Cadillac Forum
07-24-09, 01:40 AM
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2010 Porsche Panamera - Click above for high-res image gallery
It's been just over a year since Cadillac captured the title of fastest production four-door car when John Heinricy circulated the Nürburgring's north loop with a CTS-V in under eight minutes. Considering the pace of leap-frogging between the Nissan GT-R, Corvette ZR1 and Viper ACR it's a bit surprising that it took this long for someone to top the super-Caddy. What's not surprising is that it was a Porsche that finally outran the CTS-V.
Now that the four-door Porsche Panamera has been thrust upon the world, it was only a matter of time before one the test drivers from Weissach brought the crown back to the fatherland. The 500-horsepower Panamera Turbo lapped the Nordschleife in 7 minutes, 56 seconds, 3 seconds faster than the Cadillac.
When Heinricy set his 7:59 time last year, it was done in an automatic CTS-V in a single hot lap at the end of a test session. With any luck, we'll see Heinricy or perhaps one of the Corvette C6.R drivers like Johnny O'Connell head back to the Eiffel mountains for another go.
Gallery: First Drive: 2010 Porsche Panamera (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-porsche-panamera/)
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[Source: TopSpeed (http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/porsche-panamera-laps-nurburgring-in-7-56-ar76670.html)]Fun while it lasted: Porsche Panamera Turbo reportedly tops Cadillac CTS-V's 'Ring record (http://v4.sandbox.autoblog.com/2009/07/12/fun-while-it-lasted-porsche-panamera-turbo-reportedly-tops-cadi/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://v4.sandbox.autoblog.com) on Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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2010 Porsche Panamera - Click above for high-res image gallery
It's been just over a year since Cadillac captured the title of fastest production four-door car when John Heinricy circulated the Nürburgring's north loop with a CTS-V in under eight minutes. Considering the pace of leap-frogging between the Nissan GT-R, Corvette ZR1 and Viper ACR it's a bit surprising that it took this long for someone to top the super-Caddy. What's not surprising is that it was a Porsche that finally outran the CTS-V.
Now that the four-door Porsche Panamera has been thrust upon the world, it was only a matter of time before one the test drivers from Weissach brought the crown back to the fatherland. The 500-horsepower Panamera Turbo lapped the Nordschleife in 7 minutes, 56 seconds, 3 seconds faster than the Cadillac.
When Heinricy set his 7:59 time last year, it was done in an automatic CTS-V in a single hot lap at the end of a test session. With any luck, we'll see Heinricy or perhaps one of the Corvette C6.R drivers like Johnny O'Connell head back to the Eiffel mountains for another go.
Gallery: First Drive: 2010 Porsche Panamera (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-porsche-panamera/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/18-porsche-panamera-fd_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-porsche-panamera/2102457/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/20-porsche-panamera-fd_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-porsche-panamera/2102434/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/19-porsche-panamera-fd_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-porsche-panamera/2102426/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/17-porsche-panamera-fd_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-porsche-panamera/2102456/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/27-porsche-panamera-fd_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-porsche-panamera/2102465/)
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[Source: TopSpeed (http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/porsche-panamera-laps-nurburgring-in-7-56-ar76670.html)]Fun while it lasted: Porsche Panamera Turbo reportedly tops Cadillac CTS-V's 'Ring record (http://v4.sandbox.autoblog.com/2009/07/12/fun-while-it-lasted-porsche-panamera-turbo-reportedly-tops-cadi/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://v4.sandbox.autoblog.com) on Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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