The Electric Volkswagen I.D. R Is the Fastest Car to Ever Climb Pikes Peak

Beating Sébastien Loeb's record by 16 seconds with a time of 7:57.148, Romain Dumas becomes king of the mountain with his electric Volkswagen. If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser.       FOLLOW         The Electric Volkswagen I.D. R Is the Fastest Car to Ever Climb Pikes Peak   Beating Sébastien Loeb's record by 16 seconds with a time of 7:57.148, Romain Dumas becomes king of the mountain with his electric Volkswagen.   READ MORE             How Pikes Peak Hillclimb Times Fell by More Than Two Minutes in Just 10 Years   With Volkswagen and Romain Dumas notching a blistering 7:57.148, the fastest time up Pikes Peak is now two minutes and 21 seconds faster than it was a decade ago.   READ MORE       From Our Friends at Popular Mechanics:       DARPA Invents Wheels That Instantly Morph Into Triangular Tank Tracks   The tires transform is just two seconds and the vehicles doesn't have to stop.   READ MORE           The Story of the World's Wildest Lamborghini Miura   The Lamborghini Miura is widely held as one of the most beautiful cars ever built. That didn't stop one man from modifying it drastically.   READ MORE             This Testarossa-fied C4 Corvette Is Actually Pretty Great   In general, knockoff body kits are a sad sight. Not this time.   READ MORE             Pagani Huayra Prototype Crashes in Germany   Luckily neither occupant was injured when the camouflaged car went careening into the bushes.   READ MORE         FOLLOW       Unsubscribe •  Privacy Notice   roadandtrack.com ©2018 Hearst Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Email Privacy, 300 W 57th St., Fl. 19 (sta 1-1), New York, NY 10019