New HYPERCAR -- MOVE OVER BUG AND SSC

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Pecking Order

1993 Jaguar XJ220 Road car reached 213 mph (343 km/h). (549 hp)

1994 McLaren F1 Production run of 107. At factory rev limit, it reached 371.8 km/h (231.0 mph) at Nardo test track as driven by Jonathan Palmer. With the rev limiter disabled, it reached 391.4 km/h (243.2 mph). (627 hp)

February 28, 2005 Koenigsegg CCR 240.7 mph Recorded at Nardo test track and verified by Guinness World Records. (806 hp)

April 19, 2005 Bugatti Veyron 253.81 mph Production run of 200. Recorded and verified by inspection officials. (1001 hp)

October 9, 2007 SSC Ultimate Aero TT 256.14 mph Production run of 24, built between 2006 and 2007. Recorded and verified by Guinness World Records officials.

June 26, 2010 Bugatti Veyron Super Sport 267.81 mph 30 to be built of which 5 will be capable of this top speed. Balance of customer cars will be electronically limited to 415.05 km/h (257.90 mph). Engine output increased to 1,200 hp (895 kW) from the 1,001 hp (746 kW) of the standard Veyron. Recorded and verified by Guinness World Records officials

SSC ready to dethrone BUG a 2nd time ? Maybe ?

See >> http://www.shelbysupercars.com/

And now we see this announcement



American company TranStar is planning to build the TranStar Dagger GT: a supercar fitted with a 2000-hp, twin-tubocharged 9.0-liter GM V8. They're setting out to break the 300 mph production car barrier with an insane hypercar.

The specs read like something a middle-schooler bitten by the car lust bug might come up with: twin-turbocharged GM 572 built by Nelson Racing Engines good for 2000 hp and 2000 ft-lbs of torque, a 3,000 lb curb weight and all carbon fiber construction, custom body plugs to bolt on for high-speed runs, and optional braking parachute.

Here are the hard-to-swallow performance targets: 1.5 second 0-to-60 mph run, 6.6 seconds to 204 mph, a 314 mph top speed. It'll consume four gallons of fuel per minute at top speed. It's a hypercar hoping to produce numbers beyond the reach of even the bonkers Bugatti Veyron Super Sport.

Right now, it's an awful lot of calculated this and projected that, but based on the roster of folks they've got lined up for the project makes it look like there's some reality behind the bluster. The 2011 target delivery date is pretty aggressive, but so is a 2000-hp speed bullet. (Hat tip to Roland!)

Source >>> http://jalopnik.com/5611195/transtar...00-hp-hypercar

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