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This article was published by Andrew Evans (@Famine) on October 19th, 2020 in the Automotive News category.
That's in the article, but the record is 316mph due to the record's long-standing requirements.It actually hit 331 as a true top speed
It makes even the koenig Agera R look slow. The way this car pulls from 200-300mph is how my car pulls 0-60 lolIt almost looks fake how fast and effortlessly it gets up to 500kmh. Only 11 seconds from 400kmh to 500kmh. WOW!
At approx. 10% speed difference between runs my very poor maths comes up with about a 1mph head wind / tail wind advantage although aero can be tuned to a tail wind or head wind.I'm guessing now that event was staged in very still conditions due to the light vehicle weight as a crosswind would have been a handfull.And to elaborate on that - doing a run in both directions is to reduce the effect of a tail wind by making the car drive into it on the reverse run. With a full 30mph difference between the first and second runs, that suggests quite a high wind speed on the day.
The SSC was in Asphalt 7, more than 6 years agoComing to a Forza and Asphalt near you!
Seriously, I bet every game dev is clawing at them to put that car in their game now.
The last question is answered in the article:Impressive, but how "production" is this car? Does it meet all US and EU regs? How many are rolling off the line? Genuinely interested.
That would make it more of a volume production car than the Koenigsegg Agera RS, the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+, and even the McLaren F1 - with certain caveats on the latter (McLaren made 106, including GTR and LM variants; SSC will make 100 including track variants).In the meantime, if you fancy a Tuatara on your driveway, you’ll need to be as quick as the car itself. SSC is only making 100, at $1,625,000 each, and the first examples are already being delivered.
Thanks. I didn't read the article because I just saw the video on YouTube. The other thing I'm interested in is the altitude of the place they set the record. These things are important because I've got a friend who always says "I'd have that car because it's the fastest top speed car" and I like pointing out the paint gonna be doing 200mph to Asda unless it's at the end of a 15 mile straight.The last question is answered in the article:
That would make it more of a volume production car than the Koenigsegg Agera RS, the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+, and even the McLaren F1 - with certain caveats on the latter (McLaren made 106, including GTR and LM variants; SSC will make 100 including track variants).
It's definitely road legal in the USA, and there's no indication it wouldn't be in Europe.
The other thing I'm interested in is the altitude of the place they set the record.
You know..I was just thinking....this will probably be the last ICE-powered car to hold the production car speed record. Whatever goes faster will probably be electric.
Even with electric power, I doubt that tire technology will catch up fast enough if hypercars continue to push towards 350mph. Busting through 500kph (much less 300mph) has effectively taken down the last relevant obstacle for street cars in pursuing speed records.