BMW 1-Series M Coupe Laps Nurburgring Nordschleife in 8:15

BMW, Car News, Nurburgring — By MR on June 18, 2011 at 7:19 pm — 10 Comments

German magazine Sport Auto reports that they have lapped the 20km long Nurburgring Nordschleife in 8 minutes and 15 seconds. This time is three seconds slower than the 8:12 reported back in December.

Accoding to BMWblog, Horst von Saurma pushed the 1M to its limit and came out only 10 seconds slower than the M3 Coupe, but 7 seconds faster than the E46 M3. In comparison, an Audi TT-RS does the Green Hell in a time of 8:09 minutes.

Just a recap. The 1M Coupe comes with a six-in-line twin turbo engine creating 340bhp together with 450Nm of torque. The power is derived to the wheels via a manual six-speed clutch making a sprint from standstill to 100km/h (62mph) possible in just 4.9 seconds and reach a topspeed of 250km/h (156mph) in about 30 seconds.

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Lexus LFA hits the Nurburgring

This is a racing Lexus LFA. It belongs to some gentlemen at Gazoo Racing and Toyota. Those gentlemen have empowered Mssrs Lida Akira, Oshima Kazuya and Ishiura Hiroaki to race this racing LFA around the Nurburgring in the VLN series.

In race number 5, those drivers scored a fifth-placed finish. Below is some on-board footage of how they did it. In case you're interested, they finished behind a pair of Porsche 911 GT3 Cups, a Porsche 911 GT3 R and an Audi R8 LMS. Yes, another Audi on the podium. We're showing you this because riding onboard a Lexus LFA is a rare experience. In fact, seeing one donuting around a Japanese drifting extravaganza is similarly rare.

Video is below. Don't forget, TopGear.com will be reporting live from the Nurburgring 24hr endurance race next week, so stay tuned for more sleep-deprived live-blogging type action...

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