10 Fastest Cars on the Nürburgring: The Short List | Fastest Nurburgring Lap Times

if there's a Holy Land for Speed enthusiasts it's not found in the Middle East rather an unassuming corner of Western Europe cuddled amongst Germany's bucolic Eiffel mountains is down Nurburgring an automotive Mecca that for decades has spurred racers and car makers alike to go faster than ever before welcome to another short list I'm Otto guide.com Detroit bureau editor Craig Cole with another top ten list that is sure to piss y'all off today we've got a compilation of the fastest production vehicle to circle the legendary Nordschleife ax that's the Nurburgring main circuit a treacherous 13 mile course that's as demanding as it is deadly but you already knew all of that so on with the list oh but one more thing I've got to give credit where credit is due these times have been compiled by the website Nurburgring lap times calm yeah right there that one so thanks to them and on with the list shifting here's the number 10 finisher the vehicle that circled this fabled track in a blistering seven minutes 12 seconds is a hometown hero town for Detroit at least the Dodge Viper srt-10 ACR enabling this impressive finish is the car the massive 8.4 litre v10 that puts out some 600 horses narrowly edging out that moat our monster is the Gumpert Apollo speed which completed the Nordschleife about half a second quicker hurtling this boutique exotic to crazy speeds is an Audi source twin-turbo v8 next up our number eight finisher which made its run not long ago the Mercedes AMG GTR did indeed in less than seven minutes eleven seconds of 577 horse stampede helped this sports car edged out both the Apollo and Piper in seventh place we find a car that is revered by enthusiasts the world over and while it may be getting some gray hairs old age has not slowed Nissan's gt-r down in fact the Nismo version of this beast rounded the ring in seven minutes nine seconds propelled the victory by a 600-horsepower twin-turbo v6 the GTR is a car I know and love even in base form it's way too much for street use because it's always going you to go a buck fifty to a subdivision but the number six car on this top 10 list is the first one to crack the seven minute mark Lamborghinis Aventador LP 750 - four super veloce completed a laugh of the Nordschleife in six minutes fifty nine point seven three seconds now a 740 horsepower v12 and lightweight body helps deliver this stunning time doing the same deed in an even six 57 is Porsches amazing plug-in hybrid the 918 Spyder the v8 engine and to counter Mach 2 electric motors it has 887 horsepower which is enough to propel it to 60 miles an hour in less than three seconds yes it's bad but not quite as sweet as the radical sr8 which made it in six 5608 how would it achieve that time well you can thank an exceedingly favorable weight to power ratio this car is motivated by a 2.7 liter v8 that's good for a robust 430 horsepower but remember it weighs right around 1,500 pounds about 830 less than a Mazda Miata which has remember just 155 ponies on tap now you do the math because I can't know seriously long division is really hard next up another Italian exotic the Lamborghini oricon Fairmont a according to the tractor builder this lightened 640 horse around in the ring in a scant six minutes 52 seconds of time that seems almost too good to be true but refuting any doubts the company released telemetry data a few months back verifying the lap time however as with any of these figures it's wise to take them with a whole Shakers worth of salt next up the second-place finisher the radical sr8 LM knowing through the track 13 miles of tarmac in just six minutes 48 seconds a for said v8 with some 460 horses made it all possible though this production car and I'm making air quotes pushes the limits of street legal Ben my gestures show them it's a production car that rolls on slicks and has no windshield or roof now for the alpha dog the top car the lone sausage in a world full of buns which production model laps D glue de heard of faster than any other well apparently it was the next Eevee mio EP 9 which conquered the Green Hell with for individual electric motors plus a megawatt of power it's about one thousand three hundred forty horses it can reach 124 miles an hour in just seven point one seconds next CD builds it as the fastest electric car in the world and with numbers like those I'd be inclined to agree so that's a rundown of the ten fastest production cars to make it around the vaunted Nurburgring now admittedly this is just a bunch of mine's bigger than yours but it can be fun I guess or or not that's up to you to decide as always thanks for your patronage and I will see you around the next bend hey if you love great videos why don't you check out the comparison test we recently published I picked the Lincoln Continental against the Volvo s90 in a dark bored luxury throwdown which car won well you're going to have to watch to find out you might just be surprised I know I was

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Length: 6min 29sec (389 seconds)

Published: Fri May 19 2017