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Very Fast Cars: The SSC Ultimate Aero Becomes the World's Fastest Car
BusinessWeek.com takes the $600,000 SSC Ultimate Aero, the world's fastest car, for an exclusive spin in the Nevada desert
By STUART SCHWARTZAPFEL
Posted: 2008-02-28 17:03
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See SSC Ultimate Aero PhotosOn Sept. 13, 2007, the Shelby SuperCars' Ultimate Aero became the fastest production car in the world. The event took place on a temporarily closed, two-lane stretch of public highway in Washington State. In accordance with Guinness World Records' strict policies, the car had to drive down the highway, turn around, and make a second pass in the opposite direction within one hour.

The Ultimate Aero posted 257.41 mph on the first pass and 254.88 mph on the second for an average of 256.18 mph. Official data were collected via a GPS tracking system from Austrian data acquisition company Dewetron. Guinness World Records later verified data for an official top-speed announcement on Oct. 9, 2007. At that speed the Ultimate Aero broke the official record held by the Koenigsegg CCR (242 mph) and the unofficial record (253 mph) held by Volkswagen's (VLKAY) $1.6 million Bugatti Veyron (BusinessWeek, 9/17/07).

In Pictures: SSC Ultimate Aero

And the car could go even faster. NASA's wind tunnel testing facility in Langley, Va., found the Ultimate Aero to be aerodynamically stable at speeds up to 273 mph. It just ran out of road. "If there was additional straight pavement on which to accelerate, the top speed would have been considerably higher, so if anyone challenges our record there is tons left on the table," says Chuck Bigelow, the brave soul who piloted the Ultimate Aero on its record-breaking run.
 
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Got one of those in my garage, wait, that was a dream .........................
 
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... it started out blue & silver (the fastest color combo)... but it was too fast, so they took the blue off to slow it down
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There is a show on the BBC called Top Gear. They did a little part on the Bugatti, thrying to see if it would really get up to the 250 mph range. It did very fast car indeed. I would like to see this new one also.
 
To achieve those speeds,.........the engine must make SERIOUS HORSEPOWER!!! Seems to me,.......they must have used a Busa engine!!
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Hmmmmmmmmm?? I wonder how it does in the twisties??
 
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