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Written by Vijay Pattni
Remember the lightly nutty Subaru WRX STI Type RA NBR we showed you a while back? Subaru tells us the much suffixed STI has set a lap around the N rburgring in just 6m 57.5s, making it the fastest four-door to have done so.In the world of N rburgring lap times shadier than a Frank Miller graphic novel that pegs it at just half a second slower than a Porsche 918 Spyder. Which is a bona-fide hypercar featuring much power at its disposal.It"s also comfortably quicker than the Lamborghini Aventador SV nutjob (6m 59s). We"re told the time was achieved "using the N rburgring timing equipment and was officially verified by track officials". Righto.Still, not bad for a modified four-door saloon. The clue"s in the mouthful of a name, really. The Type RA bit stands for Record Attempt"; the sole reason for this car"s existence. We assume the NBR means, well, the N rburgring.For such an attempt, you won"t be surprised to learn this little Scooby went to market and came back with a lot of rally-infused aggression. And by market, we mean Prodrive, who built the thing. There"s a roll-cage and a redesigned aero-pack that includes DRS and enables 650lb ft of downforce the only currency super-saloons and supercars trade in these days.
Date written: 24 Jul 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 8604
Remember the lightly nutty Subaru WRX STI Type RA NBR we showed you a while back? Subaru tells us the much suffixed STI has set a lap around the N rburgring in just 6m 57.5s, making it the fastest four-door to have done so.In the world of N rburgring lap times shadier than a Frank Miller graphic novel that pegs it at just half a second slower than a Porsche 918 Spyder. Which is a bona-fide hypercar featuring much power at its disposal.It"s also comfortably quicker than the Lamborghini Aventador SV nutjob (6m 59s). We"re told the time was achieved "using the N rburgring timing equipment and was officially verified by track officials". Righto.Still, not bad for a modified four-door saloon. The clue"s in the mouthful of a name, really. The Type RA bit stands for Record Attempt"; the sole reason for this car"s existence. We assume the NBR means, well, the N rburgring.For such an attempt, you won"t be surprised to learn this little Scooby went to market and came back with a lot of rally-infused aggression. And by market, we mean Prodrive, who built the thing. There"s a roll-cage and a redesigned aero-pack that includes DRS and enables 650lb ft of downforce the only currency super-saloons and supercars trade in these days.
Date written: 24 Jul 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 8604
