Nine months ago, SSC claimed that its Tuatara supercar driven by Olivier Webb had set a new mass production vehicle land speed record of 316.11 mph. Now, the company admits that these claims are wrong.
In the statement posted to Facebook with Instagram, SCC North America said, “We have seen your problems for months and understand your frustration. If we haven’t made it clear so far, we have to officially admit that we have not reached the original stated speed of 331 October 2020. Even 301 mph. As a company, we were really sad when we learned that we did not achieve this feat, and we are working hard to break the 300 mph barrier in a transparent, formal, and undoubted manner.”
superior Twitter, The last tweet released by the company started on October 19, 2020. It explained that it is said that the 316.11 mph mark was achieved after “two consecutive high-speed operations at 301.07 mph and 331.151 mph on October 10th.” It claimed that these speeds were certified by “recording officials” who stated that “all record standards were met during testing on Highway 160 in Nevada”.
The car is owned by the dentist and famous philanthropist Dr. Larry Caplin.
according to video Nurburgring taxi driver Robert Mitchell posted on YouTube that in December 2020, the car had another set of speed record attempts, with the goal of surpassing the 277.9 achieved by Koenigsegg Agera in 2017. Miles per hour.
The speed is 316.11 miles per hour.
This is the average top speed of SSC Tuatara after two consecutive high-speed driving of 301.07 mph and 331.151 mph on October 10. Recording officials confirmed that all recording standards were met during testing on Highway 160 in Nevada.#ssctuatara #lifebeginsat300 pic.twitter.com/GRypepDcRj
-SSC North America (@SSCNorthAmerica) October 20, 2020
Tuatara has a mechanical problem NASA During the day on the track in Florida, Weber and Caplin drove at different times. The wires connected to the car’s satellite tracking system protruded from the car’s hood, causing the hood latch mechanism to fail when the speed exceeded 200 mph. Other problems include a hot engine with damaged spark plugs and loss of power from two cylinders.
In the last attempt on January 17, 2021, Tuatara broke the land speed record for production vehicles at Jonny Bohnmer Grounds at the Kennedy Space Center. Based on a one-way trip of 279.7 mph and a return trip of 286.1 mph, the 2.3-mile runway allows the average speed of the vehicle to reach 282.9 mph. These speeds have been verified by the data of the tracking software and independently verified.
SSC Tuatara is a carbon fiber body super sports car made in the United States. Its twin-turbocharged V8 engine is produced in-house and can provide 1,350 horsepower when using 91 octane fuel or 1,750 horsepower when using E85 in the tank. SSC pairs the V8 with a seven-speed gearbox.
Weekly newspaper SSC North America has been contacted for further comment, but has not yet received a response.
