SSC Tuatara hypercar

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SSC Tuatara Sets Production Car Speed Record At 460 Km/H But Falls Short Of Bugatti

Remember the controversy surrounding the SSC Tuatara top speed run? Well, they are back and have grabbed the title of the worlds fastest production car.

Rather than going back to the Nevada State Route 160 where the first attempt took place, SSC gained access to the Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds at Space Florida’s Shuttle Landing Facility.

To avoid any validation issues, the Tuatara was equipped with multiple satellite tracking systems including two Racelogic VBox systems, a Life Racing tracking system, two Garmin systems, and a trap speed system from the International Mile Racing Association.

The Tuatara managed to run a two-way average of 282.9 mph (455.3 km/h), hitting a maximum 286.1 mph (460 km/h) on the southbound run.

That’s some way off the 508.7 km/h it “set” on a closed section of Nevada road, but enough for the company to beat the official 2017 record that stands at 447.2 km/h and was set by the Koenigsegg Agera RS.

SSC Tuatara Sets Production Car Speed Record at 460 km/h But Falls Short Of Bugatti

This time around, instead of a professional racing driver the SSC Tuatara was piloted by its owner, Dr Larry Caplin.

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SSC Tuatara May Have A Go At The Nürburgring Lap Record

The SSC Tuatara has already proved that it is extremely fast in a straight line but what about the challenging twists and turns of the infamous Nürburgring Nordschleife.

Yes Shelby wants to take it around the Green Hell in an attempt to grab the lap record for a production car.

Speaking recently to Muscle Cars & Trucks, Shelby reportedly admitted as much.

“I think it’s such an extreme and technical track,” he said, according to MC&T. “You gotta have the right driver, you gotta have a great vehicle, and you do a lot of tuning and testing there because it’s not a smooth track.”

SSC Tuatara May Have A Go At The Nürburgring Lap Record

As to when this will take place nothing is confirmed yet but it seems Shelby is very serious about it.

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Top Speed Record-Holding SSC Tuatara Wrecked in Car Carrier Crash - The Drive​

The vehicle was on its way to Florida in April for another record attempt when high winds in Utah caused its carrier to flip.​

The Drive can report that the SSC Tuatara world record car was heavily damaged in a car carrier crash in Utah in April as it was on its way to Florida to prepare for that next 300-mph run.

According to a source who provided these pictures—which were taken in a tow yard in northern Utah as the car was extracted from its destroyed trailer—the Tuatara was in transit on Interstate 15 just north of Salt Lake City when high winds caused the enclosed carrier to flip over.

Just from the photos, you can see the $1.9 million car was left in very rough shape.

We spoke to SSC North America's owner and operator Jerod Shelby, who told us that this particular Tuatara, car no. 001 owned by Larry Caplin, can be repaired.

He also insisted the damage to the vehicle was mostly cosmetic, and that they are already well into the process of fixing it.

Even if that's the case, though, there is not another car ready to beat the record in its place, he told us. #001 will have to be repaired before another run is attempted.

According to the source who provided the images and Shelby himself, the car carrier was traveling along the Interstate late at night on April 13 when strong winds blew it over on its side.

That same evening, our source tells us that "high profile vehicles were advised not to travel on I-15 from Ogden to Salt Lake." Ogden is around 23 miles south of where the truck was blown over near Brigham City, but the high winds must've extended further north than anticipated.

Our source claims that the only other vehicle onboard the truck at the time of the accident was a motorcycle, parked on the lower deck of the transporter—the Tuatara was strapped in on the top deck.

The driver and passenger who were on board at the time both walked away from the accident, although one was later hospitalized, Shelby said.

The truck reportedly ended up at an impound/tow yard after being hauled from the scene of the accident, and our source indicates that the car carrier was so badly damaged—Shelby said it was "destroyed"—that its own internal lift was not functional when it came time to remove the stricken hypercar from the top deck.

The cables supporting the vehicle had to be cut and the car lowered carefully with help from a tow truck.

Shelby—you can see him clearly in the lead image of this story—was on the scene for the duration of the Tuatara's removal from the carrier.

The entire ordeal was filmed with help from a documentary crew who has been recording the company's journey to break the 300mph barrier for the past three years. The Drive also received a video of the extraction from our source, which is embedded below.

No other completed Tuataras exist right now, so you might say this accident is a pretty big hindrance to SSC's future record plans. Shelby insists that's not the case, though.

"At first glance, we thought it was going to be pretty severe, but it ended up not too bad at all," he told us. "We're well into the repairs, and fortunately, it didn't touch chassis, drivetrain, suspension, any of that."

He went on to say that the company has all of the parts necessary and all of the expertise to fix the car. When asked about a possible timeline for the next test, he said SSC is still working on the scheduling but another run can be expected in "weeks not months."

"This doesn't change our goals, it just changes our timing," Shelby said.

Top Speed Record-Holding SSC Tuatara Wrecked in Car Carrier Crash

The vehicle was on its way to Florida in April for another record attempt when high winds in Utah caused its carrier to flip.

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SSC Tuatara Badly Damaged After Car Carrier Crash In Utah

It seems we will have to wait even longer for SSC to officially hit 300 mph as the only Tuatara in existence is no longer in running order.

Last month, the trailer carrying the car crashed in Utah as it was being transported to Florida.

