Sports car reaches 270 miles per hour

[DumfriesDik]

Well, if your Z4 is not quick enough for you, try this one:

A car manufacturer is claiming to have broken the land speed record for a sports car after a Hennessey Venom GT reached 270 miles per hour

BBC Video

 

[tomscott]

That is epic acceleration!!

 

[thepits]

A car manufacturer is claiming to have broken the land speed record for a sports car after a Hennessey Venom GT reached 270 miles per hour

BBC Video

Or not

"to be officially recognised by Guinness World Records the car must make two runs in opposite directions, which the Venom was not allowed to do on Nasa's runway."
"not allowed" or "couldn't"?

 

[simonlpearce]

Fairly sure i have seen this before, its not new news?

 

[original guvnor]

No, this was at least a couple of years ago. Isn't their latest project supposed to hit 290mph?

 

[thepits]

No, this was at least a couple of years ago. Isn't their latest project supposed to hit 290mph?

both ways?

 

[buzyg]

Have watched that one before. Mighty impresive ,for an stetched Exige. Also the first production car to achive 1000 bhp per ton.

Though Mr Koniggsegysegywotsit would like us to belive it was one of his.

 

[thepits]

hough Mr Koniggsegysegywotsit would like us to belive it was one of his.

Don't they crash? and then they fit a rear wing so they don't?

 

[Anonymous]

In the background to the left you can see the building where they used to service the shuttle orbiter. Been to that runway....it is so long that from one end of it, you cant see the other end.

 

[mmm-five]

Didn't the Koenniggsegg-One hit 273mph?

 

[buzyg]

Didn't the Koenniggsegg-One hit 273mph?

Spookily enough, i've just been reading the latest EVO. 273 is indeed the figure they claim. Though was on a considerebly longer test track. That Venom was still Accelerating. I have all the stats for both cars upstairs, if I'm bored later I'll post them up. :wink: