Another day, another story centered around the Nurburgring. As the Nurburgring's importance in the automotive industry continues to grow so do the number of performance machines tested around The Green Hell.
With that said, one publication has been independently testing products on the track for quite some time now. SportAuto has continuously tested product after product using the same driver, its own Executive Editor, Horst von Saurma.
While some may say this isn't the most legitimate way to go about high-performance testing, I have more faith in SportAuto than a manufacturer-conducted test.
Now, back to the real story. McLaren's MP4-12C has run a staggering lap time of 7:28, which slots it in between the Gumpert Apollo Sport and Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0.
Considering most of its surrounding placeholders were sporting a set of semi-slicks, that's a pretty impressive feat.
And now, onto the video...
The new McLaren MP4-12C is given its debut test at the famous Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit by Horst von Saurma, Editor-in-Chief of Sport Auto.