Radical Smash Nurburgring Lap Record

As posted a few days ago, the Gumpert Apollo Sport set a new lap record for a road-legal production car at the Nürburgring at 7m11.57s.



Yesterday (20/08/09), Radical not only set a faster time, it smashed the record with a 6 minutes 48 second laptime.

The car was driven both to and on the 'Ring with Dunlop track tyres mounted to the wheels. Radical did not change the tyres before the run, to emphasize yet another point. "We've proved that the SR8LM is not only the world's best trackday car, but it's also practical enough to drive to and from the circuit," said Radical co-founder Mick Hyde. "It is a genuine production sportscar, with genuine performance credentials, as we've shown today."

Job well done guys:

V12 Datsun 240z

This classic 240Z is up for sale.

Under the bonnet, you get a large Jaguar 5.3L V12 mated to a T-56 6 speed tranny, 12 bolt Corvette IRS with 4:11 gears.

Check out the full spec here.

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Old Top Gear

The below is really just for the Top Gear fans or if you have nothing else better to do for the next few minutes.

Top Gear started in 1977 and this was how it looked like:

Thankfully things picked up when Clarkson (and his hair) joined the show in 1988