McLaren Confirms "Sub-7 minutes" Ring Time with Style

I have two theories when it comes to McLaren refusing to confirm/specify the ring time of its P1 hypercar: 1) McLaren gives too much importance to Nürburgring lap times but refuses to admit it. So they released an epic clip showing that their hybrid hypercar is capable of a sub-7 minutes lap time to silence the doubters. 2) McLaren is so obsessed with the Nürburgring lap time that they refuse to release their official lap time before knowing what LaFerrari has achieved.

Now time for a little bit of math: the Nürburgring Nordschleife has an exact length of 20.81 kilometers (12.93 miles). If we associate this to McLaren's claim of an average speed that is faster than 178.637 Km/h (111 mph). We will have a lap time of less than 0.1164 hours which in terms of minutes is equal to 6.98 which means that the lap time is less than 6:59.375.

In the meantime, Porsche confirmed its 6:57 lap time long ago and has now moved on. Epic. Epic video after the jump.

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The McLaren P1 might Have Lapped The Ring in 6:47

McLaren P1 prototype at the Nürburgring (picture taken from an older testing session)

This is exciting news for the McLaren P1 fans! The McLaren P1 has reportedly lapped the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 6:47, that's exactly the time achieved by the track focused, not road legal Pagani Zonda R three years ago! It's also 10 seconds faster than the Porsche 918 Spyder and 17 seconds faster than their deceiving unofficial time of 7:04 posted last month. The time has not been made official by McLaren yet but the attempt was filmed and posted to youtube and you can watch it after the jump.

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Mercedes-Benz Records the Best Sales Month in its History.

Mercedes-Benz sold more cars last September than any other month in its whole history. The German automaker sold 142,994 units world wide last month thanks to one of the most complete and most attractive lineups on the market today. While Mercedes-Benz's main market remains Europe, the growing demand in the Asian continent, especially China where 20,375 units were sold, contributed to this huge success.

Talking about a crisis?

[Source: Mercedes-Benz]

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LaFerrari Caught Testing on the Nurburgring Nordschleife

Spy photo by SB-Medien for World Car Fans
Today, the guys at World Car Fans posted spy photos of a LaFerrari prototype testing at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. It makes us wonder if the Italian automaker isn't already preparing a response for the Porsche 918 Spyder's stunning lap time of 6:57.

We already know that on paper, LaFerrari has got what it takes to break the Porsche record. But we also know that the more powerful McLaren P1 reportedly failed to break the 7 minutes barrier with an unconfirmed lap time of 'only' 7:04.

Will the LaFerrari be the queen of the new generation hybrid hypercars? Only time will tell. Stay tuned!

[Source: World Car Fans]

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Subaru establishes Isle of Man record with a Nearly stock WRX STI Sedan

You might have already seen this picture around the web but i have kind of an attraction towards this type of shots. Thumbs up for the guy who caught this at the very best moment and congratulations to Subaru for making a record breaking machine.

The backstory: it's a scary sub-20 minutes (19:56.7) run on a course made up of 60.8 Km (37.8 miles) of curvy public roads located in the Isle Of Man and closed especially for the event. The average speed achieved during this frightening run is 181 Km/h (113 mph). There's is no doubt that in order to achieve this kind of records, you need a very skilled driver and a reliable rally car like the Impreza STi WRX sedan. I won't call this a stock Impreza but apart from the roll cage and a slightly modified suspension, it's not far from being one. And yes it's still road legal.

[source: Subaru]

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