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Spy Shots: Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Superleggera Spyder
Here is yet another new iteration of the Lamborghini Gallardo being flogged around the Nürburgring. This model looks to be the open-top Spyder version of the LP 570-4 Superleggera, which was unveiled at the Geneva Auto Show back in April.
Spy Shots: Aston Martin DBS On The ‘Ring
Earlier, we brought you photos of the updated Aston Martin DBS on the road, but now we have photos of it actually driving on the Nürburgring.
Spy Shots: New BMW M6 In The Works
In case you were tiring of the piles of BMW 6-Series coupe and convertible spy shots we’ve been giving you over the past months, here’s a little something to freshen your palate. Today, our spy shooter caught the new M6 lurking outside the Nürburgring.
Art Car: BMW M3 GT2 By Jeff Koons
Over the past 35 years, BMW has loaned out 17 cars to various artists. Using the Ultimate Driving Machine as a canvas, these artists put a new twist on a paint job. The latest artist to join the ranks of Warhol, Stella, and Calder is Jeff Koons.
Spy Shots: New BMW M5 Looks Just About Done
Our spy photographer just sent these pictures of the updated BMW M5 testing at the Nürburgring. In these photos, we can see the M5 showing off its new front bumper.
Spy Shots: Aston Martin DB9 Facelift
The DB9 is the third Aston Martin we’ve seen recently in testing while getting updated. Earlier, we spotted the slightly facelifted V8 Vantage Roadster and the Rapide racecar, and now the DB9 shows off its facelift on the Nürburgring.
Video: Ferrari 599XX Break Seven-Minute Barrier On The ‘Ring.
It’s Friday, which means it’s almost time to break out the video game paddles and take on the Nürburgring from the comfort of our couch. To help us with our line, Ferrari has generously posted this video of the 599XX breaking the seven-minute barrier for a production-derived car. The time: 6 minutes, 58.16 seconds.
Spy Shots: A Racing Rapide On The Ring
Our spy photographers have been hard at work lately. On top of the near-production metal running around, we received these photos of the Aston Martin Rapide racecar during a shakedown for next month’s 24-Hour race at the Nürburgring.
Spy Shots: Porsche 911 GT2 On The Ring
As we can see from the spy photos, Porsche is hard at work (or at play?) on and around the Nürburgring in the newest iteration of the 911 GT2.
Spy Shots: Mercedes-Benz CLS AMG Caught On The ‘Ring
Our spy photographer sent us two series of spy shots, which we have combined here into one gallery. They feature the Mercedes-Benz CLS AMG on both public roads and on the Nürburgring, this time wearing much less in the way of camouflage.
Spy Shots: 1-Series M Goes To Green Hell
We already posted images of an M version of the BMW 1-Series coupe as it tested on public roads. Today, we offer these images of the high-performance 1 lapping the Nürburgring, this time sporting a carbon fiber roof, as our spy shooter points out.
First Look: 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI Sedan
This is no April Fools joke, Subaru has taken the wraps off of the 2011 Impreza WRX STI. The flagship Scooby returns to its classic sedan form, complete with the monster rear wing.
Lamborghini In The Snow: Our Spy Shooter Takes The Day Off With The Murciélago Roadster
Though we usually hear from him when camped out next to the Nürburgring in Germany, with various long-lenses at the ready, it seems that our trusty spy photographer Andreas had a bit of a vacation recently. The lucky photog sent us this cheerful set of photos today, telling us that he had recently spent a fun week driving this snow tire-equipped Lamborghini Murciélago in his home Sweden (at least that’s where we think he is).
Keepers: Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1—Community
Those who read the last two Keepers segments on the ZR-1 (here and here if you missed them) already have some familiarity with the premier Corvette ZR-1 enthusiast group, ZR-1 Net Registry. Aside from flooding our inboxes with gorgeous ZR-1 photos, the experts at the Registry are, well, experts. We’re not just talking about folks who may have owned a ZR-1 here or there, or host occasional backyard ZR-1 cookouts—ZR-1 Net Registry is also home to several members with various ties to the original ZR-1 program, and being affiliated with that kind of knowledge only makes ZR-1 ownership that much sweeter.
All-Electric eRUF Stormster Debuts In Europe
RUF Automobile, the Bavarian group responsible for creating some of the most drool-worthy Porsches ever to tackle the Nürburgring, has created something a little friendlier, at least to the environment. The eRUF Stormster is a battery-electric version of the Porsche Cayenne, and its debut coincides with the European Climate Change Conference currently underway in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Video: 2010 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR Sets Lap Record At Laguna Seca
A 2010 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR has set a new lap record for a production vehicle at Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. Its time of 1:33:915 beats the previous record by over one second.
Driven: 2010 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
The new aluminum SLS built in Sindelfingen, Germany stays dead even with the carbon-fiber SLR built in the UK until early this year. Though the naturally aspirated 6.2-liter V-8 in the SLS has 54 less horsepower (down 9 percent) and 96 fewer pound-feet of torque (down 17 percent) than the supercharged 5.5-liter V-8 in the SLR, the SLS weighs 328 pounds less (also down 9 percent), has much finer dynamics, and better technology. Acceleration on both cars to 60 mph therefore stands at 3.6 seconds and both lap the Nürburgring Nordschleife in just 7:40. The SLS just does it all with better behavior and efficiency.
Keepers: Audi S4 B5-series—Community
Here’s where the frustration of dealing with recurring S4 mechanical maladies all but disappears. YouTube is full videos that feature turbo S4s committing various acts of horsepower heroics (like the Nurburgring vid posted above), and that’s due to the devout following of Audi owners on the whole. The unassuming styling of the S4 however, combined with the Biturbo’s ease of tuning make it an Audi favorite despite the car’s relatively short North American lifespan. As such, S4 owners have an extremely broad enthusiast community when it comes to technical help, aftermarket tuning, spare parts, or just friendly camaraderie. In fact, there are so many web sites in cyber land devoted to all things Audi that we could never hope to list them all, but we can offer a few suggestions on groups both big and small.
Driven: 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt SS Coupe
When General Motors introduced the first Chevrolet Cobalt SS for 2005, it was praised within the sport compact scene for its supercharged power and relatively cheap price point, though the car didn’t really have the overall refinement to make it something extra special. Thus, Chevy has gone back to the drawing board and come up with something it can really be proud of. This latest addition to the Cobalt lineup was tuned and tested on Germany’s Nürburgring and finally has the power and poise to be taken seriously as a true performance car.
