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There are normal cars like sedans, hatchbacks, then there are sports cars like the Porsche 911 or the Toyota Supra , above them are supercars like the Lamborghini Aventador or the Ferrari SF90 Stradale and even above them are hypercars like Koenigsegg Agera RS or the Bugatti Chiron. The cars that we will talk about in this article are in a league of their own and have achieved such a divine stature in the car community that these three vehicles are collectively called the Holy Trinity. The members are :  McLaren P1 Porsche 918 Spyder Ferrari LaFerrari These cars are essentially hybrid supercars, that is they have the conventional internal combustion engine and in addition to that, they also have an electric power-train. So, basically, they have two engines. The holy trinity, The Ferrari LaFerrari, Porsche 918 Spyder, McLaren P1 McLaren P1 The McLaren P1 The most brutal supercar ever, the wildest of the holy trinity as well as the best driver's car

Overview "One of the most technologically advanced vehicles to ever exist, the fastest accelerating production car of all time, a successor to one of the greatest Porsche of all time, the gentleman's supercar, etc....." The above lines are just some of the ways the most well-behaved members of the Holy Trinity of Automobiles, the Porsche 918 Spyder. The Porsche 918 Spyder The 918 Spyder, just like the other members of the holy trinity, i.e, The McLaren P1 and the Ferrari LaFerrari is a hybrid supercar. In fact, it is the only car among the trio that boasts two electric motors instead of one, as well as all-wheel-drive and four-wheel steering as both the McLaren P1 and the Ferrari LaFerrari, have one electric motor each and both of them are rear-wheel-drive. Specifications The Porsche 918 Spyder has two engines, one being a 4.6 L naturally-aspirated V8 that is capable of producing peak power of 599 hp at 8,700 rpm and a peak torque of 540

The Green Hell The Nurburgring or " The Green Hell " as Sir Jackie Steward called it after winning the 1968 German Grand Prix is the longest and the most extreme race track to ever exist. With a combined length of 25.378 km or 15.770 mi and containing 170 turns, it is the most brutal and most demanding race-track ever as well as one of the most lethal. The Green Hell Image source:  https://www.vln.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/YouTube_Header_v2.jpg Originally, the track featured four configurations : 28.265 km or 17.563 mi long Gesamtstecke ( whole course ) 22.810 km or 14.173 mi long Nordschleife   ( north loop ) 7.747 km or 4.814 mi long Sudschleife ( south loop ) 2.281 km or 1.471 mi long Zielschleife ( warm-up/finish loop ) In this blog, we will take into consideration the modern-day lap times of the Nordschleife and rank the cars according to the time they took to complete the present course of Nordschleife which is an astounding 20.81 km or 15