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03-15-2013, 02:36 PM
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In and effort to promote the high-speed grip of its new Hakkapeliitta 8 winter tire (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/hakkapeliitta/), Nokian threw a set of its new rubber on a race-prepped Audi RS6 (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/rs6/) and got moving - very, very quickly. In fact, on March 9 on top of the very frozen Gulf of Bothinia near Oulu, Finland, Nokian's test driver Janne Laitinen set a new world record for the fastest speed recorded driving on ice. If you'll recall, this isn't the first time (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/08/nokian-tires-claims-its-already-beaten-bentleys-new-ice-speed/) that Audi (http://www.autoblog.com/audi/) and Nokian have played this game, either.
Using the guidelines set forth by the Guinness Book of World Records for such things, Laitinen averaged 208.602 miles per hour (335.713 kilometers per hour) over the course of two runs on natural, untreated ice. Another constraint is that the ice speed record must be done using commercial available tires, which is obviously great PR for the new Hakkapeliitas. The press release doesn't make any mention of how the RS6 was prepared to reach such high velocities, but the images of the car make it clear that this is no stock machine. Scroll on below (http://motorgen.com/2013/03/15/watch-this-audi-rs6-go-208-mph-on-ice/#continued) to see the impressive video evidence of the Audi's record run.Continue reading Watch this Audi RS6 go 208 mph... on ice (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/15/watch-this-audi-rs6-go-208-mph-on-ice/)
Watch this Audi RS6 go 208 mph... on ice (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/15/watch-this-audi-rs6-go-208-mph-on-ice/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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In and effort to promote the high-speed grip of its new Hakkapeliitta 8 winter tire (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/hakkapeliitta/), Nokian threw a set of its new rubber on a race-prepped Audi RS6 (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/rs6/) and got moving - very, very quickly. In fact, on March 9 on top of the very frozen Gulf of Bothinia near Oulu, Finland, Nokian's test driver Janne Laitinen set a new world record for the fastest speed recorded driving on ice. If you'll recall, this isn't the first time (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/08/nokian-tires-claims-its-already-beaten-bentleys-new-ice-speed/) that Audi (http://www.autoblog.com/audi/) and Nokian have played this game, either.
Using the guidelines set forth by the Guinness Book of World Records for such things, Laitinen averaged 208.602 miles per hour (335.713 kilometers per hour) over the course of two runs on natural, untreated ice. Another constraint is that the ice speed record must be done using commercial available tires, which is obviously great PR for the new Hakkapeliitas. The press release doesn't make any mention of how the RS6 was prepared to reach such high velocities, but the images of the car make it clear that this is no stock machine. Scroll on below (http://motorgen.com/2013/03/15/watch-this-audi-rs6-go-208-mph-on-ice/#continued) to see the impressive video evidence of the Audi's record run.Continue reading Watch this Audi RS6 go 208 mph... on ice (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/15/watch-this-audi-rs6-go-208-mph-on-ice/)
Watch this Audi RS6 go 208 mph... on ice (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/15/watch-this-audi-rs6-go-208-mph-on-ice/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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