Just found some info about some lap times of a few different cars. I know the new record of the track is a Porsche 911 Turbo Gembella (~700hp) but I forgot what it is exactly.. Anyway, here are the times I found:


Mercedes SLK230: 9min07
Mercedes 2.5-16 EVOII: 8min50 sec
Mercedes CLK 430: 8min55 sec
Mercedes SL55AMG: 8min12 sec
Mercedes CLK55AMG: 8min29 sec

Mitsubishi Evo VI: 8min28 sec
BMW M3 E30 evo3: 8min45 sec (Faster than the MB EVOII, but also much lighter, which helps)
BMW Z8: 8min15 sec
BMW M3 E46: 8min 20 sec
Audi RS6: 8min17 sec
Audi S4: 8min43 sec
Audi RS4: 8min25 sec
Lambo Diablo GT: 8min04 sec
Porsche Ruf CTR II: 8min 15.0sec
Nissan Skyline GTR: 8min 28.1 sec


If you consider the fact that the MB EVOII is 10 years old, it did an incredible lap time Specially if you consider the fact that the EVOII "only" has 235hp. The Audi S4 is only 7s faster a lap and it has much more hp!!

Does anybody know what is the time of a 500E for a lap around the Nurburgring?

While the writers chickened-out of posting their lap times, there is an interesting article posted on need2speed about a Jag, BMW and 500E comparison at the 'ring.

Check out LORDS OF THE RINGS from BBC Top Gear Magazine,
February, 1995, under
More Article Archives.

__________________
Dean Albrecht
"Lead, follow, or better yet, get out of the way!"E500 owners motto

I would be interested as well.