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After becoming the fastest road car ever to run up the Goodwood Hill, the McLaren P1 LM has just added another big notch to its belt. This XP1LM prototype is said to be identical to all five P1 LM production cars ever built, which is why we should take note of its amazing achievement at the Nordschleife. After the XP1LM managed to set a new lap record of 6.43.2, it drove directly from the Nurburgring back home in the UK. This project represents only the latest collaboration between Lanzante Motorsport and former Indy 500 winner Kenny Brack. The project was also backed by McLaren and Pirelli, with the latter constructing a specific size and compound road legal Trofeo R tire for the P1 LM. To put this achievement into perspective, we will remind you that the Huracan Performante turned heads with its 'Ring time of 6 min and 52 seconds set last year, whereas the lightning-quick NIO EP9 did a 6:45.9 - slower than the P1 LM by a little over 2 and a half seconds. Carscoops

The Lamborghini Huracan Performante's Nürburgring lap record has fallen as the NIO EP9 has lapped the Nordschleife in an impressive 6 minutes and 45.90 seconds. The lap beats the time posted by the Huracan Performante by a little over six seconds and is a significant improvement over the EP9's previous lap time of 7 minutes and 5.12 seconds. In a statement acknowledging the company's achievement, NIO's Gerry Hughes said "The EP9’s new lap record is 19.22 seconds faster than its previous lap time. This is a fabulous achievement for NIO and I am very proud of the team that has worked tirelessly to achieve this accolade." As a refresher, the EP9 is a high-performance electric vehicle with four electrics motor that produce a combined output of 1,360 PS (1,342 hp). This enables the car to accelerate from 0-200 km/h (0-124 mph) in 7.1 seconds before hitting a top speed of 313 km/h (194mph). If that wasn't impressive enough, the EP9 has a range of 427 km...

Soon after debuting its  bold EP9  and confirming it as the fastest electric vehicle to ever lap the  Nurburgring , Chinese company NextEV says it is already preparing a rival to the Tesla Model X. While the EP9 will hit the production line, it will be extremely expensive but moving forward, the company will launch affordable models. Its  Model X rival  will be the first of them and is expected to debut late next year. Speaking with  Automotive News , company co-founder Jack Cheng said that the electric SUV will use a 70 kWh battery pack and be able to achieve 330 miles on a charge over the European testing cycle. Perhaps of more importance than offering a range similar to the Model X in Europe however is Cheng’s assertion that it will be significantly cheaper than its American rival. “It'll be positioned at Audi and BMW but with a Toyota price,” Cheng said, confirming that sales in the U.S. will commence in 2018 or early 2019. Helping to bring the NextE...