No more widow makers : Modern supercars are designed for everyday driving
NOTIFIED: Feb. 5, 2021
Replay Video UP NEXT When Karl Brauer s brand-new Ford GT arrived at his home in Southern California in 2005, it had 7 miles on the odometer. Brauer and his supercar traveled near and far: Los Angeles, Monterey, the Pacific Coast Highway, Salt Lake City. He and his wife even took it to Denver, a 15-hour drive, for his high school reunion. It was so durable. I drove it everywhere, Brauer told ABC News. The car was engineered to go around racetracks and do long distance drives. I didn t treat it like a delicate rare Russian Fabergé egg.
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SSC Tuatara sets world’s fastest production car record – 455.3 km/h two-way average; 460.4 km/h Vmax!
29 January 2021 12:39 pm / 5 comments
Last year, SSC announced that its hypercar, the Tuatara, managed to set a new record for the world’s fastest production car. However, the company faced plenty of controversy after proudly making the declaration, with many claiming that the video evidence didn’t back up the data of the attempt.
This resulted in company CEO Jerod Shelby having to admit that the evidence was a little shaky, and that SSC would not submit the data to Guinness World Records. In a personal statement posted on YouTube, he vowed to re-run the attempt to make sure it is done “in a way that’s undeniable and irrefutable.”
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After the internet debunked a $1.6 million supercar s 316 mph record, it tried again - just not as fast
After the internet debunked a $1.6 million supercar s 316 mph record, it tried again - just not as fast
Kristen LeeJan 30, 2021, 04:22 IST
The 2021 SSC Tuatara at the Kennedy Space Center.SSC
The $1.6 million SSC
The first record run was controversial and the second run suffered from engine failure.
The car achieved an average top speed of 282.9 mph, making it the fastest production car.
They say the third time s the charm.
On January 17, boutique automaker
SSC North America gave its third crack at a world-record run in its $1.6 million Tuatara supercar. This followed a controversial first run that claimed to hit an average of 316 mph but was bombarded with questions of legitimacy, and a failed second run due to engine problems.