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McLaren P1 lapping the Nurburgring in UNDER 7 minutes in stunning new video

The McLaren P1 laps the Nurburgring in under 7 minutes Ever since Ron Dennis claimed the McLaren P1 would be able to lap the Nurburgring in under seven minutes, we’ve been waiting for McLaren to prove it. It seems their initial attempts failed to get below the magic 7 minute barrier – unlike the Porsche 918 Spyder which lapped the Nurburgring in 6m 57s – but last month we reported that the P1 seemed to have achieved its goal by going 10 seconds faster than the Porsche in  an almost unbelievable 6 minutes 47 seconds. Unfortunately, we still don’t know officially just how quickly the P1 got round the Nurburgring, but we do now know that it was under 7 minutes thanks to a new video just released by McLaren.

Zagato & CPP in Joint Venture. Really, they are.

Bentley Zagato - the catalyst for the CPP Zagato deal A couple of weeks ago we reported that CPP – owners of Spyker and Bowler – has quitely gobbled up Milanese Car Design Studio Zagato at some point in 2010. Which made sense. It made sense because it is CPP that builds many of the Zagato cars you can think of.

Audi quattro concept to be on display at Lake Como concours in Italy

If you liked the Audi quattro concept we saw at the 2010 Paris motor show, you have another chance to see it live this weekend--but you will have to cross the pond. It will appear Friday to Sunday at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este at Lake Como in Italy. Though the concours is usually reserved for antique iron, this year's show will feature a section just for concepts and prototypes.