SSC Creates The First 300MPH Production Car - How Long Until We See 400 MPH?

So SSC reckons its upcoming 1,750bhp Tuatara could be the world’s first 300mph production car. Engineering a car to do that sort of speed is such a leap into the (very expensive) unknown that you might not bet your pension pot on SSC hitting 300mph, at least not imminently.

But it’s seeming increasingly inevitable that, at some point in the foreseeable, we’ll witness a production car crack the triple-tonne. If not SSC, then maybe Koenigsegg. Or Bugatti. Or Hennessey. Maybe Dacia will make a late dash for it.

Point is, assuming you’re not, say, a dentist to great white sharks, if you’re reading this, there’s a very good chance you’ll live to see a world containing a bona fide 300mph road car.

ricks0me - 9/12/2018 5:23:26 PM

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And what should a buyer do with 300mph?

MDarringer - 9/12/2018 6:22:43 PM

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Have your best friend drive it like a maniac on public streets and kill you like Paul Walker did.

runninglogan1 - 9/12/2018 7:06:23 PM

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I'll believe it can hit 300mph when it hits 300mph.

ricks0me - 9/12/2018 7:09:24 PM

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This is how useless All of these super cars are:

And what should a buyer do with 300mph?
And what should a buyer do with 200mph?
And what should a buyer do with 100mph?

t_bone - 9/13/2018 12:40:03 AM

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Is there a tire for this?

TomM - 9/13/2018 6:53:46 AM

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How many people here have actually SEEN that car in person on the road?

I doubt ANYONE will.

For most of these cars - their Tires will Dry Rot before they reach any such speeds.

zlives - 9/13/2018 5:15:42 PM

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"there’s a very good chance you’ll live to see a world containing a bona fide 300mph road car"

this car will become road worthy eventually, things that will happen prior.
1-automated driving
2- road laws limiting automated cars to follow road rules.

skytop - 9/13/2018 8:14:41 PM

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How long before we see 400 MPH? Spies with Agent009 have gone goofy.

ricks0me - 9/13/2018 9:06:08 PM

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FAQMD: You are correct. The car is not for me. I would get killed in any supercar that I would pilot. My elevator stops at 80MPH.

Tbone: Good ? about the tires