Video: how a super car accelerates to 475 km / h

Speed ​​is a given of excellence in a sports car, especially for one like the SSC Tuatara, the model that aims to be the fastest car in the world. In that quest he just posted a new video where he catches up 475 km / h.

In this race to be the fastest, the American brand will have to exceed the 490 km / h reached by Bugatti with its Chiron Super Sport 300+ to become the fastest road car on the planet.

Furthermore, even SSC is desperate for that record to clean up its image, as at the time it announced with great fanfare that the Tuatara had exceeded 532 km / h and then had to go out and clarify that this was not entirely true.

This two-seater coupe plans to produce only 100 units and each of them is priced at 2 million dollars. It is powered by a 5.9-liter twin-turbo V8 engine that delivers 1,750 horsepower.

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In October 2020, SSC North America (formerly known as Shelby SuperCars Inc.) made headlines when it claimed its Tuatara averaged 316.11mph (508.73km / h) in an acceleration test in two passes (in one direction and the other on the same track).

It had also announced an absolute top speed of 532.93 km / h (331.15 mp / h) at the time. But a few days after the company had to go out to clarify that the promoted numbers were not entirely accurate.

Since then, SSC has pursued that record to claim the title of the fastest road car on the planet and to redeem itself from that controversy.

In January last year, the company took the Tuatara to a 3.7-kilometer runway at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States, for another attempt.

At that time, this hypercar reached a maximum speed of 460.4 km / h (286.1 mp / h). The average of 454.71 km / h (282.6 mp / h) allowed him to reach the speed record for a two-pass test.

Now the company has made a new attempt, which took place on May 14, in which it was again overtaken. In this case it announced an impressive top speed of 474.8 km / h (from 295.0 mp / h). However, this time he did not share the two pass average as he had on previous occasions.

“This car is not even close to reaching its maximum limit. All the data and pictures gave us a clear idea that the limiting factor was not the car, but the fact that we were off the track,” said Jerod. Shelby, founder of the vote, after the test.

As if there was no controversy on this occasion, SSC pointed out that all the data obtained was captured by racialcompany specializing in measuring elements for vehicle tests, which had a technician present during the event.

The Tuatara is built with carbon fiber, which allows it to reach a weight of only 1,247 kilos. With this low number and the aerodynamics developed to break the speed record, the SSC Tuatara will once again try to break the 500 km / h barrier. Something that even companies like Koenigsegg, Hennessey and Bugatti will continue to try.

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