New King of the 'Ring

[Dragger_Dan]

http://jalopnik.com/5341051/gumpert-apollo-sport-sets-nurburgring-production-lap-record

I knew it was only a matter of time before this thing came along and made Nissan and Porsche's argument look stupid.

[Lloyd]

The Porsche/Nissan are practical cars that you could use every day, do the shopping etc. Thats a race car for the track, hardly embarrassing the others.

I'm sure Porsche are still pretty happy with the lap record anyway

[deaf_rattle]

pfft, this is the real ring king!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Qxic6qj3E

[Mr Revhead]

^

thats awesome


bah, the 956 is king

[Bling]

hahaha I was expecting a sped up version of a car doing the ring in 7 seconds.... what a winner!

[Adamal]

hahaha I was expecting a sped up version of a car doing the ring in 7 seconds.... what a winner!

Hahah thats exactly what I was thinking!

The Gump is a horny car man. That car is a reason to go grocery shopping. You'd have a reason to make multiple trips to ferry all your stuff back home!

I'd enjoy driving it as a daily, no matter how uncomfortable and lacking in luxuries it is. But I do have a few screws loose, so yea.

[Mr Revhead]

there is just one problem with it

as EVO mag says:
for: goes "apollo" against: looks "gumpert"

[Adamal]

What!!! The only way that car could look better is if it had popups.

[Leon]

Meh, I just can't consider that to be as much a production car as a Skyline. Sure it is undoubtedly a cool bit of technology, but ultimately we're talking a race car thinly disguised as a production car.

Things like the Porsche and Skyline are a production car that think they are a race car ... but at the end of the day, you can buy them and get them serviced at a dealer, your wife could drive it (as much as she could any car), and if you drive it normally (yeah, right) it'll probably do 200,000km before anything really starts wearing out*


*disclaimer: such as engines and gearboxes, obviously normal service items will wear.

[Mr Revhead]

didnt last long!!
http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/24045 ... d273098cfc

i'd prefer the radical, then you can pretend to be at le mans on your way to the shops

[Adamal]

Those Radials are just that. Radical

They've got a Hayabusu V8 (2 Busa engines banged together). 2.6l V8 putting out over 300kw I think. Downside is they have to be rebuilt every 30 hours!

Edit: Video of it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwtyZosuPNE

Not bad, but I reckon I could do better in my SW...... hehe

[Adamal]

And the Gumpert.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIXK3vsi ... 5&index=57

Seriously, what is up with switching back to a side of view of the driver? At the friggen Karousel of all places!