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"The Flugplatz (&amp;quot;Airport&amp;quot;) section of the world famous N\u00FCrburgring racetrack is still living up to its name. Our spy photographers have been working overtime, snapping photos of this season&amp;#039;s hottest concepts and production cars undergoing mile after mile of rigorous testing at the 14.1-mile &amp;#039;Ring. Apparently, in their downtime they&amp;#039;ve been capturing dramatic images of cars catching some serious air.        Lexus LFA    All Clear for Takeoff   The Flugplatz has been delighting car enthusiasts (and scaring drivers) for decades. Images of Formula 1 cars and viciously fast touring cars from the 1960s and 1970s with all four wheels high off the ground are still incredible to behold. So it&amp;#039;s good to see today&amp;#039;s automotive testers not holding back and keeping the track&amp;#039;s tradition alive.   Apparently, the name of this stretch of asphalt is pure coincidence\u2014an airport used to be located nearby. But the aerial acrobatics of high-performance machinery are what have endured the Flugplatz to car fans. And if you&amp;#039;re especially fond of the Porsche Panamera or Corvette ZR1, you now have extra reason to be proud.        Porsche Panamera    Out of all the cars recently photographed, Porsche&amp;#039;s big performance sedan and Chevy&amp;#039;s most powerful Vette caught the most air. The ZR1 also deserves some credit for what appears to be the hardest (nose first!) landing. In comparison, the 592-bhp McLaren MP4-12C and 560-bhp Lexus LFA remained much more glued to the track.   However, our &amp;#039;Ring jumping hero has to be the brave (or crazy) driver of the recently face-lifted Mercedes-Benz R-class. The German luxury wagon is about the last car we&amp;#039;d expect to see doing a commendable impression of Steve McQueen&amp;#039;s Mustang in Bullitt. But here it is folks; over 5000 lb. of Mercedes wagon flying over the &amp;#039;Ring. That driver deserves a raise, or a vacation.        Mercedes-Benz R-Class   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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