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Written by Greg Potts
Ever since the Volkswagen ID R - and its team of 30 engineers plus driver Romain Dumas - smashed the Pikes Peak record back in June 2018, its makers appear to have become a little bit record obsessed. And we love them for it. Dumas completed the 12.4-mile hillclimb course in Colorado in 7m 57.148s, taking over 16 seconds from Sebastien Loeb"s previous record run with Peugeot. Then, in January this year, the ID R team announced that they were gunning for a new EV N rburgring record. The time to beat stands at 6m 45.9s, which was set by the NIO EP9 back in 2017. To compete though, the ID R has required serious aerodynamic changes from its high-downforce Pikes Peak set-up.
Date written: 18 Apr 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15458
Ever since the Volkswagen ID R - and its team of 30 engineers plus driver Romain Dumas - smashed the Pikes Peak record back in June 2018, its makers appear to have become a little bit record obsessed. And we love them for it. Dumas completed the 12.4-mile hillclimb course in Colorado in 7m 57.148s, taking over 16 seconds from Sebastien Loeb"s previous record run with Peugeot. Then, in January this year, the ID R team announced that they were gunning for a new EV N rburgring record. The time to beat stands at 6m 45.9s, which was set by the NIO EP9 back in 2017. To compete though, the ID R has required serious aerodynamic changes from its high-downforce Pikes Peak set-up.
Date written: 18 Apr 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15458
