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| Nissan GT R Nismo Sets Fastest Drift World Record |
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| Nissan announced today that the GT-R Nismo has set the fastest drift world record and that it has entered in the Guinness Book of Records. A few days ago, Nissan announced that the GT-R Nismo has set a new world record, but at that time, the Japanese carmaker kept the details a secret. Today they revealed... More » |
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| Prodrive Subaru WRX STI Goes For The Isle of Man TT record |
 | Prodrive announced that they are currently developing this specially prepped Subaru WRX STI. Their goal is to break the Isle of Man TT record. The Isle of Man's TT is one of the fastest races to take place on public roads. The man behind this new Prodrive Subaru WRX STI is professional race car driver... More » |
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| Abarth 695 Biposto Record Fiat 500 |
 | Abarth revealed today the limited edition 695 Biposto Record, which is based on the Fiat 500. The Abarth 695 Biposto Record's price starts at 36,610 GBP OTR and they plan to build just 133 of them. Each one is going to feature an exclusive Modena Yellow exterior finish with Tar Cold Grey trim parts.... More » |
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| Venturi VBB 3 World Speed Record Vehicle |
 | Prince Albert II of Monaco and the Princess Charlene revealed the new Venturi VBB-3 world speed record vehicle on Wednesday 18th September on the Wendover airfield in Utah, USA. The Venturi VBB-3 is an electric vehicle that's rated with a horsepower output of no less than 3,000 hp. Gildo Pallanca Pastor,... More » |
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| Audi R8 eTron Sets Nurburgring Lap Record |
 | Audi announced today that their R8 eTron managed to set a new Nurburgring lap record for electrically powered production vehicles. Driver Markus Winkelhock managed to take the Audi R8 eTron around the 12.92-mile Nordschleife track in 8:09.099 minutes. This is less than a minute slower than the same record... More » |
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| Video: Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Record Nurburgring Lap |
 | The ZL1 is the most powerful, and fastest, road going version of the Chevrolet Camaro ever produced. Recently, Chevrolet announced that the Camaro ZL1 managed to conquer the Nurburgring, with a record lap time of 7 minutes and 41 seconds (7:41:27). This puts the ZL1 in a whole different league, and on... More » |
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| Lexus LFA Nurburgring Nordschleife Lap Record |
 | Earlier this year we were announcing that the Lexus LFA Nurburgring special edition manage to lap the Nordschleife track in 7 minutes and 22.85 seconds. However, that was not an official record. Lexus announced today, officially, that the LFA Nurburgring set a record lap time of the famous 'Green Hell'... More » |
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| Skoda Octavia vRS Bonneville Breaks Speed Record |
 | Skoda announced that the Octavia vRS Bonneville managed to breaks the land speed record for the 2.0-litre forced induction production cars. The British modified Skoda Octavia vRS Bonneville managed to set the new record at 227.070 mph, or 365.42 km/h. This is just 40 km/h short of a Bugatti Veyron! The... More » |
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| Nissan Leaf To Set Speed Record In Reverse |
 | Nissan announced that it will have a special appearance at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed on 1-3 July. At this year's event, Nissan hopes to make the Leaf the fastest vehicle going in reverse and the Juke the fastest four wheeled vehicle, on two-wheels. The Japanese car manufacturer hopes that... More » |
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| Subaru Impreza WRX STI Isle of Man Record Video |
 | Subaru released today the first video showing their successful attempt at setting a new speed record on the Isle of Man TT race circuit. This month, Subaru managed to crush the 21-year-old speed record of the TT circuit, which was set by Tony Pond on 6 June 1990. He managed to set the record of the 37.8-mile... More » |
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| Video: Mercedes Breaks Drifting Guinness World Record |
 | Mercedes announced today that over the weekend it managed to break the Guinness World Record for the longest drift. The drifting prize was brought home by driver Mauro Calo on 19 June while driving a Mercedes C63 AMG sedan. The previous record was set at 394 meters, and Mauro simply smashed it. He managed... More » |
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| Renault Megane RS Trophy Nurburgring Record |
 | Renault announced today that the Megane RS Trophy managed to set a new Nurburgring lap record for front-wheel-drive vehicles. The Megane Renaultsport 265 Trophy set a Nordschleife lap time of 8 minutes 08 seconds and managed to beat the best effort of several rear-wheel-drive vehicles that have been... More » |
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| 2012 Corvette ZR1 Nurburgring Record Video |
 | Chevrolet announced today that they managed to set a new Nurburgring lap record with the latest, 2012 Corvette ZR1. Chevy also released a video of their successful attempt and announced they will soon release a clip of the lap they did in a Corvette Z06. Chevrolet's 2012 Corvette ZR1 set a new Nurburgring... More » |
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| Subaru Impreza WRX STI Sets Isle of Man Record |
 | Subaru announced today that they manage to smash a 21-year-old record - the lap record of the Isle of Man TT circuit. They did it in a standard Impreza WRX STI. British Rally Champion Mark Higgins ran the 37.8-mile course in a factory Subaru Impreza WRX STI and set the new record lap time of 19 minutes... More » |
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| Peugeot EX1 Nurburgring Record Lap Video |
 | Recently, the Peugeot EX1 managed to become the fastest electric car around the Nurburgring race track, with a record lap time of 9 minutes and 1 second. The French car manufacturer finally released a video to prove their claim, which is almost an entire minute faster than the previous lap record.
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| Nokian Audi RS6 |
 | Nokian Tires have announced recently that they have broken the world ice speed record using an Audi RS6. The Nokian Audi RS6 broke the world ice speed record and set a new one at 331,610 km/h (206,05 mph). The attempt which resulted in a new ice top speed record took place on the Gulf of Bothnia in Oulu,... More » |
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| Bentley Supersports Ice Speed Record |
 | OFFICIAL: Bentley has revealed today the new Continental Supersports Ice Speed Record special edition to celebrate world ice speed record- breaking attempt of rally champion, Juha Kankkunen. The Bentley Supersports Ice Speed Record will have its world debut tomorrow in Geneva and will be put on sale... More » |
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| Bentley Supersports Brakes Ice World Speed Record |
 | Bentley announced today that the Continental Bentley Supersports has broken the World Speed Record on sheet ice. For this ice world speed record attempt they used the convertible version of the Bentley Supersports. The Bentley Supersports convertible broke the ice world speed record at 205.48 mph (330.695... More » |
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| Monster Truck World Record Jump Crash Video |
 | Joey Sylvester and his Bad Habit monster truck attempted to go for the Jump World Record title, but unfortunately, it all ended in a big crash. On 31st of October, Joey Sylvester tried to jump his monster truck for a distance of 202 ft. We guess they didn't add up the numbers correctly, as several factors... More » |
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| Pagani Zonda R Nurburgring Record Lap Video |
 | After the announcement that the Pagani Zonda R has become once again the fastest production model on the Nurburgring, various clips of from the event surfaced the web. However, none of them showed the complete Nurburgring lap in which the Pagani Zonda R has established the new Record time. The Italian... More » |
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