New Worlds Fastest Car

[Zeller]

The heated international race for "World's Fastest" production car is one that may never end, but for now the title belongs to the American-made Hennessey Venom GT. The previous record of 267.81 mph was set by the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport in 2010 famously disqualified by Guinness World Records on a technicality until their ruling was ultimately reversed in 2013. The Venom GT, which had an earlier 265.7 mph trial of its own vetoed by Guinness, changed everything by clocking 270.49 mph at the Kennedy Space Center landing strip.

Though it's still technically unofficial since Guinness requires an average of two runs to account for wind conditions, Hennessey's record-breaking time was GPS-certified by Racelogic. Incredibly, it sounds like it could have been even faster according to driver Brian Smith. Smith reportedly told Car & Driver that the Venom GT was still accelerating at 1 mph per second when he hit the 270 mark, but there wasn't enough road left to work with on the 3.2 mile straightaway at Cape Canaveral. With Smith covering nearly 400 feet per second at those speeds, 3.2 miles ends in a hurry, so it's hard to fault Smith for slowing up. He not only had to look out for himself, but for a street car which retails for $1.2 million.

Im just glad that America now holds this record because it is a very popular record people talk about.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/yahoo-sports-minute/hennessey-reaches-speed-270-49-mph-beat-bugatti-094216999.html?vp=1​

 

[Watch]

That's interesting... Never even heard of that car before.

 

[Norway]

I'm slitly disapointed that this has happend but none the less; this record will be short lived. The record will soon be held by the United Arab Emerates who have created the "Devel Sixteen". This 5000 horsepower production car has a proclaimed top speed of 347 mph. I can't wait to see the feat accomplished by this amazing vehicle.

 

[Phormick]

http://gyazo.com/fd927bf0010da8d536b0b68a6ab3fbd1 it obviously moved to fast for us to see. Dayum.

 

[x-ray716]

awesome sounds sick dude it looks so cool

 

[Stabbed]

This car is sick. My uncle works on cars like this and He sent me a picture of him next to one. Theyre suprisingly small but they look and sound sick as hell. Not to mention theyre more in the tuner car category due to the engine. Instead of it being in the engine category with feraris and lambos and buggatis

 

[Painkiller]

Dope as hell. This is street legal?

 

[Raspy]

Glad to see that the US has it. But it will likely be broken soon