The Ruf Ehra Is an All-Wheel-Drive Grand Tourer That Cranks Out 650 Horsepower
- Tiny German company Ruf bloodied the noses of every exotic automaker in the 1980s when its CTR managed to hit 211 mph.
- The name of the track where the record was set was Ehra-Lessien, hence the name of this new car.
- Peak power is 650 hp, and there's a seven-speed manual, but the real tricks are the widebody, all-wheel-drive, and deployable rear spoiler.
Back in the infancy of the internet, a grainy video of a yellow Porsche drifting its way around the Nürburgring at maximum attack set the nerves of every enthusiast jangling. The speed! The tire-smoking slides! Those loafers! Piloted by test-driver Stefan Roser, the Ruf CTR became an instant legend.
New Zealand break with OFC to withdraw Gianni Infantino support
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Infantino has lost support from three regional confederations - Europe's Uefa, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and Concacaf (North and Central America and the Caribbean) - over his aborted plans to sell 20% of the World Cup's commercial rights to private investors.
Iris Murdoch artworks from secret room go on display – including self-portrait
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North Korea fumes over upcoming US-South Korea military drills
Pyongyang has accused the US of pushing the world ‘to the brink of nuclear war’.
North Korea has denounced major United States-South Korea military drills set to start next week as a provocation that heightens tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
NHS Blood and Transplant investigate data breach due to pager use
NHS service admits data breach due to pager use
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NHS Blood and Transplant had been sending sensitive medical data across the unencrypted pager network
How a major oil slick started washing up on Iran's beaches
A screenshot from a video showing an oil slick in the water by a beach, with three men in overalls working to clean up the oil
Newspaper headlines: 'Houses burn and train derails' and 'Britain on fire'
The front page of the Times features a photo of firefighters trying to extinguish houses ablaze in Stourbridge,, external beneath the headline "Houses burn and train derails on hottest day". The Daily Mail has the headline "Inferno", external while the front of the Daily Mirror says "Britain on fire"., external
‘Unprecedented’ rain kills four in Japan as thousands stranded at airport
At least four people died in eastern Japan after “unprecedented” heavy rain that left nearly 7,000 stranded at Tokyo’s Narita airport, and forced thousands to take refuge in government buildings.
Indonesia wildfires threaten orangutans rescued from animal traffickers
Orangutans rescued from wildlife traffickers face a new threat from the record number of fires that have broken out in Indonesia in recent weeks.
Flames have come within metres of an animal rehabilitation centre in West Kalimantan as hot, dry and windy conditions have been amplified by a powerful El Niño and the human-driven climate crisis.
US says dozens of countries helped China dodge Trump's tariffs
The White House said in a report on Thursday that more than 40 countries have helped China sidestep US tariffs by routing exports through nations that face lower American import duties.