posted 01-29-2021 02:09 PM
The SSC Tuatara has become the fastest production car in the world after a speed run on the Launch and Landing Facility (formerly Shuttle Landing Facility) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
After controversial attempts and false starts, supercar maker SSC and its Tuatara hypercar has finally achieved the highest two-way average speed run, clocking in at 282.9 mph.
The speed run was conducted at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida last week and produced two speed times, northbound and southbound respectively. The first northbound run resulted in a "modest" 279.7 mph, while the second southbound attempt achieved a blistering 286.1 mph. Since both speed records need to be averaged out to produce a final speed run achievement, the average of 282.9 mph secures SSC as the world's fastest production car in the world, topping the Koenigsegg Agera RS's time of 277.9 mph.
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posted 01-29-2021 03:50 PM
Testing there makes a lot of sense. It's the longest non-segmented piece of concrete on Earth, 33/15 is a VERY long runway at 15,000 feet and then there's a "cool factor" for the PR of getting the speed recorded there.
I also had no idea that the shuttle mockup Inspiration was still there, as well.
posted 01-29-2021 02:09 PM
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