Gone off track Off topic from SSC Tuatara - An Obscure American Automaker Now Has the World’s Fastest Car

[Gianclaudio]

I wonder how much money was spent developing it, was it done properly, were corners cut, can it function in traffic, does the air-con function, will it demist the windscreen, will it work in extreme temperatures. It least if you buy a Bugatti you know VW developed it properly.

Says the loser who once said a Radical SR1 wasn't different from a Porsche 918, just to win an argument to Sunny . I don't know which thing is worse, your anglophilia or your yankeephobia.

It must hurt some "hillbillies" actually deliver, while the Evija still is vapourware.

Here, have some:

(Country of origin is not a coincidence)

 

[A.P.]

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Still doesn't take from the fact that suits at the Bugatti are a bunch of pussies, because they didn't want to take it elsewhere than their own track.

Tuatara has been in development since before 2013, as you can see long and good engineering pays off in the end.

 

[martinbo]

Still doesn't take from the fact that suits at the Bugatti are a bunch of pussies, because they didn't want to take it elsewhere than their own track.

But why? In any top speed attempt there's a reasonably pragmatic process of selecting a suitable site for the run with the obvious myriad of considerations.
That VW happens to own one of the very few tracks where its reason for being is for this exact purpose is nothing more than incidental. The world's moved on from white lab coats and stop watches. The proof of evidence is so much more obtainable and verifiable with modern telemetry and recording devices.

 

[A.P.]

But why? In any top speed attempt there's a reasonably pragmatic process of selecting a suitable site for the run with the obvious myriad of considerations.
That VW happens to own one of the very few tracks where its reason for being is for this exact purpose is nothing more than incidental. The world's moved on from white lab coats and stop watches. The proof of evidence is so much more obtainable and verifiable with modern telemetry and recording devices.

Yes, but their track only allowed for a run in one direction. That road in Nevada is always possible to use as seen two times now.

 

[martinbo]

Yes, but their track only allowed for a run in one direction. That road in Nevada is always possible to use as seen two times now.

Yeah, I hear you and I understand the need for a timed run in both directions - the Bugatti, could have had a good tail wind on the day...
Then again, the 9km straight is flat with no gradient. Assuming that conditions were mild enough for the TUV to certify the time, who are we to argue?
We could go back and forth at each other with a myriad of "yes but" factors - hallmarks of internet bench-racing - and we'd reach no conclusion.
All I can say is that it's fair enough to believe the Chiron SS is capable of 490 km/h and that the SSC Tuatara is capable of 508 km/h (and more) based on what's been presented without splitting hairs. Either way, the numbers are staggering...

 

[KiwiRob]

Yeah, I hear you and I understand the need for a timed run in both directions - the Bugatti, could have had a good tail wind on the day...
Then again, the 9km straight is flat with no gradient. Assuming that conditions were mild enough for the TUV to certify the time, who are we to argue?
We could go back and forth at each other with a myriad of "yes but" factors - hallmarks of internet bench-racing - and we'd reach no conclusion.
All I can say is that it's fair enough to believe the Chiron SS is capable of 490 km/h and that the SSC Tuatara is capable of 508 km/h (and more) based on what's been presented without splitting hairs. Either way, the numbers are staggering...

The Ehra-Lessien track is apparently only safe to run in one direction.

All these ultimate topspeed runs are utterly pointless, there's no need for speeds over 300kph, adding another 200 to that is socially irresponsible. Being the fastest car around any given track is far more interesting IMO than a top speed you can only reach at a handful of locations.

 

[KiwiRob]

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Still doesn't take from the fact that suits at the Bugatti are a bunch of pussies, because they didn't want to take it elsewhere than their own track.

Tuatara has been in development since before 2013, as you can see long and good engineering pays off in the end.

VW own two of the very few places any of these top speed runs can be safely made. They own Nardo Ring and Ehra Lessien, why would they need to go anywhere else?

 

[A.P.]

VW own two of the very few places any of these top speed runs can be safely made. They own Nardo Ring and Ehra Lessien, why would they need to go anywhere else?

Because Nardo isn't suitable for a top speed run (not my words, but Bugatti's) and EL is only suitable for a run in 1 direction?