Hyundai Building its Own Test Center at the Nürburgring Track

Reaffirming its commitment to compete with the top brands around the world on all levels, Hyundai revealed plans to build a new test center at the Nürburgring track in Germany that will enable the company to develop the driving dynamics, reliability and durability of its future vehicles. Read more »

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Spied: New Porsche 911 Turbo and GT3 Flogged Around the Nürburgring

The easiest way to tell a Porsche 911 Turbo from a 911 GT3 when they're running wild on a fast circuit like the Green Hell and on top of that, they're plastered in black camouflage, is to try to take a look at the exhaust pipes.

You see, the milder Turbo edition has two outlets on either side of the rear diffuser while the rougher GT3 sports two centrally mounted pipes.

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Scoop: Next Infiniti G Sports Sedan Does the Nürburgring Rounds for the Camera

This new spy video shows the next iteration of Infiniti's G series premium saloon giving it a go on the track that all carmakers, small and large, fine-tune their future products, Germany's famed Nürburgring.

The all-new G series will launch late next year (as a 2014 model in North America) with the world premiere rumored to take place at the Geneva Salon in March, though, we wouldn't be surprised if Infiniti chooses the Detroit Motor Show in January instead.

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Nissan GT-R Updated for 2014MY, Laps Nürburgring in 7’18’’6 [w/Videos]

On December 6, 2007, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn proudly unveiled the all-new GT-R during the Tokyo Motor Show. Design chief Shiro Nakamura proudly stated that Japan’s supercar reflected the country’s culture. However it’s not the styling but what’s underneath that aggressive bodywork that has made it humiliate supercars worth double its price - or more...

Kazutoshi Mizuno, though, who heads the GT-R development team, is apparently a very difficult man to please. That’s evident from the modifications he has constantly made to his creation, the latest being the one unveiled today, which will be known as a 2014MY in North America, and as a 2013 model for the rest of the world.

When the GT-R was launched, its 3.8-liter VR38DETT twin-turbo V6 pumped out 480HP. A year later, it gained 5HP but it wasn’t until 2011MY when its output jumped considerably, to 530HP.

One would think that this would be enough. Mizuno didn’t: that’s why he upped the V6’s output just a year later to 542HP and then, in 2011, to 545HP for the North American market version.

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Spy Shots: New BMW 3-Series Gran Turismo Loosens up on the Nürburgring

BMW seems hell bent to offer a 3-Series (or 3-Series-based) model for almost every need; from four door sedans in regular and long wheelbase body styles and station wagons, to coupes, convertibles, high performance variants, and even a so-called four-door coupe and a taller liftback model named the 3-Series Gran Turismo (GT).

The latter was spied by our photographers lifting its inner wheel in a corner during testing on the Nürburgring in Germany.

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U Spy: New Rolls Royce Ghost Coupe Filmed Lapping the Nürburgring

Thanks to CarScoop reader and Nürburgring dweller Timo S., we now have the first ever action footage of Rolls Royce's upcoming Ghost-based coupe, the production name of which, remains a tightly guarded secret for now.

The spy video affords us a look at how Goodwood's new Flying Lady tackles the corners and straights of the Nürburgring Nordschleife track at speeds and angles you don't normally see a Rolls Royce model.

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