New Porsche 911 GT3 RS laps the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 7:33

Porsche introduced the new 911 GT3 RS at last month’s Frankfurt Motor Show. This track oriented 911 packs an impressive 450 horsepower from a naturally aspirated 3.8-liter flat six.

Last week Porsche was testing it on the Nürburgring and managed to lap the track in 7 minutes and 33 seconds.

As the session was in light traffic, Porsche believes they can do it in around 7:30. Surely that’s better, but not as fast as the Nissan GT-R(7:27).

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2010 Porsche 911 Turbo slashes 10 seconds from the Ring time

New Porsche 997 Turbo was introduced last month at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Main changes are under the skin and visually most people can’t tell the difference between a new model and its predecessor.

But under the skin changes are worth mentioning again and again. Power comes from a new 3.8-liter twin-turbo six-cylinder engine that produces 500 horsepower (20 hp more than the previous model) and 480 lb-ft of torque.

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Nissan claims GT-R king…again

The 2010 Nissan GT-R is even better than the outgoing 2009 model. But, you can’t engage launch control and you’re not supposed to touch the VDC button.

That’s okay, though, because the 2010 GT-R is still just as fast, well, in this case, faster, without launch control. 7:26.7 around the Nürburgring. Three seconds faster than the 09 GT-R.

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2010 Porsche 911 GT3 has new ‘Ring time

Porsche took its second generation 997 GT3 out on the Nürburgring with their test driver Walter Röhrl.

Unofficially, Röhrl set a lap time of 7 minutes 40 seconds. Besting the previous ‘Ring time by 2-seconds. That’s just 2-seconds off of the current 997 911 Turbo.

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2010MY Nissan GT-R laps the famous Nürburgring in 7:27.56

Last year Nissan GT-R set a lap record on the Nürburgring Nordschleife with a very impressive 7 minutes and 29 seconds.

This all started many speculations about the tires and non-stock parts. A lot of it came from Porsche who has been dominating the Ring until GT-R came out.

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Video: Opel Insignia OPC on the Nüburgring

Almost production ready Opel Insignia OPC was first spotted on the Nürburgin end of March.

New Opel Insignia OPC/Vauxhall Insignia VXR uses a modified twin-turbo 2.8-liter V6 that offers between 300-320 horsepower.

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BMW M3 GT4 will race at the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring’s Nordschleife

BMW M3 GT4 will take part of the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring’s Nordschleife on 23rd/24th May 2009. Drivers are Augusto Farfus (BR), Jörg Müller (DE) and Andy Priaulx (GB).

BMW M3 GT4 will be priced at 120,000 euros and is the latest addition to BMW’s Customer Racing product range.

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Next generation 911 Cabrio hits the Nürburgring

Next generation 911 (998) Coupe was first seen on the Nürburgring last week. Today the convertible version of the next-generation 911 made it to the extreme Nürburgring.

On these new photos we can see that this prototype has a small spoiler above the rear window right below the canvas.

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2010 Mini Crossman spied on the Nürburgring

Mini Crossman was first shown as a concept at last year’s Paris Motor Show. We have brought you different spy photos from Germany to snowy Sweden. This time the Crossman has been spotted first time on the famous Nürburgring.

Mini Crossman rides on a new chassis that will be shared with the upcoming BMW X1.

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Spy shots: Next generation 911 prototype hits the Nürburgring

On Tuesday we saw the next-generation 911 prototype with a new rear window spoiler.

Now Porsche has taken this prototype with new body modifications to the extreme Nürburgring, to see how the car behaves on high speeds around the track.

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Porsche 911 (997) GT3 RS facelift spotted on the Nürburgring

Even though Porsche is already working on the next generation 911 (998), they have not quite finished work with the current generation.

Porsche unveiled the track oriented 911 GT3 facelift beginning of the month at the Geneva Motor Show. For some people regular GT3 just is not enough. For those Porsche has the hard core version called GT3 RS.

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Audi RS3 test mule spotted on the Nürburgring

According to a recent report, Michael Dick, a member of Audi’s board of management for technical development has stated that the company is very highly considering building a RS3 version in the near future.

Now we have actual proof that Audi’s in house performance team Quattro is testing RS3 test mule on the Nürburgring.

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Opel Insignia OPC spotted on the Nürburgring

Spring is officially on for automakers as first test mules are already doing their testing on the famous Nürburgring. Yesterday we brought you first spy photos of the Opel Insignia OPC with production bumpers.

Now the same car has been spotted on The Ring doing some final testing before it goes on sale this summer.

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Video: Nissan GT-R at Nürburgring with snow tires

Currently the track is closed and covered with snow as you can see from our live webcam. That did not stop hardcore GT-R fans, who put Blizzak LM-25 winter tires on their project car and headed to the ring.

With AWD and winter tires GT-R does pretty well in snow. Take a look at the video below to see GT-R going wild on the snowy Nürburgring.

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Ring Record stirs up Controversy between Nissan and Porsche

Ever since Nissan thrashed its new GT-R around the Nurburgring Nordschleife and beat its arch rival, the Porsche 911 (997) GT2, there has been some sort of controversy haunting the records.

Sources say that a certain Porsche engineer claimed that the 7 minute 29 second time that the GT-R posted around the ‘Ring was achieved using race-spec slicks instead of regular street-spec tires.

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