I was surprised how fast it was still accelerating near the end. It went from 250 to 300 in under ten seconds (if video is in real time).

He really could have used a solid stripe on the road.

I went 140 in a corvette once and could barely tell what was going by me.

Can't imagine 300+.

I have the most natural boner right now!

Unreal. Never even heard of that car

Fastest I have ever gone in a car was 160. Double that... brown pants.

People on Reddit are side by siding the video with the Koenigsegg video and saying it's fake.

USA, USA , USA!!!!! 1,750 horsepower...

Amazing, but when are they taking it to the Nurburgring?

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People on Reddit are side by siding the video with the Koenigsegg video and saying it's fake.

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Link? What are they saying is fake?

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HossAg said:

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People on Reddit are side by siding the video with the Koenigsegg video and saying it's fake.

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Link? What are they saying is fake?

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https://reddit.com/r/cars/comments/jguw5p/side_by_side_comparison_of_the_ssc_tuatara_and/

The SSC ran its speed run on the same stretch of road as the Koenigsegg, and some analysis makes it seem pretty conclusive that SSC's speed read outs were just wrong.

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Buck Compton said:

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HossAg said:

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People on Reddit are side by siding the video with the Koenigsegg video and saying it's fake.

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Link? What are they saying is fake?

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https://reddit.com/r/cars/comments/jguw5p/side_by_side_comparison_of_the_ssc_tuatara_and/

The SSC ran its speed run on the same stretch of road as the Koenigsegg, and some analysis makes it seem pretty conclusive that SSC's speed read outs were just wrong.

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Interesting. Pretty damning.

Will be interesting to see what comes of it. Could have just used the wrong video to overlay or something if there were legitimately multiple verifications.

The more I thought about it, it would be pretty insane for SSC to shatter the record that easily. We had Bugatti reach like 262 around 10 years ago, and the Agera RS topped out at 278. To break the record by 50 mph just didn't make sense.

HossAg said:

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The more I thought about it, it would be pretty insane for SSC to shatter the record that easily. We had Bugatti reach like 262 around 10 years ago, and the Agera RS topped out at 278. To break the record by 50 mph just didn't make sense.

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I didn't click the reddit link, but I agree with this. Shattering the top speed record by 50 mph seems fishy

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HossAg said:

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The more I thought about it, it would be pretty insane for SSC to shatter the record that easily. We had Bugatti reach like 262 around 10 years ago, and the Agera RS topped out at 278. To break the record by 50 mph just didn't make sense.

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I didn't click the reddit link, but I agree with this. Shattering the top speed record by 50 mph seems fishy

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Drag squares with velocity, so it takes a huge power increase for an incremental bump in speed.

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HossAg said:

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The more I thought about it, it would be pretty insane for SSC to shatter the record that easily. We had Bugatti reach like 262 around 10 years ago, and the Agera RS topped out at 278. To break the record by 50 mph just didn't make sense.

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I didn't click the reddit link, but I agree with this. Shattering the top speed record by 50 mph seems fishy

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I think SSC has played fast and loose with the "production car" title as well. The Koenigsegg record cars aren't built in big runs, but they don't seem to flout any rules...

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lotsofhp said:

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HossAg said:

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The more I thought about it, it would be pretty insane for SSC to shatter the record that easily. We had Bugatti reach like 262 around 10 years ago, and the Agera RS topped out at 278. To break the record by 50 mph just didn't make sense.

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I didn't click the reddit link, but I agree with this. Shattering the top speed record by 50 mph seems fishy

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Drag squares with velocity, so it takes a huge power increase for an incremental bump in speed.

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From the outset, Castriota stressed the focus on delivering a crazy 0.279 drag coefficient and an aero-centric philosophy. The Tuatara's slinky ability to pierce through the air effectively is obvious towards the end of the run; the Tuatara furiously blasts from 250-300mph and beyond, not pausing for breath. Now check out Bugatti's run where the Chiron is headbutting an aerodynamic wall.

Not saying it's not possible, but that drag coefficient is crazy low.

Engineering Explained goes over some calcs based on the the video/gps data, and then calculates the theoretical top speed:

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gggmann said:

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HossAg said:

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The more I thought about it, it would be pretty insane for SSC to shatter the record that easily. We had Bugatti reach like 262 around 10 years ago, and the Agera RS topped out at 278. To break the record by 50 mph just didn't make sense.

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I didn't click the reddit link, but I agree with this. Shattering the top speed record by 50 mph seems fishy

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Drag squares with velocity, so it takes a huge power increase for an incremental bump in speed.

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From the outset, Castriota stressed the focus on delivering a crazy 0.279 drag coefficient and an aero-centric philosophy. The Tuatara's slinky ability to pierce through the air effectively is obvious towards the end of the run; the Tuatara furiously blasts from 250-300mph and beyond, not pausing for breath. Now check out Bugatti's run where the Chiron is headbutting an aerodynamic wall.

Not saying it's not possible, but that drag coefficient is crazy low.

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Have fun with this list.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_drag_coefficient

Thanks for sharing that video. The analysis was very interesting.

When I had my Laguna Seca Blue BMW M3 back in 2007 or so, I was working with a group of Sales guys who were all about showing off how much money they made by what kind of car they drove. Very LA. Since we're all working from home these days it doesn't really matter what you drive anymore.

I was just walking in from the parking garage and a Sales guy rolled up in his 911 Turbo. He was new and was still being friendly so in the elevator, he started talking to me about my car, how fast had I driven it, etc.

He hit me at the right time because a few months earlier, I had gone to Vegas for a bachelor party and I drove my M3 on the trip. On a stretch of "The 15" heading towards Primm, NV, I managed to get my M3 up to 132 mph which I was pretty happy with considering I had 2 x 250 lb guys in the front seats and although there was plenty more highway and plenty more engine, there was too much traffic.

So 911 guy tells me that he was afraid to drive his 911 that fast (like 120 mph was plenty for him) but, he let a friend of his drive it on the "Blue Diamond Hwy" outside Vegas. He said his buddy got his 911 up to 176 mph. Sadly, I don't know what year model it was but I would guess it was around 2005-2007.

Seeing these records being set on NV 160, I looked it up and it's the same stretch of road "Blue Diamond Highway" where this former co-worker's buddy drove his 911 Turbo up to 176 mph. Small World

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Unreal. Never even heard of that car

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I have one in yellow but it's currently getting another coat of ceramic[/mbarnes

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Talking to a guy who drove 300 mph and his main concern was tires at top speed.

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My truck has the horsepower to go much faster than what it's governed to due to tires. The Raptor is governed at 108. The tires are rated to 112.

Getting to 100 is very easy. I have not tried to push beyond that.

I've done the governed 165 mph in my car which was over the summer. My only concern was the police traveling the opposite direction on Hwy 290

But can it turn?