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The World's Fastest Street Legal Car (Shelby Ultimate Aero)
Business Week on MSNBC ^ | 24 JAN 08 | Stuart Schwartzapfel

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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Travel; UFO's
KEYWORDS: auto; fastest; shelby
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Interesting development, from a US automaker that isn't Saleen. Much cheaper than Veyron, but also undetermined reliability.

Certainly fast.

1 posted on 01/25/2008 5:52:04 AM PST by xsrdx
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Never post something like this without a PICTURE!!!!!!!


2 posted on 01/25/2008 6:00:18 AM PST by ICE-FLYER (God bless and keep the United States of America)
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To: xsrdx

3 posted on 01/25/2008 6:00:59 AM PST by BubbaBasher (WWW.TWFRED08.COM)
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"If there was additional straight pavement on which to accelerate, the top speed would have been considerably higher

Shoulda gone to Wyoming....

4 posted on 01/25/2008 6:03:01 AM PST by r9etb
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To: xsrdx

Will they take a post-dated check?


5 posted on 01/25/2008 6:05:31 AM PST by Reaganesque (Romney ...is manifestly the best candidate. - Ann Coulter [01/17/08])
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To: ICE-FLYER
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.

6 posted on 01/25/2008 6:16:15 AM PST by xsrdx (Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas)
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Cannonball Run!


7 posted on 01/25/2008 6:16:55 AM PST by Sax
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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.


8 posted on 01/25/2008 6:17:42 AM PST by dangus
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Innocent !!!


9 posted on 01/25/2008 6:24:38 AM PST by grjr21
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To: ICE-FLYER

Here's a couple more....

10 posted on 01/25/2008 6:28:33 AM PST by Loud Mime (It is easier to wash dirt off your hands than blood = Gladiator)
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wonder if it meets the 35 mpg standard?


11 posted on 01/25/2008 6:31:54 AM PST by JDickeson75 (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.)
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Sure it’s fast but will it pull a tractor out of a ditch or haul two hunting dogs?


12 posted on 01/25/2008 6:33:58 AM PST by CholeraJoe (Not to discount the sexual prowess of the rabbit, BUT, there's a reason it's not called BUNNY STYLE.)
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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

13 posted on 01/25/2008 6:35:54 AM PST by Loud Mime (It is easier to wash dirt off your hands than blood = Gladiator)
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Dear Mrs. kidd,

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

Love,
kidd


14 posted on 01/25/2008 6:36:57 AM PST by kidd
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Maybe that it's not a terribly attractive car...

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

-Joan

15 posted on 01/25/2008 6:37:51 AM PST by JoanVarga ("¿Por qué no te callas?")
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no excuses!! it does 275mph, i don’t care if its pink an hello kitty themed, i want one!!


16 posted on 01/25/2008 6:38:54 AM PST by absolootezer0 (white male christian hetero married gun toting SUV driving motorcycle riding conservative smoker)
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I think I’d rather test-drive that


17 posted on 01/25/2008 6:39:05 AM PST by Constitution Day
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“...”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.


18 posted on 01/25/2008 6:47:38 AM PST by NCC-1701 (PUT AN END TO ORGANIZED CRIME. ABOLISH THE I.R.S.)
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To: Loud Mime
Here's another:

19 posted on 01/25/2008 6:51:05 AM PST by NCC-1701 (PUT AN END TO ORGANIZED CRIME. ABOLISH THE I.R.S.)
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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.

20 posted on 01/25/2008 6:51:12 AM PST by garyhope (It's World War IV, right here, right now, courtesy of Islam.)
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