331mph. Fastest car in the world.

[greg3852]

SSC Tuatara hits 331mph and gets a 316mph two way average to become the world’s fastest production car. Video in link

SSC’s Tuatara is the fastest car in the world with 331mph top speed

 

[Bumblebee]

....at only $1.9 million, it's a bargain too...it's only $5000 or so per MPH.

They seem to not worry about limiting cars....only bikes...

Pretty cool car though.

 

[greg3852]

 

[busafan08]

That s pretty quick Nice straight and smooth bit of road where is the road I wonder ?

 

[greg3852]

That s pretty quick Nice straight and smooth bit of road where is the road I wonder ?

I think this one is in Nevada?

 

[04LE]

They seem to not worry about limiting cars....only bikes...

Only the Japanese bikes are limited. American bikes are too slow to compete and the German/Italians dont follow the limiting of speed.

But really I think the limiting was just because of the access to speed. Anyone with $6k (and I'm sure even less) could go buy a motorcycle capable of speeds in excess of 160mph.

 

[Bumblebee]

Only the Japanese bikes are limited. American bikes are too slow to compete and the German/Italians dont follow the limiting of speed.

But really I think the limiting was just because of the access to speed. Anyone with $6k (and I'm sure even less) could go buy a motorcycle capable of speeds in excess of 160mph.

Makes sense as at the time of the limiting, only Honda, Suzuki and Kawasaki were in the running of having a production bike capable of exceeding 300kms/hr.

With production of 50 only units, that SSC is barely a production car.

 

[mjl3truck]

The road is outside Pahrump NV and goes in Death Valley. HWY 160 if I remember correctly. It's straight and flat but the pavement is pretty rough and the are some dips in it. The pucker factor at 3 hundy must have been huge!!!

 

[Mythos]

I must say, I hope the driver was just taking it easy on the motor. My bikes acelerate to 180 much quicker than that.

Also, this is a 7 gear transmission and this driver only went to 6. I wonder if it will go faster in 7?

 

[busakiller]

On top speed runs I think they easy the car up to speed and once they get up there they put it pedal to the metal.

 

[Bumblebee]

Not many roads here in North America able to hold that type of speed...here in Canada, I'd say there are VERY few....

I could just imagine a car like that around here in the 'pot hole' capital.

 

[04LE]

On top speed runs I think they easy the car up to speed and once they get up there they put it pedal to the metal.

Yup, post interviews he also said that taking it easy in the beginning helped keep the turbos cooler. Fastest 0-200 time is just over 14 seconds (Hennessey venom). Add his 200-330 (est 30 seconds) and just imagine how hot or failure prone a turbo might be at full tilt for over 40 seconds.