Porsche is really stepping it up, how about a streetlegal 260mph Porsche?






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The Porsche Engineering Group will take over the Nardō test track in Apulia, Italy, from current owner Prototipo SpA.
The property covers almost three square miles of the Italian peninsula and includes a 3.8-mile handling course and a 7.7-mile,
high-speed test track. The latter can be seen from space.
The facility also houses a 4X4 emissions laboratory, a noise track and a few extra spaces for more tracks if necessary.
It has a workshop on the premises for engineering duties. In the past it was rented out to manufacturers,
but we figure that Porsche now will use the facilities free of charge. The track currently operates 363 days per year,
on three shifts, seven days a week.
Porsche has been a regular at the circuit, along with other manufacturers. “The Nardō proving ground, with its high-speed
and vehicle-handling circuit, ideally complements our facilities in Weissach,” Matthias Müller, president and CEO of Porsche AG,
said in a statement. “With the systematic development of the company in Nardō as part of Strategy 2018,
Porsche is proving to be a reliable employer and business partner in Apulia as well.”
The Nardō Ring was built and paid for by Fiat in 1975. The high-speed portion has four lanes for traffic.
The lowest handles a baseline speed of 62 mph, while vehicles in the top lane can travel at 149 mph or faster.
When testing higher speeds, the entire track needs to be rented out by a manufacturer. There has only been one fatality
at Nardō in its 37-year history.