Fastest Production Car

[993cc]

Originally Posted by Markgase2000

The record was beat by a car called a Koenensig? It spanked pretty hard on the other top speeds by several MPH I think Ill look for the link it was a pretty big deal. (Dont kill me if it was mentioned theres 8 pages on this topic) But this Koenensig did break the record.

I won't kill you but it was mentioned on the same page about 7 short posts above (and there's a nice big picture of the record car for all to see too...).




(...as we wait for the official top speed of the Bugatti Veyron..)

[jcsaleen]

AMS chief editor Bernd Ostmann has been the first mag tester that had the pleasure to ride 400+ in the EB 16.4 Bugatti Veyron at VW test course Ehra-Lessien...

For the metric challenged
402 kph is 249.9 mph
100 kph is 62mph
200 kph is 124mph
25 meters is 82 feet
1950 kg is 4299 lbs!
some impressions what he said about that day...

the track has been kinda damp in the morning, kinda scary at 400km/h, so 111m/sec without crash barries like in Nardo, well not really, rear wing setup to 2° so 40 to 50kg downforce at rear axle engineers promise that this´ll be enough for a smooth ride even on wet pavement...
through the first corner with 220 easily - absolute brutal accelerating up to 300 within seconds a light left hand bend with 380 - looking into the rear mirror - just an enormous spray but just like they told the EB16.4 is a very smooth car to ride even at that speeds...
the sepcial Michelin tires are working just perfect, they were tested up to 500km/h and before a high speed run they require 3bar pressure - this is one of the points the driver has to go through with a check list and a second car key to unlock the high speed mode - here the two front diffusor flaps are closed, the rear wing selects 2° and the body is lowered to 6.5cm front and 7cm rear a sepecial system is monitoring everything and when only one parameter is not ok the car automatically switches to handling-mode...
the first run ended with "only" 380km/h - the car switched to handling because the exhaust temperatures reached critical 970°C - cooling down the car at 220 or 5000rpm in 4th gear...
the weather gets better, it´s much warmer now and engineers force the AMS team to "act" - next run 398km/h - this time it´s the driver´s fault as he has enabled the A/C on the previous cooling lap costing some km/h on that fast run - so again a cooling lap and then full concentration on the last run with nearly 400 the rpm showed 5800 in 7th gear, now it shows 6200rpm at a speed of 402km/h ...

braking is again a new experience 31.4m (!!!) from 100 to 0 with a 1950kg car...

on the other hand acceleration is also outstanding - measured 25m long black rubber from all four wheels after the standard sprint with launch-control - result: 2.5sec to 100 and 7.3 to 200 :shock:

on a side note - at 400 km/h the EB16.4 needs ONE liter fuel for ONE kilometer so they calculated every 12min a gas station on autobahn when driving 400


With that kind of fuel consumption, gas prices really need to go down!

[crxlvr]

you seem to be missing the point of this thread, its fastest PRODUCTION car, not fastest car ever. the bugatti is a 1 off concept, not a production. so as i stated several times already, the Mclaren F1 SuperCar, IS the fastest PRODUCTION Car Ever Made.

[jcsaleen]

Originally Posted by crxlvr

you seem to be missing the point of this thread, its fastest PRODUCTION car, not fastest car ever. the bugatti is a 1 off concept, not a production. so as i stated several times already, the Mclaren F1 SuperCar, IS the fastest PRODUCTION Car Ever Made.

1. The buggatti.... IS a supercar and yes it IS a production car. Thats why there have been hundreds of offers. Why do you think it was sent back into saftey test? I don't know... Maybe cause it has to meet road regulations since it's a production car! Read your fact's. Buggatti has blaitently stated they were going for the world's fastest production car!

2.If you don't count that as a PRODUCTION car then I guess that makes the Koenigsegg CCR the fastest. Do your Hw...

[993cc]

Of course it's a production car . And they plan to make more than the 70 or so road cars McLaren made.. I mean really

I believe this topic is over and done with (at least for a long time to come..)

[D_LinK]

thanks for the pics JSC, now I don't have to buy it!

[andysgenie]

the mclaren f1 does indeed hold the fastest productin car title however it is easy to produce a car that is faster without much effort a nissan skylione is a good base to start with ,you have to replace the engine,running gear and transmission however , but this can be done at a fraction of the price of a f1.also a a footnote a good streetracer from japan with 20 to 30k to spend on his car can build somthing that will blow away a mclaren f1 without a problem think about it a million against a hundred thousand . money and power are nothing without the knowledge of how to use it wisely.

[andysgenie]

buggati fastest car ha ha yeah ok if you want to pick concept cars can i pick modified to the hilt production cars ha ha seem fair bet i can find a quicker one than the buggatti !

[993cc]

People still insist on calling the Veyron a concept car..... mind-boggling...

... Also I would be interested in knowing more about that 400km/h Skyline...

[jcsaleen]

The R34...

http://www.superstreetonline.com/fea...ehicles/32699/

[993cc]

...which run 346 km/h (215 mph)...

[thurmar]

mclaren- "junk"
saleen s7-real car(245mph)

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[Jaguar D-Type]

Saleen says the S7 Twin Turbo is capable of hitting 235 mph.

"Expect a future intercooled version with almost twice the boost [5.5 psi] to make over 1000 bhp."

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[tim1950]

Can't you downsize those pic be fore uploading them? Theyr'e a bitch to look at that size