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Written by Stephen Dobie
There"s a new lap record at the N rburgring. And you may be delighted to know this one doesn"t involve hatchbacks with roll cages fighting over small handfuls of seconds. Nope, it"s a new overall production car record. And it"s really bloody fast. Send your cards of congratulation to Chinese electric car maker NIO, whose EP9 supercar stopped the clock at 6min 45.9sec, as evidenced by this wobbly but nonetheless impressive on-board video. It"s not only the fastest electric car around the Nordschleife, either, because that time is over six seconds quicker than the Lamborghini Huracan Performante and over two seconds quicker than the Radical SR8 LM. Those are the two production cars that have previously claimed overall honours at the Ring. Which you hold in higher regard depends how much you value a roof and a production run beyond Single Vehicle Approval.
Date written: 15 May 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 7790
There"s a new lap record at the N rburgring. And you may be delighted to know this one doesn"t involve hatchbacks with roll cages fighting over small handfuls of seconds. Nope, it"s a new overall production car record. And it"s really bloody fast. Send your cards of congratulation to Chinese electric car maker NIO, whose EP9 supercar stopped the clock at 6min 45.9sec, as evidenced by this wobbly but nonetheless impressive on-board video. It"s not only the fastest electric car around the Nordschleife, either, because that time is over six seconds quicker than the Lamborghini Huracan Performante and over two seconds quicker than the Radical SR8 LM. Those are the two production cars that have previously claimed overall honours at the Ring. Which you hold in higher regard depends how much you value a roof and a production run beyond Single Vehicle Approval.
Date written: 15 May 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 7790
