By Colin Wood
Nov 26, 2021
What showed up for a Touristenfahrten (tourist ride) at the Nürburgring back in 1996? Plenty of European Rad-era goodies from VW, BMW, Porsche and more.
Which ‘80s or ‘90s car would you most want to rip around the Nordschleife with?
11/24/21 3:47 p.m.
It didn't look fast, but it felt fast!
11/24/21 4:05 p.m.
The body language of the guy on the motorcyle behind the offroad mini was priceless.
11/24/21 4:11 p.m.
I think the first time I drove the Nordschliefe was 1997 or so. I remember a lot of locals in touring car style hatchbacks.
11/24/21 4:13 p.m.
Oh boy, those tuned cars from my youth look awfully familiar. Same style that the wannabe "street racers" had when I was growing up. Half of them probably had a day's worth of wrenching to do every time the bi-annual TÜV came up to get the cars back to legal. I think the cops were a little more lenient back then.
Plus of course there had to be one rental car (the Mini from Sixt)
11/24/21 5:40 p.m.
There's some other 'Ring videos on YouTube from 1970 that are pretty entertaining. Lots of VW Beetles rolling over.
11/24/21 6:40 p.m.
EF Civic/BMW combo at 1:41 was pretty great. Nice find.
11/24/21 8:01 p.m.
Small cars poorly driven are fun in any decade.
11/24/21 8:03 p.m.
The Rüf
The Rüf
The Rüf is on fire
11/24/21 9:30 p.m.
By the time I put my € down for a 5 lap pass in 2005 the cars and drivers were generally more sophisticated, but the Trabant with 2 guys and a dog helped to keep it real.
11/24/21 9:45 p.m.
80's - 90's production are all too new!
Any model XK Jag, Lotus Europa, My Noble P4 (OK, that was an 80's car), The Ultima I built, the MGA Race car I once had, Bugeye, TR3...........
EDIT; After the posted clown-show I needed eye-bleach.
This works very well. Competence, its a thing!
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