SSC Ultimate Aero: Fastest Production Car In The World

1,183 horsepower, 256.18 miles per hour top speed (new Guiness Record), $600,000, and made in America --- VROOOOOM!

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.

But wait, there's more.

The car also holds the best-recorded speed for navigating the slalom (73.1 mph), and bests all others in the ever-important weight-to-horsepower ratio (2.33). "A lot of people think that powerful, American supercars are only good at going straight, but our car will out-handle just about anything that you put next to it," Shelby says. "When Road & Track tested a pre-production version of our car, it broke the Ferrari Enzo's slalom course record. It will just take time to get the word out on how capable we are."

Here's video of the Guiness run:

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Comments

[Greg]

Very nice!

[rihar]

Did it pass the Koenigsegg? It doesn't have much of a tailfin. Wouldn't that hinder handling? The next time I have $600,000. lying around I'll definatley give it a test drive.

[Cuffy Meigs]

Yup, according to the article:

"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."

[Mrs. Peel]

Number of vaginal contractions: I'll tell you when I'm finished.

[Mrs. Peel]

(For those who didn't know, that was a reference to Ace's "number of ejaculations" running joke.)

[BL@KBIRD]

Reminds me of the Bricklin with the doors up.

[Tushar D]

>>Number of vaginal contractions: I'll tell you when I'm finished.

Cuffy, you are a chick? I would have never guessed.

So they build a $600K supercar, and borrow the tail-lights from the Chevy Corvette?

[Cuffy Meigs]

no no no, Tushar --- this isn't a sweasel moment! That was Mrs. Peel's comment. To which I say "Bunk!"

[Tushar D]

Ah! I stand corrected.

[Pupster]

I read the whole article, and not ONCE does it mention MPG.

Yaaaay!

[pajama momma]

Number of vaginal contractions: I'll tell you when I'm finished.

That's funny. That should be the Girls' of Ace's motto.
Except I'm afraid of the ramifications of the simultaneous male orgasms a comment like that would cause.

[Mrs. Peel]

Hey, that car is hot.

(I love ogling sports cars, especially expensive ones. There's a dark blue Lotus convertible that I see occasionally at work. *drool*)

[Cuffy Meigs]

If you gals start using that throughout the Moronosphere, our collective Google hits will go through the roof.

[TheSev]

Great, they made one just in time for all of them to go broke.

'Cause they can't seem to make a regular car that anyone wants that sells well.

[Calix]

Gee, Sev, seems to me these guys aren't affiliated in any way with the big 3.

On a side note, I wish I had enough money to buy one and donate it the local Sherrif's dept.
I imagine someone telling a criminal, "no, you can't outrun the law. NOt only can he radio ahead, he's driving the Fastest Production Car in the entire world." Sort of a car guy's Dirty Harry moment.

[Rosetta]

HEY!!......CUFFY, THIS IS BILLY MAYS!!...

If no one was looking, I would totally hit that car.

SSC Ultimate Aero? Mom and Dad. Mom and Dad? This is SSC Ultimate Aero.

[Vitomir Jovanovic]

Amasing supercar, but probably this year record will be taken by some another.