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Old Oct 13, 2016, 09:55 PM
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http://shiftinglanes.com/2016/05/vw-...re-impressive/


"o you probably know that Honda with it’s new Civic Type R held the record for fastest FWD car around 1 lap of the ‘ring. Well not anymore. VW just broke that record with a scarcely believable, sub 8-minute, 7:49.21 which bested the Civic’s time by over a second (7:50.63). Pretty close when you consider the lap times are near 8 minutes long."

"A FWD VW GTI is officially faster than a Hellcat or an M4 around a track. That is just mind boggling. It also shows just how technologically advanced these cars are becoming as 10-15 years ago a FWD car doing a sub 8 minute lap on the Nurburgring would be completely laughable."
Old Oct 26, 2016, 08:03 PM
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Thanks for sharing that Rob

Ive owned 2 GTI's back in my prior days Youre right, FWD back then was a lesser means to pwr the driven wheels. My 2 VW's were still a blast to drive
Old Oct 27, 2016, 03:20 AM
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400 units. non to USA. thats not a car.
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Originally Posted by MinusPrevious
Ive owned 2 GTI's back in my prior days Youre right, FWD back then was a lesser means to pwr the driven wheels. My 2 VW's were still a blast to drive
My first turbo car was a 2002 1.8t GTI. Been turbo ever since



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hey guys, I'm planning this trip next just in time for the 2019 Geneva autoshow. any tips or website to make reservation to drive in the 'ring? I see two race tracks, one with the hotel and the other? any tips would be appreciated. I'm planning to pick up my 2018 GT3 manual European delivery. please let me know guys. Thanks!
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i am in technically in Geneva now for over a month lol
i might be going to see Nurburgring again
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Originally Posted by Robevo RS
i am in technically in Geneva now for over a month lol
i might be going to see Nurburgring again
Are there two tracks? I saw a hotel close to a race track but I don't think it's the Nordschleife? How is the drive? Are they open March 4-7, 2019? Thanks Rob.
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