Germany's Nürburgring racing circuit names corner after the late Sabine Schmitz
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The owners of Germany's racing circuit Nürburgring have confirmed a corner will be named after local legend Sabine Schmitz, who passed away earlier this year following a battle with cancer.
The corner links the modern grand prix circuit with the legendary Nordschleife and will be known as the Sabine-Schmitz-Kurve.
2021 Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series breaks Nurburgring production lap record
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Mercedes-AMG's most powerful series-production model, the GT Black Series, has broken the overall lap record for production cars around the Nurburgring Nordschleife.
Recording a time of 6 minutes, 43.616 seconds around the 20.6km layout of the iconic German circuit, the GT Black Series beats the 6-minute 44.97-second time set by the previous record-holder, the Lamborghini Aventador SVJ, by 1.354 seconds.
2021 Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport unveiled with 221kW
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The 2021 Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport has been announced, delivering a significant power increase over the standard version.
Taking the baton from the previous 2020 Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR – a model still available in Australia – the Clubsport is designed to be a more pointed iteration of the iconic Golf GTI, offering increased handling characteristics to match the extra performance.
Nurburgring Nordschleife gets the Monopoly treatment
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Ever wanted to own the Nurburgring Nordschleife? Now you can, and it won’t cost the €77 million ($124.6 million) when it last changed hands in 2014.
Instead, for around €45 ($70) you can now play capitalist race-track owner with the Nurburgring edition of Monopoly.
An official product of the Nurburgring, this edition allows you to buy famous sections and corners of the Nordschleife, such as Flugplatz, Metzgesfeld, and Galgenkoff.
Jaguar reveals I-Pace Race eTaxi for the Nürburgring
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Jaguar has added a new vehicle to its Nurburgring Race Taxi fleet, in the form of its all-electric I-Pace crossover.
It's the first time a manufacturer has offered an electric vehicle to cart patrons around Germany's iconic race circuit, not that its zero-emissions credentials mean it'll be slow around a track.
Jaguar is confident the I-Pace's 400PS (294kW)/696Nm dual-motor electric drive system "will be able to cope with any conditions the circuit known as the ‘Green Hell’ has to offer".
