The claimed top speed run of the SSC Tuatara has been called into question, forcing the automaker to admit that video reportedly showing the car hit 331 mph (532 km/h) was inaccurate. Earlier this week, a handle of prominent YouTubers called into question the video. In these videos, (viewable below) they assert that based on […]
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Mercedes-AMG might have just broken the Nurburgring lap record for production cars with the new GT Black Series. As you can imagine, there is nothing official at this point, but YouTuber Misha Charoudin estimates that the German supercar lapped the Nurburgring in around 6 minutes and 43 seconds during a private track session. This would […]
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Bugatti shocked the motoring world last year when it announced that a prototype of the Chiron Super Sport 300+ had hit a top speed of 304.773 mph (490.484 km/h). One man that wasn’t particularly impressed was Jerod Shelby, the man behind SSC that recently set a new production car top speed record with a customer-spec […]
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<!––> <!––> A classic Arrows-Ford A11 F1 car set a new outright lap record around the Goodwood Circuit during the Goodwood SpeekWeek over the weekend. Behind the wheel of the car was Nick Padmore who also happens to hold the official lap record around the circuit set with a Lola T70 Spyder during the Bruce […]
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A wild twin-turbocharged Audi R8 recently set a new quarter-mile record for the German supercar, needing just 7.695 seconds to cover 1,320 feet. This Audi R8 is the very first to dip into the 7-second range and comes from Underground Racing, a company with a wealth of experience creating insane twin-turbo Lamborghinis, among other cars. […]
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Update: SSC wouldn’t confirm the record-breaking attempt, but told us they have made “no secret of its plans to set a world top-speed record with the 1,750 hp Tuatara. We welcome speculation and buzz about whether we’ll be doing this soon, or have already done it. If/when the time is right, we’ll be in touch […]
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At Subiefest 2020, which was held last weekend and is one of the largest annual gatherings of Subaru enthusiasts in the United States, the automaker set a new Guinness World Record. What for? Well, for the largest parade of Subaru cars, with 1,751 vehicles driven by their owners, breaking the previous 2015 record, when 549 […]
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<!––> <!––> The Ferrari SF90 Stradale has set a new road-legal production car record around the Top Gear test track. Featured on the first episode of Top Gear’s 29th season, the SF90 Stradale proved itself to be a fitting halo car from the Italian automaker. With The Stig behind the wheel, it set a best […]
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<!––> <!––> A beautifully styled thunderboat that was co-developed by Ferrari back in the 1950s is looking for a new home. What you’re looking at is the 1952 Ferrari Arno XI and it is a hydroplane (or thunderboat) that was created to chase a world speed record in the 800 kg (1,763 lbs) class. It […]
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<!––> <!––> The Pagani Huayra BC Roadster has just set an unofficial production car lap record at Spa Francorchamps. During a recent round of testing at the famous Belgian Formula 1 circuit, the limited-run Huayra BC Roadster completed a lap in 2:23.08. That’s a very quick time and beats the 2:24.82 set by a McLaren […]
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