The World's Fastest Street Legal Car (Shelby Ultimate Aero)

Business Week on MSNBC ^ | 24 JAN 08 | Stuart Schwartzapfel

[xsrdx]

Interesting development, from a US automaker that isn't Saleen. Much cheaper than Veyron, but also undetermined reliability.

Certainly fast.

[ICE-FLYER]

Never post something like this without a PICTURE!!!!!!!

[BubbaBasher]

[r9etb]

"If there was additional straight pavement on which to accelerate, the top speed would have been considerably higher

Shoulda gone to Wyoming....

[Reaganesque]

Will they take a post-dated check?

[xsrdx]

Never post something like this without a PICTURE!!!!!!!

Sincere apologies, no idea what I was thinking.

Maybe that it's not a terribly attractive car, although that's still no excuse.

[Sax]

Cannonball Run!

[dangus]

I keep reading how the US is coming out with all these cool automotive inventions. None has a direct impact on the US manufacturing economy, but its nice to see we’re becoming synonymous with ingenuity again.

[grjr21]

Innocent !!!

[Loud Mime]

Here's a couple more....

[JDickeson75]

wonder if it meets the 35 mpg standard?

[CholeraJoe]

Sure it’s fast but will it pull a tractor out of a ditch or haul two hunting dogs?

[Loud Mime]

Super-Cars and James Bond movies go together. In an effort
to help with the script, here is a photo of the new
"Bond" girl, Olga Kurylenko

[kidd]

Dear Mrs. kidd,

I’ve decided what I want for my birthday.
Let’s talk.

Love,
kidd

[JoanVarga]

Maybe that it's not a terribly attractive car...

Power is always attractive. Otherwise, we'd all be driving a Prius.

-Joan

[absolootezer0]

no excuses!! it does 275mph, i don’t care if its pink an hello kitty themed, i want one!!

[Constitution Day]

I think I’d rather test-drive that

[NCC-1701]

“...”If there was additional straight pavement on which to accelerate, the top speed would have been considerably higher
Shoulda gone to Wyoming....”

Or the Bonneville Salt Flats.

[NCC-1701]

Here's another:

[garyhope]

Yes but,......what do you do with it?

Even driving 90 and 100MPH on the 101 in California is tough because a lot of the other drivers don’t realize how fast you’re going and if they do, they don’t want to let you pass. They've decided that you SHOULDN’T be going faster than them, so they won’t move over.

And then there’s the matter of the police and speeding tickets. And when caught going over 100MPH, the police often don’t just ticket you, they take you right to jail.

And I used to love cars, but I’ve matured and wised up. Sigh.