256mph street legal car??

yummy…

The world’s fastest street-legal car

Boutique automaker unveils a 1,183-horsepower road rocket

http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photo_StoryLevel/080124/080124-ssc-hmed-12p.hmedium.jpgFor about $600,000, you too can drive the Ulitmate Aero at over 250 miles per hour.

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By Stuart Schwartzapfel
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On Sept. 13, 2007, the Shelby SuperCars’ Ultimate Aero became the fastest production car in the world. The event took place on a temporarily closed, two-lane stretch of public highway in Washington State. In accordance with Guinness World Records’ strict policies, the car had to drive down the highway, turn around, and make a second pass in the opposite direction within one hour.
The Ultimate Aero posted 257.41 mph on the first pass and 254.88 mph on the second for an average of 256.18 mph. Official data were collected via a GPS tracking system from Austrian data acquisition company Dewetron. Guinness World Records later verified data for an official top-speed announcement on Oct. 9, 2007. At that speed the Ultimate Aero broke the official record held by the Koenigsegg CCR (242 mph) and the unofficial record (253 mph) held by Volkswagen’s $1.6 million Bugatti.
And the car could go even faster. NASA’s wind tunnel testing facility in Langley, Va., found the Ultimate Aero to be aerodynamically stable at speeds up to 273 mph. It just ran out of road. “If there was additional straight pavement on which to accelerate, the top speed would have been considerably higher, so if anyone challenges our record there is tons left on the table,” says Chuck Bigelow, the brave soul who piloted the Ultimate Aero on its record-breaking run.

1/3 the price of a veyron too

If I was going to buy a car for 600K I would spend the extra money and find a veyron.

I likey, I likey the color too.

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thats purdy

see now that is hot…and I am only a few bucks away…lets hope the market recovers :tup:

I’d take that over a Veyron any day, even if they were priced the same.

Veyron = A high speed appliance. Any idiot can get, mash the go pedal, and go fast.
Ultimate Aero = A real drivers car, something you have to respect and practice with to drive really fast.

hooooooot. i would love a ride in that.

I was just reading this earlier today. I would love too see what it was actually capable of.

Shitty kit car.

It looks like shit, it’s not a production vehicle, and it pawns off Shelby’s name without even being associated with him. Plus I’ve heard tons of shady things about the owner. Sign me up for a REAL supercar. CGT, Veyron, Koenigsegg, Zonda, etc.