WHAT REALLY HAPPENED! NURBURGRING LAP RECORD

[ktwei]

Might be expensive but they gotta try another shot at it. They did not have enough track-time for the driver. For the first minute it was being driven slower than the AMG-One.

[stigbjorge]

Very noticeable is that the Emira driven here was the AMG M139 powered 4-cylinder (i4) with its AMG 8-speed DCT gearbox. It was completely stunning and behaved flawlessly within its performance envelope. I am so glad to have put in a very early (summer 2021) order for this exact specification of the Emira, and delivery of my very own car (Dark Verdant body & Tan interior) is imminent. Looking so much forward to receiving it, and I wish that I will have the chance to drive it on the Nurburgring some day.😃 (Thanks to JWW and Lotus, to my knowledge, this video is the best driving presentation of the AMG M139 / 8 DCT version of the Emira so far.)

[wouteysermans]

Hi James I’ve been a fan for over 7 years and you and the team have been absolutely killing it! Very proud of your work! Would you guys consider a new podcast? (Even with our without patreon)? I enjoyed the full chat podcast from a few years age so much! The amount of interesting people you could bring (because of your tremendous work) would be out of this world! I’m sure you won’t read this but thanks for the great content!

[cephasmakuzva]

I really wanted to see what goes into a nurburgring lap time record run by a manufacturer. New found appreciation for the money, team and time needed to coordinate such a thing. Thanks

[RRobbin]

Love to see a pov on the ring with the Emira 👌

[bco]

Thank you for another amazing video 👍🎩🍻

[BentleyArnage]

@jww 8 years ago you were driving an Audi R8 to pick up a Ferrari 458 Speciale. The car market has changed a lot since then, no more R8 and no more NA Ferrari V8s. If you were in the same position you were in 8 years ago but today, what would your garage look like?

[Cloxxki]

GT3 race cars are similarly road car derived, also on slicks, but lap about as fast on less than 1/3 the power and perhaps less than 1/4 of the downforce.
The GT2RS MR on ROAD TYRES just about posted the same minimum cornering speeds. Most of the time Evija X gained was on straights probably.

[redtesta]

what is being defined nowadays as a hypercar or supercar is a joke. That thing they are racing, the X, is gutted and isnt driven on the street and passes no certs. That should just be an open class car and go against other open class cars. So it sets a record being gutted and then the street version is then said to be the fastest around the ring? smh. Not right.

[OBIWAYNE-B]

Your lap was more than quick enough for 99% of drivers and what a car for the money, your not going to throw someone’s garage queen Ferrari round there like that bloody brilliant content as always 🤘😎🤘🇬🇧

[fhgu]

With the claimed downforce+power+slicks it wasnt that impreesive of a laptime, still bloody fast off course. So was the driver not comfortable pushing it to the limits or was something else a bit off like the suspension setup?

[michaejackson]

Really nice video James. I'll take any lap of the Ring anytime. That car is crazy fast, insane!

[HellcatDreaminJosh]

JWW Uncut Absolutely Incredible Video I think it's awesome that you got witness the Lotus Evija Xs Nurburgring Nordschleife Record Lap and I think it's awesome that you got to do a lap in that Absolutely Gorgeous Lotus Emira

[patarmand]

you're faster than the yellow car. Nice driving!

[jhettman]

i love james and I think we all love this video and the BTS..HOWEVER...the car and "record attempt" i dont really understand...Its not nearly on the same level as the VW IDR and that car is FIVE years old...and they try to claim its based on a "production Chassis" when its modified to hell and back...This "record" is like someone claiming a nurburgring record for having the fastest yellow car ever around the ring.
they are nearly half a minute behind the 5 year old VW...wish they would have simply focused on a record for the road legal car...as this just feels like a lazier way to get headlines.

[ndarymotion]

Speed restricted on the back straight? Why?

[trackfocussed]

i was there on exact this day (found me in the video ^^) was nice to see "something" crazy like that.
With 4.500kg Downforce there should be WAY faster speeds Possible then we saw.

[madalex]

I reckon James should or may have already got Misha to drive him around the Nuremberg circuit.

[KarlBuckley-bwvc]

Someone was hitting the sim pretty hard before this trip 😊

[lindocebekhulu]

It's ten days later and apperently James is still trying to find 3rd 🤣🤣🤣 jokes aside great driving