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STUTTGART, Germany — Porsche Engineering will assume responsibility for the Nardo Technical Center, the preferred location for many supercar tests and speed records.
The facility was built in 1975 by Fiat in Apulia in Southern Italy, and was known initially as the Pista di prova di Nardò della Fiat — the Nardo test track of Fiat. The idea behind the proving ground was to establish a test track that could be used 365 days a year.
Also known as the Nardo Ring, the center was sold in 1999 to Turin-based Prototipo Test.Ing, which currently manages the facility.
Nardo features a 3.85-mile handling circuit and a 7.8-mile high-speed oval, as well as a variety of road surfaces for vehicle testing. It has been used for many years by manufacturers from around the globe, especially for high-speed testing, as in the case of Aston Martin, whose limited-edition One-77 supercar shattered the 220 mph mark there in December 2009.
Porsche Engineering, a subsidiary of the carmaker Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, is buying Nardo to supplement its own Weissach test center outside Stuttgart. The German firm said it plans to "further (optimize) the test facilities and (make) them available to clients for testing and trials purposes."
Source: Porsche Takes Over Nardo Test Track
- Porsche Engineering will assume responsibility for the Nardo Technical Center.
- The famed Italian test track is the preferred location for many supercar tests and speed records.
- Fiat built Nardo in 1975 and sold it in 1999 to the current owner, Prototipo Test.Ing.
STUTTGART, Germany — Porsche Engineering will assume responsibility for the Nardo Technical Center, the preferred location for many supercar tests and speed records.
The facility was built in 1975 by Fiat in Apulia in Southern Italy, and was known initially as the Pista di prova di Nardò della Fiat — the Nardo test track of Fiat. The idea behind the proving ground was to establish a test track that could be used 365 days a year.
Also known as the Nardo Ring, the center was sold in 1999 to Turin-based Prototipo Test.Ing, which currently manages the facility.
Nardo features a 3.85-mile handling circuit and a 7.8-mile high-speed oval, as well as a variety of road surfaces for vehicle testing. It has been used for many years by manufacturers from around the globe, especially for high-speed testing, as in the case of Aston Martin, whose limited-edition One-77 supercar shattered the 220 mph mark there in December 2009.
Porsche Engineering, a subsidiary of the carmaker Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, is buying Nardo to supplement its own Weissach test center outside Stuttgart. The German firm said it plans to "further (optimize) the test facilities and (make) them available to clients for testing and trials purposes."
Source: Porsche Takes Over Nardo Test Track
