We love cars, especially classic, luxury and exotic. We’ve had a bunch of them over the years, but we also realise that they have an impact on our planet, so we take the trains as much – if not more – than we do cars. But that doesn’t reduce our love of beautiful vehicles.
In Europe – especially Germany – fine automobiles are a way of life, in their blood and a major product for the country. Who wouldn’t like a Mercedes Benz, Audi, BMW or Porsche? Especially when you can buy one, pick it up at a dealership in Germany, drive it on the exhilarating autobahns and then ship it back home. That’s a dream come true for many of us.
Well, here’s another thing to love when it comes to that. The Nürburgring Nordschleife is the longest permanent racetrack in the world: 21km of unforgiving blind corners and hills, nicknamed “the Green Hell”. It also features a 150,000 person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It boasts a Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a long Nordschleife “North loop” track, built in the 1920s, around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel mountains.
Oh, and some days, it’s also just a public toll road with no speed limit. One of our favourite hands-on YouTubers, Tom Scott, has some butt-clenching experiences on that very same road. And, in the right hands with the right pilots, so can you. The car reached 276kph (171mph) at one point. Wear a diaper.
And, of course, there is so much more to do in Nürburg. Click here to discover!
Lufthansa’s baby airline, Eurowings, have flights all over the continent. Click here to look and book.
Judging by the pictures, the DF am Ring is the place for you if you’re a speed king. Click here.
AutoEurope have all kinds of cars – including sports and performance – in Europe. Click here.