Nordschleife finally sold - in better hands :)

Hi guys,

today a german company bought the Nordschleife (only the **** EU has to check everything)
Its the Capricorn Automotive GmbH - a supplier for the formula 1 or some cars like Porsche 918/Audi R8.
They use it as testtrack for their stuff, but let the tourists ride exists (maybe the price will be little more expensive).
The best thing is, they wreck this new stuff like roller coaster and the rest. If everything goes well they want to build an automotive technology focus on the ring.
I'm glad that not an american investor got it, because they would destroy the whole ring

Now Kunos could find easier (if needed) a new contact person, when its over in some weeks.

german site:

http://www.motor-talk.de/news/die-nordschleife-ist-verkauft-t4873343.html#post39874278

english:

http://www.sharenet.co.za/news/Moto...er_Capricorn/fb59a2471122c5a9a2c79443e304a7f5


Im happy now

 

My best wishes for a bright future for the Ring!

 

You beat me to it, I was literally just making a thread about this. "Save the Ring" on Facebook says it's a "sad day"... nonsense. They want to continue public access to the Touristenfahrten, continue racing, and knock down all the leisure park/rollercoaster rubbish. I'm not sure what "technology park" entails, but either way you simply cannot call this a bad outcome. I'm over the moon right now. The Ring is saved!

 

Better hands? Not sure about this...
http://mikefrison.com/2523 (german article)

 

Assuming it's along the lines of the British definition of a "technology park", they're aiming at creating an industrial area for tech and precision engineering companies, probably focused on the automotive industry. Sounds like a bloody good idea to me given how many manufacturers test on the Ring.

 

these technology

yea this, didnt found the right words for it

 

Usually when technology park hits the neighborhood, its not necessarily a pretty sight... first to go is the trees.
If they actually achieve this, lure in some wealthy investers who buy a piece of the area for their businesses, and this way raise the value of the area itself, who knows what it comes out to be.
It's not like it has been a big money maker, so innovation is needed, but there's the down side in the same neatly wrapped package.
When anything is being dictated by the market value, that is usually when the history, art and legacy gets ignored and slowly but surely flushed down the drain.

Personally I don't care, as long as the landmark itself "The Ring" stays as it is, and hopefully gets to see racing action for a long time to come.

 

If "Save the Ring" is not happy, I am reserving judgment until more becomes clear.

 

I've a mixed feeling about it. They say good stuff, the only problem is I don't believe that kind of people on their blue eyes... They're business men, the 100 mil. they paid must come back in one way or another. I'm afraid the best cow they've is the toeristdrive... So people who are often to find there, prepare! (I guess the prices are going hard up!)

I'm going myself on the 19th of April again.

 

they want to establish more motorsport there, i hope not the formula one (because ecclestone wants always too much for this race). So this could boost it too. Then they let other companies pay a fee for using this track for testing and so on. I think there are ways next to tourist drive

 

http://jalopnik.com/ten-reasons-why...source=jalopnik_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

 

Well... according to the article it's reasonable to expect that, if they really going through with the sale, only race we will see in the future could be on the simulation like this.
It's all makes me sad... properly, when I read this " The races are already at risk now with the prices driven up in the last few years, don't be surprised when that all collapses. "

 

Yes I agree, there are other ways. But I think the toeristdrive have the biggest profits. I know for sure the prices for a lap will rise (now 27 euros), because the government has the ownership now and it's sold to a private company.

I saw this post on facebook. It explains it pretty well I think. I quote:

"'How can TF work the way it is now? Prices will increase to cover legal costs for the new owner.

As a toll road its a police matter for investigation, on a private road which is what it will become then the owners are responsible for any investigation, so they have to have higher insurance cover incase it's proved that the track has caused an accident. Higher insurance will increase TF drives until they stop them and concentrate on race and auto testing to make money.

Does Any other track allow single lap of their track? Nope and that's because it's problematic. That's why they have track days."

 

Why do you hate America

 

Not America, only american investors. Their way to maximize the money is known and that would be the end of this track. Capricorn is known in motorsport circles, the american investor not.

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Thanks. I am with Mike.

 

77 million euro for the ring ? that's all? I though it would be at least 3 times more.

 

I wonder if this affects if we will have the Nordschleife in AC. New owner = new license needed maybe, or at least a different price for the license and to rent the track. Does somebody know if the Track has been laser scanned by the devs already, so the data is at least "secure"?

 

As far as I know Kunos aren't scanning the Ring until later this Spring...I highly doubt the guys are renting the whole track to themselves for scanning and would assume (and I hate assuming) that the contract in hand is still binding.

 

I agree it'd be interesting to hear some confirmation from Kunos about this.

Even if the track has been scanned already there's still the issue of actually presenting the track in game after the ownership change. Only Kunos can answer, assuming they aren't in the dark as well