Event - Nürburgring 24-Hours Race

Team BMW Wins The 2010 Nürburgring 24-hours Race.

Team BMW Motorsports took the victory at the 2010 24 hours race at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife, after five years since the manufacturer's last victory. The number 25 BMW M3 GT2 car claimed BMW’s 19th victory at the endurance classic which was drove by Jörg Müller, Augusto Farfus, Uwe Alzen and Pedro Lamy, the car crossed the finishing line first after 154 laps of the 25.378km race-track. Hit the JUMP to watch the 24-hours race in 19500 frames!!

Green Scirocco At Green Hell

VW To Take On The 24-Hours Nürburgring With Scirocco CNG-Powered

 " The Scirocco GT24 already proved it's strength as a dynamic sports coupe by clinching class victory in it's debut race last year.  We want to prove that VW offers different powertrain concepts, which all excel in terms of dynamics, high efficiency and reliability." Kriss Nissen - VW Motorsport Director.

Following the historic one-two victory, as the first manufacturer's team using diesel technology in the event, at the 2010 Dakar Rally in January, Volkswagen are now taking on a new technical challenge.  They will again introducing a green eco-friendly race car for the 24-Hours Nürburgring race that will be held on the 23rd and 24th of May. Two Scirocco cars powered by innovative natural gas engine the CNG (compressed natural gas) will compete at the 'Green Hell'  which only produced 20%  of CO2 emissions from a normal car.

Peugeot To Run At 24hours of Nürburgring

Pair Of Diesel RCZ Coupes At 24 Hrs Of Nürburgring

 

For the first time, the French automaker, Peugeot will compete in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring with it's new model the RCZ Coupes. We have been told that Peugeot will be using a pair of the Peugeot RCZ diesel-powered racing car which is nearly stock with a 2-liter HDi FAP RCZ engine that produced around 200hp.