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2022 Honda Civic Type R Takes To The Nurburgring In Anger

The forthcoming 2022 Honda Civic Type R has been filmed being pushed to its limits at the Nurburgring and looks very, very quick.

The new Civic Type R promises to be a significant improvement over the outgoing model, a car that has already established itself as the king of front-wheel-drive hot hatches. Honda’s eleventh-generation Civic is based on a new platform that’s stiffer than its predecessor while also having a slightly longer wheelbase and wider rear track. These upgrades alone should have a particularly profound effect on how the new Civic Type R drives.

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All signs point towards the new car retaining the 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder as the FK8 Civic Type R, albeit slightly modified to deliver a bit more than the curent 306 hp and 295 lb-ft (400 Nm). Adding even more horsepower and torque than this is never easy with a front-wheel-drive platform but given how well Honda’s engineers did in eliminating torque steer from the outgoing model, we suspect it can work out ways to add some extra grunt without any downsides.

Throughout this clip, a pair of camouflaged prototypes are shown lapping some of the most difficult sections of the circuit, including the famed ‘mini-Carousel’ where the car briefly jumps into the air, lifting one of its wheels off the pavement.

Honda will no doubt look to set a new production car lap record for a front-wheel-drive performance vehicle around the ‘Ring. The current record was set in April 2019 by the Renault Megane R.S. Trophy-R at 7:40.1. If the new Civic Type R can dip below the 7:40 mark, that would be a huge achievement, especially when you consider that the Megane R.S. Trophy-R is a stripped-down variant with front racing seats, no rear seats, and a roll bar.

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Go For An Onboard Lap Of The Nurburgring In A Bugatti Centodieci

Bugatti recently took the uber-expensive Centodieci to the Nurburgring for testing and YouTuber Misha Charoudin had the exclusive opportunity to ride shotgun in the French hypercar for a flying lap.

While Bugatti won’t be chasing a production car lap record with the Centodieci, it is still extremely quick around the famed German circuit. After all, it features a quad-turbocharged 8.0-liter W16 engine that churns out 1,578 hp. The car also weighs 44 lbs (20 kg) less than a standard Bugatti Chiron and can hit 62 mph (100 km/h) in 2.4 seconds and continue through to a 236 mph top speed.

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Throughout the lap, the Bugatti test driver behind the wheel takes some of the ‘Ring’s corners at very impressive speeds although it is obvious that he wasn’t pushing the car to its absolute limits. During a couple of sections at the track, the car exceeds 250 km/h while on the main straight it breezed past 310 km/h without breaking a sweat.

Bugatti unveiled the Centodieci back in August 2019 as an homage to the EB110. Just 10 examples are being built and despite each carrying a price tag of €8 million ($9.7 million), all were sold before the car was even shown to the public.

Most of the changes made to the Centodieci are limited to the bodywork and include all new panels, as well as distinctive LED headlights and LED taillights. The French hypercar also includes a large, fixed rear wing and a more pronounced diffuser than regular Chiron models.

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Watch The Mercedes EQS Electric Luxury Sedan Being Tested At The Nurburgring

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The all-electric Mercedes EQS has been spied during a recent round of testing at the Nurburgring as the automaker is getting it ready for the production line.

Like other prototypes snapped by our own spy photographers, this car is dressed in camouflage that does a good job of hiding its exterior design. Evidently, Mercedes is eager to keep the final design of the EQS a secret for as long as it can. With that being said, the camouflage cannot hide everything. The overall shape of the EQS immediately catches the eye and, thanks to the elongated roofline and long wheelbase, rear-seat passengers should have plenty of head and legroom.

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Underpinning the EQS is the automaker’s latest Modular Electric Architecture (MEA) and all signs point towards the EV getting a pair of electric motors, one on the front and one on the rear axle. Mercedes will obviously sell the EQS in a number of different configurations with varying levels of power. The base model should have at least 400 hp, while an AMG-tuned variant can be expected to churn out upwards of 600 hp.

The driver behind the wheel of this EQS prototype clearly wasn’t holding back when testing the car as its tires can be heading screeching through some of the corners. While the EQS has not been designed with a focus on track performance, it’s clear that the electric executive sedan, which also features all-wheel steering, handles very well.

Mercedes-Benz should premiere the EQS before the end of the year with production due to commence in 2021.

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