There's Now A Nurburgring Lap Record For Seven-Seaters
With a 236bhp twin-turbo diesel engine pushing around quite a lot of car, the Skoda Kodiaq vRS was never going to go for outright SUV glory at the Nurburgring. Not when the current record holder - the Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio - is smaller and has over double the power to play with.
But that’s fine, as Skoda has thought of a clever way of getting around that issue for some Nurburgring marketing goodness: set the…seven-seater SUV record. Well, it’s less ridiculous than the Nordschleife towing record that was set last year, isn’t it?
The record was set by none other than Sabine Schmitz, who managed a 9:29.8 behind the wheel of the warmed-up SUV. For context, that’s one minute and 38 seconds slower than the twin-turbo V6 Stelvio.
The Kodiaq RS will make its public debut at the 2018 Paris Motor Show this October. Once it’s on sale, we’d expect it to have a starting price of £34,000 - 35,000.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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When you’re so average you start making stuff up on your CV
Did they use the forza 4 line for the record or the touristfasen one?
I am pretty sure they’re is a record for walking around the Nürburgring…i mean, why is this surprising
Until dodge bring the durango srt8
Deleted becuase of my confusion
WAIT A MINUTE
How it can be a record lap if the timing is made from a standstill start and in the middle of the straight?
I mean, all the other lap records are taken from a flying start and from the pits, the T13, that place
WAIT A MINUTE
How it can be a record lap if the timing is made from a standstill start and in the middle of the straight?
I mean, all the other lap records are taken from a flying start and from the pits, the T13, that place
I can’t wait for a V10 Volvo XC90
Next week:
Koenigsegg Announces Regera Minivan
Okay opel, time to put the zafira OPC into good use
In january, Alfa Romeo confirmed that they will make a 7-seater SUV.
I’m pretty sure that the fastest vehicle in the 7-seater category will wear an Alfa Romeo badge.