmw Z4, Nurburgring 24 Hours, Videos

Aston Martin Rapide In Nurburgring 24 Hours

Tuesday, April 6, 2010 15:04 by No Comments
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Aston Martin officially announced that this year they are going to compete in the 24-hour Nurburgring race with their new Rapide four-door saloon. The racing car, which will be joined by a V12 Vantage, is lightened by removing all the interior bits, features a re-tuned suspension and slick tires, and gets some mandatory safety equipments. [...]

Posted under category: Aston Martin, Motorsport Tags: Aston Martin, Aston Martin Rapide, Nurburgring 24 Hours

Peugeot RCZ For Nurburgring 24 Hours

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 17:00 by No Comments
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Peugeot today revealed their livery for the 2010 Peugeot RCZ competing in this year’s Nurburgring 24 hours. Two RCZs both powered by a 2.0-liter HDi FAP diesel engine developing 200 hp will take part in this tough race in D1T Category. Just attending the race is crucial for Peugeot RCZ as it’s trying to become [...]

Posted under category: Motorsport, Peugeot Tags: Nurburgring 24 Hours, Peugeot, Peugeot RCZ

Special Lexus LF-A For 2010 Nurburgring 24 Hours

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 6:11 by No Comments
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Lexus LF-A supercar has been in the works for over nine years and during this time it took part in the Nurburgring 24 Hours race a number of times. But in all of them, because it was a prototype, it was heavily disguised. Now though they are coming back for the 2010 race showing off [...]

Posted under category: Lexus, Motorsport Tags: Lexus, Lexus LF-A, Nurburgring 24 Hours

Walter Röhrl drives Porsche GT3-RS in 2010 Nürburgring 24 Hours

Friday, December 18, 2009 15:17 by No Comments
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Walter Röhrl for Porsche is like Valentino Balboni for Lamborghini. But because Walter is German it means that he is not as mad as Valentino! He is more of a geek, and that makes him the perfect test driver for Porsche! Walter’s good though, he is a double world rally champion. Now at the age [...]

Posted under category: Motorsport, Porsche Tags: Nurburgring 24 Hours, Porsche, Porsche 911 Gt3 Rs

2010 Lexus LF-A going into production!

Thursday, May 28, 2009 14:18 by 1 Comment
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After years and years of teasing people with their first supercar, it seems that finally Lexus and the parent company Toyota have made up their mind and are going to put it into production. They say that the huge delay in this project was due to the fact that at 315km/h it was too slow [...]

Posted under category: Lexus Tags: Lexus, Lexus LF-A, Nurburgring 24 Hours, Special Editions, Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota

VW Scirocco R unveiled

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 6:16 by No Comments
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After some rounds of spyshots the curtain is finally dropped on the hotted up Scirocco R. This is actually the athlete version of the Scirocco which packs 265 hp and 350 nm of torque out of a race tuned 2.0 liter TFSI engine. Five copies of this car are specially prepared for Nurburgring 24 hours [...]

Posted under category: VW Tags: Motorsport, Nurburgring 24 Hours, Tuning, Vw Scirocco, Vw Scirocco R

Spyshots: Lexus LF-A caught on the Ring

Friday, May 15, 2009 10:22 by No Comments
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After all these years the whole world been waiting for the first supercar by Lexus, finally it seems that the Japanese firm  is about to make up their mind and let the beast come to life as it’s been recently spotted at the Nurburgring. It’s kinda ironic because the LF-A is going to take part [...]

Posted under category: Lexus, SpyShots Tags: Lexus, Nurburgring, Nurburgring 24 Hours, SpyShots, Supercars

Spyshots: New shots of VW Scirocco R20

Tuesday, May 12, 2009 17:06 by No Comments
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The race-prepared hot version of the VW Scirocco called the R20 has been scooped again in black with some stickers on it! The car will debut at 24 hours race of Nurbergring and it seems that VW had no problem finding sponsors for the car! As you know, Scirocco is literally a Golf GTI underneath [...]

Posted under category: SpyShots, VW Tags: Nurburgring, Nurburgring 24 Hours, SpyShots, VW, Vw Scirocco

Aston Martin V12 Vantage comes to Nurburgring 24 hours

Friday, April 24, 2009 16:43 by No Comments
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Here’s another proof that this year’s Nurburgring 24 hour race is really hoooot! The new V12 powered Aston Martin Vantage will debut at the Ring this May of course with some modifications.  It’s been on a diet to lose a couple of stones in order to be more agile for the race and also features [...]

Posted under category: Aston Martin, Motorsport Tags: Aston Martin, Nurbergring, Nurburgring 24 Hours, racing, V12

Aston Martin Launched Vantage GT4 at Dubai Autodrome

Friday, November 14, 2008 18:02 by No Comments
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While it’s getting cold and colder around the world, Aston Martin picked the right place to unveil its new evolution GT4. They’ve come to Dubai which in this time of year enjoys a pleasant mild weather, but the car they brought along is not as friendly! Read More… The GT4 is the replacement for the [...]

Posted under category: Aston Martin, Middle East Tags: Aston Martin, Aston Martin Vantage, David Richards, Dubai Autodrome, Gt4, Mild Weather, N24, Nurburgring 24 Hours, Predecessor, Racing Car, Rev Range, Uprights