South Korean automaker Hyundai Motors is planning to invest GBP4.7m to construct a new research and development (R&D) facility at the Nurburgring in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
The automaker will use the track to conduct the durability tests of its new vehicles, which includes 180,000km of road testing out of which 10,000km will be done on the Nurburgring.
Expected to be completed in August 2013, the testing facility will be having 73 corners and is expected to offer average altitude difference of 300m.
Hyundai Motors Vehicle testing and development manager Axel Honish said the Nurburgring can replicate almost every condition found on European roads.
"It has the characteristics that will give an experienced driver a feel for the performance," Honish added.
"The driver can then report where we need to change something, like the balance for example."
According to the company, about 70% of it's model lineup available in Europe is manufactured in the region, along with 95% being developed and tested, too.
