SSC Tuatara breaks world speed record

A little-known American automaker has just snatched the title of world's fastest production car.
SSC North America announced that its Tuatara hypercar reached an average speed of 316.11 miles per hour during two record-breaking dashes outside Las Vegas.
The vehicle, which was tested on a seven-mile stretch of a Nevada highway, also reached the highest speed ever achieved on a public road, at 331.15 miles per hour, according to the company. The official top speed of 316 miles per hour is the result of two runs in opposite directions, to account for wind and road variations.
SSC said that two independent witnesses were on site to verify the world records.
The Tuatara, which has butterfly doors and produces 1,750 horsepower from a turbocharged V-8 engine, is the second vehicle built by SSC to earn the title of world's fastest production car, according to the company. It says the model's aerodynamic design was inspired by fighter jets, taking more than a decade of research and development.
SSC, which bills itself as "America's first hypercar company," was founded in 1998 in Richland, Washington. SSC CEO Jerod Shelby, who is not related to legendary auto designer and racer Carroll Shelby, said the team's performance exceeded his own expectations, and was especially gratifying after "years of setbacks and challenges."

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64 comments

    1. Are you sure it wasn’t Flora from Progressive? 😏

      Teacher: “Don’t buy cars you can’t insure, Mr. Parker.” πŸ˜’

      Peter: “Yeah, but those are the best kind.” πŸ€“

    2. @Soren Ingram Not sure … Let’s ask Han after he comes back from the dead. πŸ˜…

      Hobbs prob. has to pull some strings to alter the records, esp. for Dom. πŸ™„

    1. @Slaughter RIO the Jesko absolut has less power and a bigger frontal surface area than the Tuatara, the Jesko has a predicted top speed of 331, this was still accelerating at 331

    2. I was thinking exactly the same thing… it will be interesting to see how the folks over at Koenigsegg respond to this.

  1. Finally something other than looser leaders who care more about their powers than our health and well being, stay healthy and stay safe Vote for your sanity for next four years πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈπŸ—³πŸ™πŸ½

    1. @imark what does affording something, have anything to do with the practicality of the actual product?
      You my friend are uneducated in every way.

    2. @Ramy H lmao, when you can afford this kind of car you don’t sit in traffic.
      Purely a show or weekend/early mornings car.

    3. Why would you buy this car to go sit in traffic. There are 4 million miles of road in the U.S, but you’d rather sit in traffic

      Waste of life

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