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2011 Hennessey Venom GT
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They're Germans. They like control and stuff.
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You may not be able to max it, but I've witnessed plenty of opportunities for people to push certain limits the law doesn't necessarily find amusing. I don't doubt for a second that there are a couple Veyron owners out there who've done the same.Are all Veyrons limited?
Never understood why are they limited in the first place,it's not like you can max a Veyron on a highway and the tyre will explode
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Not going to discuss how much fast it is, it's mega. But Holy wheelbase, Batman! It's needed to keep things planted at godspeeds, but it does give an F1-like stance to the car. I like it.
I wonder if it is driveable in a daily basis, like taking a decent road trip.
I wonder if it is driveable in a daily basis, like taking a decent road trip.
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Well that delimiter is causing problems the Veyron S.S record now has some issues
“It has come to the attention of Guinness World Records that there was an oversight in its adjudication of the ‘Fastest production car’ which was set in 2010 by the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport,” said Jaime Strang, PR Director of the company.
“As the car’s speed limiter was deactivated, this modification was against the official guidelines. Consequently, the vehicle’s record set at 431.072 km/h is no longer valid. Following this, Guinness World Records is reviewing this category with expert external consultants to ensure our records fairly reflect achievements in this field.”
Interesting
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That would also mean the mclaren's is valid as they removed the rev limiter.
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Yep. Guinness won't do anything when that particular record was in their books for years & was done under the similar conditions.
Besides, I don't think Hennessey can claim his own car, either. I've read Guinness has a defined amount of cars needed to be built to be classified as a "production" car, & Hennessey doesn't even have 6, tmk.
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Both the Veyron SS and Venom GT are incredible cars. However, the Venom GT doesn't strike me as being as intense, seeing as it's stretched Lotus with a huge engine, albeit very well done, while the Bugatti was purpose built from the ground up to go really fast. Even if the record was totally legitimate, the Veyron would still be more interesting and exciting to me.
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Looks like 3 of the Venom GT owners are also owners of a Veyron.
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The venom hit 265mph in a recent run as it was published in April 2013's edition of Top Gear magazine.
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With that definition, I'd call the Veyron less intense.
Not really an achievement. It's just lighter.
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It's very subjective.
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The Veyron SS never did actually as its in the Guinness world records still. Even if that did happen then the Ultimate Aero is not fastest since the koeniggseggegggegegeggggggg (sorry) Agera R does 258mph.
The veyron is the greatest production car of all time as it is a massive technical achievement. All the Hennessy venom and SSC ultimate aero are are lightweight cars with giant overpowered engines in them and that is why they have bad 0-60 times since they can't cope with the power so spin their wheels. They are also crudely designed and useless around tracks. The Veyron has gadgets and is comfortable and could still annihilate any road car. This is the supersport I'm referring to. No offence to you Americans but you are kind of getting owned by the Germans as you keep making cars that you promise will be fastest and they turn out not to be or they immediately get beaten by Bugatti. One example is the SSC Tuatara which has still not been completed. Anyhow why would SSC make a car trying to reclaim the fastest production car title if the Ultimate Aero already had it?
I'm sorry to disappoint but I am rather up to date on these kind of things and the Bugatti Veyron supersport with a top speed of 268mph is the undisputed fastest production car ever made.
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Now if only there was a feather of evidence.
Exactly unlike the "super Veyron" which is apparently a hanger door.
Why would Bugatti do the same?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVg3oXKt8s8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Venom GT 265.7MPH
Only video I could find about it.
So is this wrong or right?
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Doesn't explain the super Veyron.
Care to link? The last Top Gear article talking about the SSC had good things to say. As did R&T if I remember. Never heard a magazine call them poor handling.
Not where?
