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Something for you pub quiz experts. What is the fastest production car now available.
No it’s not a Bugatti Chiron which achieved 305 mph.
The car company you have probably never heard of.
SSC in the USA who have produced the Tuatara which has just recorded a two way average of 316 mph on a ( closed ) public road in Nevada. Max one way was 331 mph.
Ten years ago SSC had previously toppled the Bugatti Veyron’s top speed with their Ultimate Aero.
SSC was previously named Shelby Super Cars but as they had no connection with the Carroll Shelby empire they were obliged to change their name.
Power was 1750 BHP from 5.9 L twin turbo V8 with a flat plane crank.
Yours for only $1.3 million.
In gear acceleration is not bad either. How about 60 to 120 in 2.5 secs.
I wonder how many seriously wealthy but dreadful drivers will be using using one of these.
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You’ll probably find one pottering round west London annoying the locals 🙄
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Search for 'SSC Tuatara fake' on Google or Youtube and you will find that they did not run that fast.
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Interesting comments on you tube.
The SSC video suggests that it did not achieve the Intermediate points quickly enough to make a calculation tally. A similar video of another car’s high speed run seems to confirm the error.
I don’t know if the laptop is taking its signal from a satellite or an in car sensor. The most obvious mechanical answer to that error is that the car’s gearing is not correct and so the laptop is showing duff info. In the haste to get the car on the road for testing it would be understandable that they didn’t check the accuracy of speedo gearing.
SSC have offered to re run the speed test to prove they have genuinely achieved the quoted speed but it really needs independent adjudication with a witness on the ground.
Official speed trials have fixed points on the track and they merely measure the time taken between them.
Then it’s simple maths and not reliant on either a speedo or satellite.
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