Nobody put "Xiaomi holds the Nürburgring SUV lap record" on their 2026 bingo card. Yet the YU7 GT just clocked 7:34.931 around the Green Hell, beating both the Audi RS Q8 Performance and the Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT Coupé. It also made Ren Zhoucan the first Chinese professional driver to earn official Nürburgring lap certification — a milestone the automotive world is still processing.
But here's the detail most coverage glossed over: the record-setting car had its rear seats removed and a full roll cage fitted. Xiaomi calls it a Track Package, but the exact spec remains undisclosed ahead of the May 21 launch event. The production version will almost certainly be slower. The question is by how much — and whether it still matters.
With 990 horsepower, a 101.7 kWh battery, and a claimed top speed of 300 km/h, is this the moment Chinese EVs permanently changed what performance means in the SUV segment?
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