HWA Evo laps the Nordschleife... 504 times

Intense testing regime continues, with thousands of Nordschleife miles in a fortnight

By Matt Bird / Thursday, 4 December 2025 / Loading comments

HWA certainly couldn’t be accused of any half measures in the development of the Evo. Old habits die hard when your origins are in motorsport, presumably. Now, with first deliveries expected in the new year and an Evo set to compete at the 2026 running of the Nurburgring 24-Hour, the Evo has completed its Nordschleife testing programme.

Obviously it isn’t a new thing for a car, especially something so driver-focused, to be signed off at the ‘ring, but HWA’s efforts for a 100-unit car look remarkable. Over the course of 16 days, officially to work on damper tuning and ‘detailed setup calibration’, three Evo prototypes drove 504 laps - covering 6,523 miles.

They weren’t just getting through the miles, either, with racers Reinhold Renger, Markus Winkelhock, Luca Ludwig and Sebastian Asch (some famous families in there!) pushing the HWA to its limit throughout. If it can survive an autumnal Nordschleife pasting from actual paid professionals, a private track day in the sunshine ought to be a breeze.

Gordian von Schöning, CTO of HWA. “In addition to our hot and cold testing in Northern Europe and Southern Spain, as well as the ongoing homologation process, this phase of Nürburgring development allowed us to ensure we are creating a car worthy of bearing the HWA name.” That process is almost said to be finished, after what’s felt like an eternity, but such is the waiting game when standards are set so high. Production should kick off early in 2026…