Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Video: Peugeot EX-1�s Record Breaking Run on the Nurburgring


On April 27, 2011, for the first time in the Peugeot�s history, the French car maker set an official lap record on the Nordschleife race track in Germany. And this was no ordinary feat as Peugeot established an electric speed record with a concept model, the EX1 design study, which we first laid eyes upon at last year�s Paris Motor Show.

With St�phane Caillet, driver and tuner-technician from Peugeot�s Research & Development Centre, behind the wheel, the futuristic looking EX1 completed a lap around the Nurburgring in 9 minutes and 1.338 seconds (9:01.338) at an average speed of 138.324 km/h (85.951 mph).

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