ThrustSSC :- The fastest Illegal Car on Earth

 

                                                    Speed 763.035 mph

Thrust SSC (SuperSonic Car) is a British jet-propelled car developed by Richard Noble, Glynne Bowsher, Ron Ayers and Jeremy Bliss.

ThrustSSC.

ThrustSSC holds the World Land Speed Record, set on October 15, 1997, when it achieved a speed of 1,228 km/h (763 mph) and became the first car to officially break the sound barrier (not considering the earlier, unsubstantiated claim of the Budweiser Rocket).

The car was driven by Royal Air Force fighter pilot Squadron Leader Andy Green in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, United States. It was powered by twoafterburning Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engines, as used in British F-4 Phantom II jet fighters. It is 16.5 m (54 ft) long, 3.7 m (12 ft) wide and weighs 10.5 tons (10.7 t). The twin engines developed a thrust of 223 kN (50,000 lbf), a power output of 110000 bhp (82MW)^[2] and burned around 18 litres per second (4Imperial gallons/s or 4.8 US gallons/s). Transformed into the usual terms for car mileages based on its maximum speed, the fuel consumption was about 5,500 l/100 km or 0.04 mpg U.S.

The record run in October 1997 was preceded by extensive test runs of the vehicle in Autumn 1996 and Spring 1997 in the Al-Jafr desert (located in Ma'an Governorate) in Jordan, a location unknown before for its capabilities as a test range for high speed land vehicles, with numerous advantages compared to the salt deserts of the Western United States.

After the record was set, the World Motor Sport Council released the following message:

The World Motor Sport Council homologated the new world land speed records set by the team ThrustSSC of Richard Noble, driver Andy Green, on 15 October 1997 at Black Rock Desert, Nevada (USA). This is the first time in history that a land vehicle has exceeded the speed of sound. The new records are as follows:

• Flying mile           1227.986 km/h (763.035 mph)
• Flying kilometre   1223.657 km/h (760.343 mph)

In setting the record, the sound barrier was broken in both the north and south runs.

Paris, 11 November 1997.

                      

Manufacturer	SSC Programme Ltd
Predecessor	Thrust2
Class	Land Speed Record vehicle
Engine(s)	two Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan:- initially: Rolls-Royce Spey 202 finally: Rolls-Royce Spey 205
Length	16.5 m (54 ft)
Width	3.7 m (12 ft)
Curb weight	10.5 tonnes
Designer	Ron Ayers, Glynne Bowsher, Jeremy Bliss

Reference :- http://www.wikipedia.org/

SSC Ultimate Aero :- The Fastest Legal Car on Earth

                                                                      Speed 256.18 mph

The SSC Ultimate Aero is an American-built mid-engine supercar by Shelby SuperCars. Its higher-performance limited production version, the SSC Ultimate Aero TT, is the second fastest production car in the world (behind the 2010 Bugatti Veyron Super Sport), with a recorded speed of 412.28 km/h (256.18 mph). This speed was achieved during tests on September 13, 2007 in West Richland, Washington, United States and verified by Guinness World Records on October 9, 2007. The SSC Ultimate Aero does not have electronic aids like ABS brakes or traction control.

The Aero and the Shelby SuperCars company are the brainchildren of Jerod Shelby (no relation to retired racing driver and sportscar builder Carroll Shelby), who started out building exotic "replicars" including a Fiero-based Ferrari F355 replica and a Lamborghini Diablo replica based on a spaceframe which later was used in the Ultimate Aero prototype. Jerod later moved from building replicas to designing his first Supercar and after seven years it finally began to take shape. Although the basic Aero model is no longer produced, the Ultimate Aero is still in production with an MSRP of around $650,000.

Manufacturer	Shelby SuperCars
Production	2006–present
Assembly	USA
Body style(s)	2-seat Berlinetta
Layout	Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive
Engine(s)	6.35L V8
Length	4,470 millimetres (176 in)
Width	2,080 millimetres (82 in)
Height	1,090 millimetres (43 in)
Curb weight	1,292 kilograms (2,850 lb)

Reference :- http://www.wikipedia.org/

Bugatti Veyron :- The Most Expensive Car

Cost  $1,700,000

The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 is a mid-engined grand touring car. The Super Sport version is the second fastest production car in the world, with a top speed of 431.072 kilometres per hour (267.856 mph)^[4].The original version has a top speed of 408.47 km/h (253.81 mph).

Designed and developed by the German Volkswagen Group and produced by Bugatti Automobiles SAS at their headquarters in Château St. Jean in Molsheim(Alsace, France), the Veyron's chief designer was Hartmut Warkuss, and the exterior was designed by Jozef Kabaň of Volkswagen, with much of the engineering work being conducted under the guidance of a former VW engineer and now Bugatti Engineering chief Wolfgang Schreiber.

The car is named after French racing driver Pierre Veyron, who won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1939 while racing for the original Bugatti company. It was namedCar of the Decade (2000–2009) by the BBC television programme Top Gear.

Manufacturer	Bugatti Automobiles
Production	2005–present
Assembly	Molsheim, Alsace, France
Predecessor	Bugatti EB110
Body style(s)	2-door coupé 2-door roadster
Layout	Longitudinal mid-engine, permanent four-wheel drive
Engine(s)	Standard: 8.0 L W16 quad-turbocharged1,001 metric horsepower(736 kW; 987 bhp) Super Sport: 1,200 metric horsepower(883 kW; 1,184 bhp)
Transmission(s)	7-speed DSG sequential
Wheelbase	2,710 mm (106.7 in)
Length	4,462 mm (175.7 in)
Width	1,998 mm (78.7 in)
Height	1,159 mm (45.6 in)
Kerb weight	1,888 kg (4,162 lb)
Designer	Jozef Kaban

Reference - http://www.wikipedia.org/