What does 300+mph in a road car look like?

I expect that Koenigsegg probably can't or won't break this barrier, as the engineering challenges don't lie so much with the car but foremost with the tyres, and Koenigsegg just doesn't have the money or possibilities that VAG has with their 200billion+revenue to work with michelin or another tyre manufacturer to develop a bespoke tyre that can safely get to these speeds.
Christian Koenigsegg commented on this in the past, and rather concentrate on the fastest 0-400-0kmh time

I wonder if this chiron is a road legal car. Because with non road legal, bespoke top speed cars, 300mph isnt thàt fast in this age (what did the thrust ssc again? I think it was 2.5 times as fast, over 2 decades ago :roll: :lol: )
 
GuidoK said:
I expect that Koenigsegg probably can't or won't break this barrier, as the engineering challenges don't lie so much with the car but foremost with the tyres, and Koenigsegg just doesn't have the money or possibilities that VAG has with their 200billion+revenue to work with michelin or another tyre manufacturer to develop a bespoke tyre that can safely get to these speeds.
Christian Koenigsegg commented on this in the past, and rather concentrate on the fastest 0-400-0kmh time

I wonder if this chiron is a road legal car. Because with non road legal, bespoke top speed cars, 300mph isnt thàt fast in this age (what did the thrust ssc again? I think it was 2.5 times as fast, over 2 decades ago :roll: :lol: )
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You sound sceptical. :? I am no fan of VAG, but a verified record is just that. Some one sets the rules and some sets the record within those rules. The others take part and grumble, that's kind of how life is.
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buzyg said:
You sound sceptical. :? I am no fan of VAG, but a verified record is just that. Some one sets the rules and some sets the record within those rules. The others take part and grumble, that's kind of how life is.
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And what verified record is this exactly?
 
Wow that looks fun :evil: my wife would love that :rofl: think I would need a new one after that :tumbleweed:
 
wonkydonkey said:
That Koeniggsegg is pretty old now. I'm waiting for the Jesko to hit the road and record a speed :fuelfire:
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Never heard of Jesko. :tumbleweed:

Is it Clarkson's new company. :)
 
buzyg said:
wonkydonkey said:
That Koeniggsegg is pretty old now. I'm waiting for the Jesko to hit the road and record a speed :fuelfire:
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Never heard of Jesko. :tumbleweed:

Is it Clarkson's new company. :)
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Haha love it! The Jesko is Koeniggsegg's latest car, launched a few months back in Geneva. It's pretty phenomenal and is meant to be able to hit 300 mph. To my knowledge it hasn't clocked an official speed yet though.
 
buzyg said:
GuidoK said:
I expect that Koenigsegg probably can't or won't break this barrier, as the engineering challenges don't lie so much with the car but foremost with the tyres, and Koenigsegg just doesn't have the money or possibilities that VAG has with their 200billion+revenue to work with michelin or another tyre manufacturer to develop a bespoke tyre that can safely get to these speeds.
Christian Koenigsegg commented on this in the past, and rather concentrate on the fastest 0-400-0kmh time

I wonder if this chiron is a road legal car. Because with non road legal, bespoke top speed cars, 300mph isnt thàt fast in this age (what did the thrust ssc again? I think it was 2.5 times as fast, over 2 decades ago :roll: :lol: )
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You sound sceptical. :? I am no fan of VAG, but a verified record is just that. Some one sets the rules and some sets the record within those rules. The others take part and grumble, that's kind of how life is.
:thumbsup:
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I'm not sceptical - but i remember VAG's regard for emissions rules not that long ago :wink:
 
Unless they sell it as a production version then I'm not all that impressed.

The M2K Motorsports Ford GT has already hit 300mph
 
Mister T said:
Unless they sell it as a production version then I'm not all that impressed.

The M2K Motorsports Ford GT has already hit 300mph
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Alright, calm down.

It's obvious they will sell this as a Supersport version.

Look at the on board footage of the Chiron. Now look at the GT. I can guarantee the GT's is a lot more mental than the very slightly twitchy steering on the Chiron.
 
What kind of penalty do you think you would get for 300mph in a 30mph zone? Why has nobody asked this question? Surely it’s the first thing you would try if you owned such a machine!
 
ph001 said:
What kind of penalty do you think you would get for 300mph in a 30mph zone? Why has nobody asked this question? Surely it’s the first thing you would try if you owned such a machine!
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Have you been drinking :lol:
 
ben g said:
It's obvious they will sell this as a Supersport version.
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But still thats anticipating the facts. As long as this is not a production car that you can buy, Koenigsegg still has the record for the fastest production car.

I also wonder, IF Bugatti is going to sell this car in the future as the Supersport, then why not wait that little bit and actually set a record with an actual production car?

My guess is that they don't / can't wait that long because the Jesko then might have hit the market and Bugatti is probably afraid it'll set a record they can't possibly beat (like what the Agera RS did in the past), so they go ahead now with this cobbled together prototype. So Bugatti hit 300mph, but its not an official record, as this is a prototype.
 
GuidoK said:
ben g said:
It's obvious they will sell this as a Supersport version.
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But still thats anticipating the facts. As long as this is not a production car that you can buy, Koenigsegg still has the record for the fastest production car.

I also wonder, IF Bugatti is going to sell this car in the future as the Supersport, then why not wait that little bit and actually set a record with an actual production car?

My guess is that they don't / can't wait that long because the Jesko then might have hit the market and Bugatti is probably afraid it'll set a record they can't possibly beat (like what the Agera RS did in the past), so they go ahead now with this cobbled together prototype. So Bugatti hit 300mph, but its not an official record, as this is a prototype.
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Do you really care though? They did 304mph in a car and that's all I care about. Not whether it made it into the Guiness book of records.
 
Of course I care
Do you care about the thrust ssc team doing over 750mph over 2 decades ago?

You're saying a record is set in your TS:
ben g said:
Another record set!
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But what record exactly?
Now that it turns out that no record has been set at all you suddenly dont care about records anymore?
Turned your opinion 180 degrees in a few days? Not that I mind, you have the right to do that, just as I have the right to notice it.
 
GuidoK said:
Of course I care
Do you care about the thrust ssc team doing over 750mph over 2 decades ago?

You're saying a record is set in your TS:
ben g said:
Another record set!
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But what record exactly?
Now that it turns out that no record has been set at all you suddenly dont care about records anymore?
Turned your opinion 180 degrees in a few days? Not that I mind, you have the right to do that, just as I have the right to notice it.
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Research is key....

You're a very argumentative person, aren't you?
 
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