According to The Drive, the trailer carrying the Tuatara was travelling on Interstate 15 just north of Salt Lake City, when high winds caused the trailer to flip over.

Images only surfaced recently and as you can see, the car has suffered quite a bit of damage. The carbon monocoque seems to be ok but pretty much all the body panels will have to be replaced. Jerod Shelby has confirmed that the car will be repaired.

SSC Tuatara Badly Damaged After Car Carrier Crash In Utah

Last month, the trailer carrying the car crashed in Utah as it was being transported to Florida.

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SSC Tuatara Sets Production Car Speed Record At 460 Km/H But Falls Short Of Bugatti

The SSC is several ****tons better looking than the bugatti as well. I like it much.

 

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SSC reveals two new Tuataras, including 2,200bhp ‘Aggressor’

One has huge downforce. The other has huge power. Take your pick

SSC has announced two new versions of its Tuatara hypercar built for yet more track performance and featuring yet more power. Because clearly, 1,750bhp is not enough.

Step forward Mssrs ‘Striker’ and ‘Aggressor’. We’re told these two cars “package options and augmentations that hone the individual elements of the Tuatara into a genesis of hypercars limited only by the imagination of the customer”. But of course.

First up, Signor Striker. This variant will come out of the Tuatara’s overall production run of 100 models, and features a new front splitter and dive planes, a new rear diffuser, a vertical stabiliser and a massive fixed rear wing.

The result of this aero addenda is a ‘three-fold’ increase in downforce, the Tuatara Striker now producing around 500kg (1,100lbs) at 160mph. The engine’s the same twin-turbo V8 found in the ‘regular’ Tuatara with 1,750bhp.

If you want more than 1,750bhp, you want the Tuatara ‘Aggressor’. And maybe a really long track (and perhaps even a long hard look at yourself), because this one isn’t road legal. It gets the same aero setup as the Striker, but also an engine upgrade that boosts power to 2,200bhp. This upgrade also comes with a bespoke exhaust system.

SSC reveals two new Tuataras, including 2,200bhp ‘Aggressor’

One has huge downforce. The other has huge power. Take your pick

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The SSC Tuatara has hit 295mph

SSC deploys a customer car at the Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds in Florida, goes fast

An SSC Tuatara has hit 295mph in Florida.

SSC confirmed that “hypercar collector” Larry Caplin drove his own Tuatara along a 2.3-mile stretch at the Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds at Space Florida’s launch and landing facility earlier this month.

Caplin was also behind the 282.9mph run last year, though that was a two-way average; SSC stated this new run was a “top speed of 295.0mph”.

Back in October 2020, SSC claimed it had run a two-way average of 316.11mph, with a vmax claimed at 331mph, though this was mired in controversy; GPS makers Dewetron said none of its employees were present at the speed run and didn’t validate any results, and Shelby later admitted it “hadn’t double checked the accuracy of the video before it was released”.

The SSC Tuatara has hit 295mph

SSC deploys a customer car in Florida, goes fast

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SSC Tuatara Goes Quicker Hitting 295 MPH (474.8 KM/H)

Back in October of 2020, SSC North America made the headlines when it claimed the Tuatara had averaged 316.11 mph (508.73 km/h).

However, we all know the initial attempt was tarnished by controversy and the company later admitted those numbers were not entirely accurate.

They did say they would ask one of their customers to have another go and they have done just that!

SSC Tuatara Goes Quicker Hitting 295 MPH (474.8 KM/H)

To avoid controversy this time around, all the relevant data was captured by Racelogic.

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Fahrk me, thats fast.

 

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WATCH: SSC shatters high speed record with a Tuatara owner at the helm

The vast majority of us will likely never experience speeds above 400km/h. Above 300km/h is where the lines start to blur, and you’re forced further and further into your seat. The accessibility of speeds within the 400km/h are fantasies for most and a reality for the slim few that own the likes of a SSC Tuatara, 474km/h doesn’t even scratch the surface of what it can do.

A handful of hyper cars are battling it out to see who can go the fastest and claim the title of the fastest production car out there. At the very top of the ladder – unsurprisingly- is Bugatti with its Chiron Super Sport 300+. SSC has tried day in and day out to dethrone the Fremch hypercar maker but has fallen short numerous times, but that doesn’t mean it’s not impossible. In 2020, SSC claimed they had broken the famed “300mph barrier”(482km/h), but after some criticism and scrutiny, those claims were proven to be false. Despite that slight hiccup, the SSC team has come back once again to attempt to reach that fabled 300mph mark.

With the help of Racelogic’s dual VBOX GNSS systems and the numerous backup sensors, this attempt was going to be done the right way. Piloting this R31 million hyper car was Tuatara customer and hyper car collector Larry Caplin. Impressively Caplin used his own SSC Tuatara. Even more impressive is the fact that this entire run from 0km/h to 474km/h happened on a 3.7km runaway. The Tuatara went from one end of the runway to the other end in just over 1 minute. This run marked a new achievement for the SSC as this has been their fastest run so far.

WATCH: SSC shatters high speed record with a Tuatara owner at the helm

Above 300km/h is where the lines start to blur, and you’re forced further and further into your seat. The accessibility of speeds within the 400km/h are fantasies for most and a reality for the slim few that own the likes of a SSC Tuatara, 474km/h doesn’t even come close to its limits.

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