09-10-2019, 01:21 PM
I'm a jealous old man, Romain Dumas has one of the best "jobs" in the world!
Volkswagen Shipped Its ID.R Electric Race Car To A Chinese Mountain By Train And
Climbed It As Fast As It Could
Jalopnik
Hot off of record-breaking Pikes Peak and Goodwood climbs and a blistering
Nürburgring record as well, Volkswagen decided it was time to bring the ID.R’s
talents east to Tianmen Mountain in China to demonstrate what its electrified
performance cars can do on yet another continent.
Earlier this week, Romain Dumas took the ID.R around the 99 tight corners that
coil 10.9 kilometers around Tianmen Mountain on the way to “Heaven’s Gate”
in 7:38.585 minutes. The road up Tianmen Mountain, which does not have the
same hill-climb tradition surrounding it as Pikes Peak, for example, is slowly
gaining prominence with its striking steep cliffs and steep curvy ascent.
The prior record holder is actually the Range Rover Sport SVR, which made its way
up the same road more than two minutes slower than the VW race car with a time
of nine minutes and 51 seconds. (10.9k = 6.77m)
Quite the view...
ID.R...
Volkswagen Shipped Its ID.R Electric Race Car To A Chinese Mountain By Train And
Climbed It As Fast As It Could
Jalopnik
Hot off of record-breaking Pikes Peak and Goodwood climbs and a blistering
Nürburgring record as well, Volkswagen decided it was time to bring the ID.R’s
talents east to Tianmen Mountain in China to demonstrate what its electrified
performance cars can do on yet another continent.
Earlier this week, Romain Dumas took the ID.R around the 99 tight corners that
coil 10.9 kilometers around Tianmen Mountain on the way to “Heaven’s Gate”
in 7:38.585 minutes. The road up Tianmen Mountain, which does not have the
same hill-climb tradition surrounding it as Pikes Peak, for example, is slowly
gaining prominence with its striking steep cliffs and steep curvy ascent.
The prior record holder is actually the Range Rover Sport SVR, which made its way
up the same road more than two minutes slower than the VW race car with a time
of nine minutes and 51 seconds. (10.9k = 6.77m)
Quite the view...
ID.R...
