The Green Hell is where most carmakers go to test their future models, it has really become a benchmark in the automotive production and even if a small part of petrol heads don’t agree to a future car being tested on a track, this leads to improved handling and performance and it is even giving car companies the boost to put more powerful engines under the hoods of the vehicles.
Despite all is looking good with the Nurburgring, the truth is that the circuit has had a lot of financial problems over the few years. Back in March, Capricorn Group and Getspeed have acquired it for approximately 77 million euros but senior partner Capricorn, which has two-thirds in the deal, is facing some major financial issues and had no option but to sell it, despite Getspeed making the first 5 million EUR payment.
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