A
few weeks ago, on this very blog, I gave the Germans quite a significant amount
of praise for making brilliant cars, especially a certain a black and orange car
called the Bugatti Veyron, which to this day holds the top speed record for
production cars. I also made an example of an American car much less superior
to the stupendous Veyron Super Sport, and might’ve ridiculed it slightly for
being made from gaffa tape in a shed by burger eating Americans who don’t know
how to make cars go around corners. In response to my comments, probably, the
Americans have turned completely mental. Because it would seem the blokes from
SSC have been at it again as they recently rolled out their SSC Ultimate Aero ‘XT’,
in a very original black and orange colour scheme.
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| Could've picked a more original color scheme.. SSC Ultimate Aero XT |
The
XT, a final hurrah for the Ultimate Aero before it’s replaced by the Tuatara,
is the American companies final crack at breaking the Veyron Super Sports
431kph top speed and entering the history books as the car that caused the largest
road accident in history, before it unleashes its new car the slightly hard to
pronounce, Tuatara.
The
XT, has a modified version of the engine in the standard Ultimate Aero – a supercharged
6.2l V8, which now produces a slightly terrifying and awesome 1300hp, 100hp
more than the most powerful Veyron. The XT also makes use of the Tuatara’s
seven speed flappy paddle gearbox, and cooling systems.
Now
for the really scary part. The Ultimate Aero has no electronic driver aids, so
no abs brakes, no traction or stability control. Just 1300hp going through the
rear wheels, with nothing to stop you sticking into the next tree, or an
elephant, or a pond, or my front window, or anything else in the vicinity of a kilometre
or so. SSC CEO says “I wanted a car you not only throttled with your right
foot, but at times you could steer with you’re right foot too” What he really
meant to say, was “I’m doing this for my country, America will take back its
rightful top speed record, I’m also a bit silly”.
No
official figures have been released; however it will most certainly be fast,
and terrifying. However, whether it tops Bugatti’s 430kph top speed is any ones
guess.
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