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Volkswagen test rack in Ehra-Lessien, Germany is a 9 kms straight stretch for testing cars and prototypes. This is the same track where BBC Topgear guy James May took Bugatti Veyron above 400 Km/h.
Wiki says:
The track is used by all Volkswagen Group subsidiaries and marques, such as Audi, Lamborghini, Bentley, Bugatti, SEAT, Skoda, as well as Porsche, which has a close relationship with the VW Group.
The facility features 96 kilometres (60 mi) of private tarmac, which includes a large variety of road surfaces and curves, used as test tracks to evaluate new and prototype vehicles. More significantly, there is a high speed circuit with a straight approximately 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) long. Although this portion of the track is flat and level, when standing at one end of the straight, the other end cannot be seen due to the curvature of the Earth. Including banked corners at both ends of the circuit, both allowing high entry and exit speed to and from the straight, and to increase average speed during the 20 kilometres (12 mi) lap, the straight is especially useful for determining vehicle top speed.
Notably, the top speed of the Bugatti Veyron and the McLaren F1 were recorded along this straight. In an episode aired on 4 February 2007 on BBC Two's Top Gear, presenter James May reached 407.9 kilometres per hour (253.5 mph) in a Bugatti Veyron.
In July 2010 a Bugatti Super Sport with 1,200 bhp recorded the production car world speed record at an average of 267.91 mph (431.16 km/h). The facility also appeared on National Geographic Channel's Man-Made, in an episode about the Bugatti Veyron.
The view:
Ehra-Lessien, Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany - Google Maps
Top Gear video:
YouTube - Top Gear - Bugatti Veyron top speed test - BBC
Other reference: Super-Secret Volkswagen Test Track - Google Sightseeing
Volkswagen test rack in Ehra-Lessien, Germany is a 9 kms straight stretch for testing cars and prototypes. This is the same track where BBC Topgear guy James May took Bugatti Veyron above 400 Km/h.
Wiki says:
The track is used by all Volkswagen Group subsidiaries and marques, such as Audi, Lamborghini, Bentley, Bugatti, SEAT, Skoda, as well as Porsche, which has a close relationship with the VW Group.
The facility features 96 kilometres (60 mi) of private tarmac, which includes a large variety of road surfaces and curves, used as test tracks to evaluate new and prototype vehicles. More significantly, there is a high speed circuit with a straight approximately 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) long. Although this portion of the track is flat and level, when standing at one end of the straight, the other end cannot be seen due to the curvature of the Earth. Including banked corners at both ends of the circuit, both allowing high entry and exit speed to and from the straight, and to increase average speed during the 20 kilometres (12 mi) lap, the straight is especially useful for determining vehicle top speed.
Notably, the top speed of the Bugatti Veyron and the McLaren F1 were recorded along this straight. In an episode aired on 4 February 2007 on BBC Two's Top Gear, presenter James May reached 407.9 kilometres per hour (253.5 mph) in a Bugatti Veyron.
In July 2010 a Bugatti Super Sport with 1,200 bhp recorded the production car world speed record at an average of 267.91 mph (431.16 km/h). The facility also appeared on National Geographic Channel's Man-Made, in an episode about the Bugatti Veyron.
The view:
Ehra-Lessien, Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany - Google Maps
Top Gear video:
YouTube - Top Gear - Bugatti Veyron top speed test - BBC
Other reference: Super-Secret Volkswagen Test Track - Google Sightseeing
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