The Tuatara is powered by a twin-turbocharged 7.0L V8 with 1,350 horsepower that is mated to a seven-speed transmission.
The
Bugatti Veyron was the car that set a benchmark for those who dare to
break the 250 miles per hour barrier. The Veyron was the first car to
beat the McLaren F1′s 240 mph record.
This
was the challenge for other super car makers of the world and while
some never came even close to the Veyron’s 253 mph top speed, few like
SSC from America did manage to beat it. The SSC Ultimate Aero thrashed
the Bugatti Veyron by setting a top speed of 256 mph.
The
folks at Bugatti responded with the Veyron Super Sports which topped
out at 267 mph from the same 8.0 litre, quad-turbo, W16 engine that
pumped out 1200 bhp. Shelby Supercars has now responded to this with an
all new super car. It is called the SSC Tuatara.
The
new supercar was unveiled at the Pebble Beach Concours this weekend.
The engine that powers this beast puts out 1350 horsepower! The 7.0
liter, V8 is boosted with two turbochargers and is made by SSC this time
and not sourced from GM, as has been the case in the past.
The
car features a carbon fiber sub-frame chassis for added structural
rigidity and lightness. Even the wheels are formed out of one-piece
carbon fiber. The performance stats for the car not yet available since,
the car is still in its concept stage. Shelby also plans to run the
car around the Nurburgring and attempt to beat the production car record
which is currently held by the Pagani Zonda R. Shelby Super Cars plans
to build 16 units of the Tuatara annually with a plant capacity of 40
cars. The official price tag hasn’t been revealed yet though, a price
upwards of a million dollars would be a wise guess.
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