page_title: Nardò Ring
section_title: Records set on the Nardò Ring
hierarchical_section_title: Nardò Ring / Records set on the Nardò Ring
caption_attribution_description: English: Mercedes-Benz C111-IV: the photo was taken during 2007's "Stars &amp; Cars" event in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim Deutsch: Mercedes-Benz C111-IV: das Foto entstand im Rahmen von "Stars &amp; Cars" in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim 2007
context_page_description: The Nardò Ring, originally known as Pista di prova di Nardò della Fiat when it was built in 1975, is a high speed test track located at more than 23 kilometres north-west of the town of Nardò, Italy, in the southern region of Apulia, in the Province of Lecce. It was acquired by Porsche Engineering in 2012 from its former owners, Prototipo SpA. Porsche now call the site Nardò Technical Center.
context_section_description: On May 5, 1979, a car broke 400 km/h for the first time, the Mercedes-Benz C111-IV reached a speed of 403.978 km/h, establishing the Italian speed record. The car was able to complete a full ring lap in 1 minute and 57 seconds
  In 1980 the Volkswagen ARVW set the speed record for a diesel car reaching a speed of 362.07 km/h
  In 1982 a Porsche 928 S sets the 24-hour speed record, covering 6,033 kilometers at an average speed of 251.4 km/h (156.2 mph)
  In August 1983, three Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16 cars set endurance records for 25,000 km (15,534 miles), 25,000 miles (40,233 km), 50,000 km (31,068 miles), the latter being run in 201 hours, 39 minutes and 43 seconds at an average 247.94 km/h (154.06 mph).
  In 1993 a Porsche 928 GTS beats the previous record covering in 24 hours 6.377,25 km at an average speed of 265.72 km/h (165.11 mph)
  On July 2 1994 a Bugatti EB110GT sets a speed record for a methane-powered car, with road homologation, reaching a speed of 344.7 km/h (214.2 mph)
  In 1994 the Bertone Z.E.R. managed to set the speed record for an electric car on 1 km by driving it at an average speed of 303.977 km/h (188.883 mph) 
  On February 23 2002 a Volkswagen W12 also known as Volkswagen Nardò took the world record for all speed classes over 24 hours covering a distance of 7,740.576 kilometres (4,809.8 mi) at an average speed of 322.891 km/h (200.6 mph)
  On February 28 2005  a Koenigsegg CCR, driven by Loris Bicocchi, set the speed record for a production car at 388 km/h (241 mph)
caption: The Mercedes-Benz C111-IV that set the speed record in 1979
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