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Land vehicle at over 250 mph !

Discussion in 'Other Cars' started by C.RICKEY HIROSE, Jan 30, 2008.

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    The world's fastest street-legal car - BusinessWeek.com - MSNBC.com

    By Stuart Schwartzapfel

    [​IMG] updated 12:33 p.m. PT, Thurs., Jan. 24, 2008

    On 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 $1.6 million Bugatti.
    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 $1.6 million Bugatti.
     
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    The Bugatti, at a mear 1,000hp used to be the fastest street legal fuel guzzler before this beast came along. Leave it to us arrogant Yanks, to teach those Europeans what wasting the last remaining fossel fuel is all about :p
     
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    Yes, Yes agree, Mighty Gringos can do better than anybody in the world.
    I wonder how is the MPG in this World fastest beast.
     
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    First change the units to GPM.