The 1,750 HP SSC Tuatara might be going to the Nurburgring to push itself beyond ‘simple’ top speed records. The $1.9 million-hypercar was the subject of a small scandal when it came to light that SSC had likely misrecorded its velocity and released a misleading video of an alleged record-setting speed run. The company has […]
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The Porsche Taycan has set no less than 13 separate endurance records at the Brands Hatch circuit in the UK. During an endurance test with two Taycans and drivers Richard Attwood, Jonathan Palmer, Harry King and James Dorlin, the Taycan 4S and Taycan Turbo S covered no less than 1,000 km (620 miles) and in […]
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SSC has made yet another attempt to set a new speed record with the Tuatara, and this time they did it, posting an official speed of 282.9 mph (455.3 km/h), averaged over two runs in opposite directions. That’s enough for the 1,750 hp hypercar built by Jerod Shelby’s company to beat the previous record of […]
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Porsche has set a new lap record for production cars at the Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta with the 2021 Panamera Turbo S. The German auto firm put pro racing driver Leh Keen behind the wheel of the vehicle in November, and he managed to drive it across the finish line in just 1 minute and […]
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The Ferrari 488 Pista recently lapped the Mending track in Germany in a blistering 1:40.60. The unofficial lap record set last month at the lesser-known racetrack by professional racing driver Christian Menzel places the 488 Pista 1.5 seconds ahead of the McLaren 720S, which completed the course in 1:42.10, and 1.7 seconds in front of […]
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A team of journalists has just set a new record for driving across the US. The team took a Porsche Taycan from New York to California in 44:25:59. The lead driver, Kyle Conner, is the same one who set the previous record, in a Tesla Model 3 Long Range. Together with Drew Peterson and Tijmen […]
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It isn’t uncommon to see models with a 200 mph top speed nowadays, but 40 years ago, things were very different. Despite the speed being far from impossible today, it still is a serious figure. And it’s one that holds a particular spot in the hearts of Aston Martin fans because of the time it […]
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SSC North America was left red-faced a couple of months ago when it was revealed its claimed 331 mph record run with the Tuatara was inaccurate. However, this hasn’t dissuaded company founder Jerod Shelby from trying to show the world that the Tuatara is indeed the fastest production car on the planet. Fast forward to […]
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Abarth has managed to set a new Guinness World Record for something you didn’t know existed and probably don’t care about. So, what did they do to have their name written in The Guinness Book of Records this time? They set up a Facebook page and reached out to their fan base to upload photos […]
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The Porsche Taycan continues to rack up lap records as the model is now the fastest EV around Road Atlanta. The record was set last month when racing driver Leh Keen used a production-spec Taycan Turbo S to lap the 2.54 mile (4.09 km) long track in 1:33.88 minutes. Porsche didn’t say much about the […]
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