Ehra-Lessien :Volkswagen Group test track

[Ikelaoho2001]

Volkswagen Group owns a test trac kfacility in Ehra-Lessien. The facility was built during theCold War. The location was chosen since at the time, it was in ano-fly zonenear theEast Germanborder, thus safe from prying eyes seeing secret prototypes.

The track is currently used by all Volkswagen Group subsidiaries andmarques, such asAudi,Lamborghini,Bentley,Bugatti,SEAT,Skoda, andPorsche.

The facility features 96 km (60 miles) of private tarmac, which includes a large variety of road surfaces and curves, used as test tracks to evaluate new and prototype vehicles. More significantly, there is a high speed circuit with a straight approximately 5.4 mi (8.7 km) long.

 

[GranTursimo4]

Hmm.. seems long enough to be a drag strip as well

 

[JKgo]

..Voted, because nostalgia from Captain Slow's heroic (and short-lived) top speed run, but in all honesty, there's Route X, you know....

 

[ss3]

It would be great w/ multiple layouts