Tag: SSC Tuatara
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Koenigsegg Jesko Rivaling SSC Tuatara Hypercar goes into Production
The SSC Tuatara was unveiled at Pebble Beach almost a year ago. Now, production of the new American hypercar has commenced and the first car is expected to be delivered by the end of 2019. The SSC Tuatara is based around a carbon fiber monocoque with bodywork made from the same lightweight material. As a…
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Koenigsegg Jesko makes its Canadian debut at Weissach Vancouver
Following its unveiling at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, the Koenigsegg Jesko set out on a world tour. Today, the brand’s latest hypercar dropped by Weissach Performance – Koenigsegg’s official dealer for Canada, located in Vancouver, BC. The Jesko is the replacement for the Agera RS and is touted to be the world’s fastest “megacar”.…
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Watch the 300 MPH SSC Tuatara Hit the Dyno
After a 7 year delay, the SSC Tuatara finally arrived last year claiming to be the fastest car in the world. The West Richland, Washington based company is hard at work tweaking the car for an attempt at 300 mph sometime next year. We have been waiting in anticipation to see the car in action,…
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Is Bugatti Hiding Chiron’s Top Speed? Hennessey Thinks So
In an article published last month, we were lamenting on Bugatti’s big claims about the Chiron’s top-speed but their refusal to prove it, with the CEO Stepehen Winkelmann saying that he simply wasn’t interested in the Chiron’s top speed. Since its launch in 2016, Bugatti has’t attempted any record with the Chiron, except for the…
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Race to 300 MPH: Hennessey Venom F5 vs SSC Tuatara
Hennessey has been iterating its ambitious goal of reaching 300 mph ever since the Venom F5 was announced. Now, it seems that founder John Hennessey isn’t content with that. “Currently our CFD testing and our engineers tell us we need about 1,520 horsepower to break 300,” Hennessey told Motor Authority. “I’d like to run 500 kph.…
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1750 HP SSC Tuatara Is Ready to Gun For Agera RS’ Record
Some seven years after presenting the concept, SSC has finally unveiled the production version of its Tuatara hypercar at Pebble Beach. The company claims that the Tuatara is not only capable of breaking the current production car speed record, which is held by the Koenigsegg Agera RS at 277.9 mph, but even exceed 300 mph.…
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Production-spec SSC Tuatara to be Unveiled at Pebble Beach
You know that situation, when a startup comes up with their own supercar claiming to beat all established automakers. Well, SSC was once that sort of a company. But, it actually went on to break the record for the fastest production car with its Ultimate Aero in 2008, beating the Bugatti Veyron. In 2011, the…