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One Lap of the Web: One lap of the 'Ring in a Lamborghini Cabrera

Wed, 13 Nov 2013

-- Ever wondered how a 2013 Audi S3 would stack up against a 1983 Audi Sport Quattro on a rally circuit? So have we, but unlike us, Audi actually has the means to make the two cars go head to head. And, of course, they've filmed it all . One question we have is: what was the camera car? (We're thinking a Q7.)

-- Do you sometimes get the impression that just about the only off-roading most Porsche Cayennes will see is when the driver spills hiscaramel macchiato on himself and jumps the curb at a mall parking lot? Well, the Cayenne can do much more than that when it comes to trail running, as this video from Porsche demonstrates. But yes, about the only off-roading most Porsche Cayennes will see is when the driver spills his caramel macchiato on himself and jumps the curb at a mall parking lot.

-- There's a whole cottage industry devoted to filming various disguised vehicles lapping the 'Ring at unsafe velocities. Actually, let us rephrase that. Thankfully, there's a whole cottage industry devoted to filming various disguised vehicles lapping the 'Ring as unsafe velocities. And today's disguised vehicle lapping the 'Ring at velocities unsafe for your daily driver but perhaps safe for the vehicle is the new Lamborghini Cabrera. To answer your next question: it's coming sometime next year.

-- A Finland-based hoon has rescued a refrigerator white 1986 Volkswagen Polo from whatever grisly fate a refrigerator white 1986 Volkswagen Polo in Finland would face if it had a seized engine. Luckily for him, spare Polo engines are dime a dozen. So how much did he pay for the whole thing? Just $85, and it looks great.




By Autoweek editors