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This has already been quite the year for the
Group and track records. The
the top line at Road Atlanta, and the
just
. In less than 100 days,
will put a
at the base of
to go for
the mountain’s production car record
. The
I.D. R electric racer, already scheduled for a
in May, has just added a run up China’s Tianmen Shan Big Gate Road in September.
There’s no official record up what’s called “Heaven’s Gate” road. About 900 miles southwest of Beijing, the 6.8-mile two-lane strip, also called Tongtian Avenue, takes 99 sharp turns while climbing Tianmen Mountain from 650 feet above sea level to 4,265 feet. A
last year, with Chinese race car driver Ho Pin Tung at the wheel, finishing in 9:51. Before that, a well-heeled Italian amateur who likes to close roads to set times drove a stock
up the slope in 10:31.
Neither of those attempts should bother the I.D. R, so Volkswagen’s looking for a more representative benchmark. The carmaker will re-create the road online and open it to gamers to set a virtual record. Romain Dumas, the same Frenchman who drove the I.D. R to records at Pikes Peak and
, will then try to beat the best the digital cowboys can do.
The event is part of Volkswagen’s push to promote its coming electric I.D. range and the China-specific models planned for sale. The Germans have been trampling on China’s home team in the process, meaning the
maker NIO. The I.D. R broke the NIO’s EV record at
last year, and
lap record at the ‘Ring. Come September,
could rub NIO’s nose in it in NIO’s back yard. All hail friendly competition.
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