Tag: top speed
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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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Danny Thompson Breaks Wheel-Driven Land Speed Record at Bonneville
Mickey Thompson was a mad scientist obsessed with speed. In 1960, he became the first American to go over 400 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats on a wild, four-engined streamliner he called the Challenger I. Mickey came back to Bonneville in 1968 with the two-engined Challenger II, but rain kept him from running. Later in…
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VIDEO: 3500HP UGR Lamborghini Huracan sets new Half Mile Speed Record
Underground Racing are not new speed records. The tuning shop has consistently produced record-breaking supercars and this year, they’ve done it again. A UGR Lamborghini Huracan packing twin-turbocharged engine recently set a new half mile speed record at the ShiftSector Pikes Peak Airstrip Attack in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The 3500 hp beast clocked 259.67 mph.…
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Hennessey to Attempt Venom F5 Top Speed Run in 2019
Will Hennessey Venom F5 be able to breach the 300 mph mark? Hennessey just revealed what we were waiting for since the Venom F5 was revealed in November last year. John Hennessey has told Automobile that the company is planning to go for the top speed run as soon as early next year. While production will…
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VIDEO: Porsche 911 GT3 RS hits 300 km/h on the Autobahn
Porsche 911 GT3 RS clocks 300 km/h on an unrestricted stretch of Autobahn with unsurprising ease. Germany’s controlled-access highway system called the Autobahn is one of the few public road networks in the world where you can drive at 155 mph+ speeds. There are even unrestricted sections where you can push your supercar to its…
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VIDEO: RaceChip Tuned McLaren 570S does 215 mph on the Autobahn
The top speed of a stock McLaren 570S is 204 mph. This one however isn’t stock. A stock 570S has 562 hp and 443 lb-ft of torque. This RaceChip tuned 570S packs a 3.8-liter, twin-turbo V8 engine that has been cranked up to 676 hp and 586 lb-ft. To test it out, this driver took…
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VIDEO: Hennessey Camaro ZL1 “The Exorcist” Top Speed run
The Hennessey Camaro ZL1 “The Exorcist” has been built to take on the Dodge Demon. Hennessey has built the fastest sixth-gen Camaro in the world. During a recent top speed run, the Camaro ZL1 “The Exorcist” clocked 217 mph. In comparison, the Dodge Demon managed to do 163 mph before hitting the rev limiter. Now,…
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Koenigsegg to close down Nevada highway for top speed record attempt
Hennessey recently claimed that its Venom F5 will be the first production car to crack 300 mph. Koenigsegg seems to have accepted the challenge and will be attempting a top speed record soon. Koenigsegg has received a special permit from the Nevada Department of Transportation to use a 11-mile section of state Route 160 to attempt…
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Bugatti Chiron sets Speed Record with Juan Pablo Montoya at the wheel
The Bugatti Chiron has set a new speed record. Well, no surprises there, right? Indycar racer and ex-Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya set a new record with a 1500 hp Chiron. The hypercar was accelerated to 0-400 km/h (249 mph) which is when Montoya dropped the anchors and brought the car to a complete…
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VIDEO: Bugatti Chiron accelerates from 0-400 km/h
Bugatti has released two videos featuring the new Chiron. In the first video, we ride on-board a Chiron as it accelerates from 0-300 km/h (186 mph). Bugatti claims the Chiron will hit 300 clicks in 13.1 sec. In the second video, we ride alongside a Chiron that’s quickly gathering speed. It reaches 400 km/h (249…
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VIDEO: Unseen Footage of a McLaren F1 reaching Top Speed
The McLaren F1 was the world’s first hypercar. The first road car capable of reaching speeds in excess of 230 mph. Although it was way ahead of its time, it took special courage to go anywhere near its top speed. Andy Wallace was the man who hit Vmax in McLaren F1 about two decades ago.…
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New Ford GT Engine Specifications, Top Speed Revealed
We had been waiting for this for a long time. In fact, its been two years since the new Ford GT was first showcased to the world. Now finally, we know everything there is to know about the Ford GT engine specifications, its weight and more importantly, its top speed. The all-new Ford GT made…