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Title: Pikes Peak record
Post by: lkjohnson1950 on July 15, 2018, 04:17:19 AM

Volkswagen used an all electric race car to set a new record for the Pikes Peak hill climb. The all paved route and sound of the car are a far cry from the days when the Unsers owned the Peak.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/04/670-horsepower-and-0-60-in-2-25-seconds-the-volkswagen-i-d-r-pikes-peak/ (https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/04/670-horsepower-and-0-60-in-2-25-seconds-the-volkswagen-i-d-r-pikes-peak/)

https://youtu.be/CwZbvPY_4aE (https://youtu.be/CwZbvPY_4aE)

Title: Re: Pikes Peak record
Post by: John S on July 15, 2018, 11:53:28 AM

Loved the fact they go through the cloud base.  :good:

Not sure that's really VW technology reckon they badged it that way as PR to help get over dieselgate scandal. More likely major Audi/Porsche input, well they're VW group companies after all.