Hurra! The Nürburgring has been sold

Posted on 11-03-2014 at 18:03 by Ricardo – 27 Comments”

The bankrupt Nürburgring race track is saved from destruction. For the time being.

A little more than a year, was the legendary circuit bankruptcy no longer turn away. The goeddraaiende piece of asphalt at the bottom of all kinds of randzaken, such as a megalomaniac amusement park that just visitors. It has just become known that there is officially a buyer for the Nurburgring the German car-part manufacturer Capricorn buy the entire racecomplex for 100 million euros.

To düsseldorf onderdelenbedrijf beats thus the American HIG Capital, which is also in the race was to the ‘Ring to buy. As well as Bernie, but that got earlier from the biedingsgevecht. Capricorn already has a branch at the Nürburgring complex, where 100 of the 350 employees working

€100 million

For the 100 million euros Capricorn in addition to the the 20.8 km long Nordschleiffe and the Grand Prix race track, the hotels, the 8.800 m2 floor ring°boulevard and the amusement park where no one goes. Capricorn will of this amount, 25 million euros in the circuit itself to invest. In addition, they want an ‘Automotive technology Cluster’ set up.