Posted on 01/25/2008 5:52:03 AM PST by xsrdx
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.
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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This model obviously has great handling characteristics, good aerodynamic qualities and is finished well.
If you would like to see something funny, find a Low-Rider magazine and check out THEIR photos.
To a point. I would offer only NASCAR and Donald Trump as counterexamples.
This thread is improving as it goes.
:o)
(Can we even say "schtupping" on FR anymore?)
Go to Ukraine. They all look like that.
My car can also reach any posted speed limit and is completely street legal.
I’m sure that you saw I was jesting. And...I have to agree. I do not see it as that attractive either. Few cars look that great to me but I will say that the new Ford Mustang is one of the best attempts to recapture that American Muscle Car look that I have seen in a long time.
Likewise of course, but you had a point.
Your admonition caused me to wonder why I had not posted the photo, since I normally would have.
I concluded that I felt the car was just not visually appealing.
Unlike Ms. Kury-Lenko.
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