The fastest car ever made: Koenigsegg reaches 284.5MPH in record-breaking run on dead straight[tr]

U.K. Daily Mail ^ | 11/6/2017 | Chris Pealsance

[wardaddy]

More practical

This car is an exaggerated model of a Vette in aerodynamics

There is a 300 plus car near road test soon coming

And the Brits expect to break 1000 with a rocket needle car next few years

[Sgt_Schultze]

I don’t care what you’re driving, everybody comes to a near standstill when approaching DC along i95

[BluH2o]

Returning to Colorado from Yosemite recently in a Porsche we drove across central Nevada on Highway 50. Designated the ‘Loneliest Highway in the US’ (also the same route the Pony Express followed) there are many stretches that are a straight line extending out as far as the eye can see ... excellent road to hit 100 mph plus speeds on for some distance.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

What is the mileage?

Not quite 150,000.

[bruin66]

And, a place to change your underwear.

[ETL]

This supersonic car is trying to smash the land speed record

The Bloodhound Supersonic Car just completed its first public test, reaching 210 mph in eight seconds on a 1.7-mile airport runway in England.

It’s powered by an engine usually found on combat aircraft, which gave it a 54,000-thrust horsepower.

That’s equal to the combined output of at least 360 family cars. Eventually, a rocket engine will be attached to the car, with the goal of smashing the current land speed record of 763 mph to hit the 1,000 mph milestone.

YouTube video: 1min, 17sec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WeDy2UdiNY

https://www.accuweather.com/en/videos/this-supersonic-car-is-trying-to-smash-the-land-speed-record/9ocdlhzde6isyjo9txzc7nyt_rpbiu9e

[Dalberg-Acton]

2006 Ford GT sets standing mile speed record at 293.6 mph

Youtube video of the beast HERE

[Vaden]

That is fast.

A lot of people are not aware that superfast cars are not just European. America has had the world’s fastest car in the past also. The Ultimate Aero was fastest from 2007 to 2010. It was made by people involved in the Shelby design company.

[GingisK]

You’s still catch up with at every traffic light in Atlanta.

[SuperLuminal]

My next drive down Rt 106 to Front Sight will never be the same...{:-)

Always thought I was a speed demon. Now that fantasy is smashed.