The Nurburgring 'road car' lap-time battle has swung into the spotlight once more, as German supercar maker Gumpert has sent its Apollo Sport model round the Nurburgring Nordschleife in a claimed 7min 11sec.
This revelation comes less than a week after the US-built Devon GTX was spotted lapping the 'Ring with the aim of beating Radical's 2005 record of 6m 55s, set in an SR8.
Although Gumpert appears to be claiming a road-car lap record, they appear to have overlooked the Radical SR8's achievement, as that car is fully road legal too. Still, the Gumpert's time is nevertheless pretty impressive, beating the Nissan GT-R (7m 28s), the Corvette ZR-1 (7m 26s) and even the Viper ACR (7m 22s).
Close, but no Radical-beater...
Mind you, the Gumpert that lapped the Nordschleife on 13 August with 26-year-old Florian Gruber at the wheel was producing 700bhp from its 4.2-litre, twin-turbo, mid-mounted Audi V8...