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FAKING NURBURGRING LAP TIMES

Nurburgring racing circuit has been the benchmark for automakers to put their cars to the test and show off their lap times proving technological advancement and capability. But recently quite a few supercars have been in the news for their record making and record breaking lap times surprising the car community. Automakers prove their competitive advantage by making lap record and flaunting the numbers and that makes sense as car enthusiasts are more likely to buy high performing machines. Due to which some automakers have been in the news by FAKING lap times . The genuine record breaker Porsche 911 GT2 RS The Porsche 911 GT2 RS was unveiled long ago at good-wood, since then it has been a matter of discussion in the car world, and it was all sold out just after launch with people paying about $150,000 over sticker. Few months go by and our dear Porsche is still in the news breaking all records at the Nurburgring race track. And now some people suddenly realize its v...

Will 911 GT3 touring pack affect the value of 911R ?

Recently at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Porsche revealed its new 911 GT3 Touring Pack, and the people, the media and almost everyone else went crazy about it majorly for two reasons, first one being that it is an affordable manual 911 from Porsche and the second one being,” It will lead to depreciation of the 911R” which is a purists car with a manual that costs about $5,00,000(price today) base price and had only 991 units made. But this is not the case, Porsche isn’t cheating its premium paying VIP customers and taking a sh*t on their face by dumping the car world by “a more affordable 911R”. Let me tell you what exactly are these cars. THE 911R : It’s the purest 911 ever made, it’s 3900 pounds being the lightest 911 ever, it comes with a 4 litre engine from GT3RS producing 500 horse power. This car is a project by Porsche to remind the world that making a great supercar is not only about setting lap times and a great 0-60 time but also about the driving experience, it de...