Fastest Production Car - Page 2

ex42_25 · 07-12-2003, 03:27 AM

( The Vw Nardo comes out it drives up to 350 kilometers in the hour and accelerates in only 3.5 seconds of 0 to 100 kilometers per hour: The Nardo W12 Coupé belongs since short to the fastest cars of the world) quotes Volks wagen A.G Germany.

Chris · 07-12-2003, 01:20 PM

350 km/h is about 215mph.

KoenigseggCC · 07-13-2003, 10:45 AM

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Originally posted by Crazysnoracer
Ok i have solved all of your fighting i did some reseach and this is what i came up with:

corvette sledgehammer: 255 mph
bugatti eb 16 /4veyron: 252 mph
Dauer 962: 250 mph
Vector Avtech WX-3: 249 mph
koenigsegg CC: 240 mph
Tvr speed 12: 240 mph
McLarin F1: 240 mph
ferrari koenig racing evelution: 230 mph
Hennessey viper venom: 225- 230 mph
lamborghini VTTT: 223 mph

So the person who said the sledgehammer was the fastest you are correct

Very good except the original question was "Fastest Production Car" and since they only ever made one Callaway Corvette sledgehammer it doesn't qualify as production. it is the "worlds fasted street-legal car"

There is no way that the vector WX-3

can achieve 249 mph, go look in the Vector forums even people who like the car say it can't get that speed.

The TVR speed 12 was never officially made, although there is stories about if you give Peter Wheeler (the boss of TVR) enough cash they will build one for you, but thats just a rumor

The Bugatti thing hasn't been tested yet (I don't think?) and so all the numbers quoted for it are just manufacturer claims.

The Koenigsegg CC is in production and customer cars have already been delivered, but they haven't tested the top speed yet so all top speeds you hear are just claims again.....

So the Mclaren F1 is still the worlds fastest PRODUCTION car.

'Segg

Hudson · 07-16-2003, 12:21 PM

I agree. Of that list, the only series production vehicle that has been actually tested is the McLaren F1. The Bugatti should be in production shortly. The Vector was only a theory since the WX3 was only a concept car (actually, a pair of them). They never produced the Speed 12 for the street. The Koenigsegg has gotten some press but I have yet to hear of anyone actually driving one near 200 mph or of any production numbers. Same with the Dauer. And the rest are just tuner cars, not production cars.

KoenigseggCC · 07-16-2003, 04:54 PM

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Originally posted by Hudson
I agree. Of that list, the only series production vehicle that has been actually tested is the McLaren F1. The Bugatti should be in production shortly. The Vector was only a theory since the WX3 was only a concept car (actually, a pair of them). They never produced the Speed 12 for the street. The Koenigsegg has gotten some press but I have yet to hear of anyone actually driving one near 200 mph or of any production numbers. Same with the Dauer. And the rest are just tuner cars, not production cars.

They have done some high speed testing of the Koenigsegg up to 365 km/h (226 mph) details are on the Koenigsegg website Also Top Gear here in England did a high speed run in the car and got 280 km/h (174 mph) if you wanna see for yourself the video of it is here

Top Gear Koenigsegg

Nobody has done an official high speed run yet so the top speed is still unclear.

'Segg

Hudson · 07-17-2003, 11:01 AM

I never trust "factory claims"...and the Top Gear test claims a speed of 174 mph, backing up my thought. I'm also looking for a (non-factory) claim of how many have been produced.

KoenigseggCC · 07-17-2003, 02:10 PM

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Originally posted by Hudson
I never trust "factory claims"...and the Top Gear test claims a speed of 174 mph, backing up my thought. I'm also looking for a (non-factory) claim of how many have been produced.

Yep, your right, you should never trust factory claims (the Vector WX-3 is proof of that) the 226 Mph is unofficial factory figures for the first high speed test, since I doubt they have produced enough cars yet to be called "production" there is no point in doing an official timed top speed run.

If you watch the video on the link you will see/hear that Top Gear only got 174 mph because they were using an old runway and so ran out of space before the cars top speed was reached (the Pagani Zonda got 170 mph on the same track)

and as for production numbers I have no idea "not many" would be my guess

as far as I know no official or unofficial production numbers exist. How many cars do you have to make/sell to be called production? 50? 100? does anybody know the real figure? or know where I could find out?

Regards,
'Segg

1320B4U · 07-17-2003, 02:39 PM

For fastest acceleration and top speed I think its the Ferrari Enzo. 0-60 in 3.2sec, 0-100 in 6.6sec, top speed 218mph, 1/4 in 11.1@133mph, 1.0+g on the skidpad, 73mph through the slalom.

McLaren this, Mclaren that. Never like the car personally, except maybe the LM limited version. So the Enzo kills the McLaren in every acceleration, braking, and handing test. Now everyone thinks the McLaren will do 240mph+. I saw a video clip from within the McLaren, but speedos can be optimistc. Road&Track tested it in the August 1998 issue, with Mario Andretti piloting it.

"Overall, a very impressive car. But I was really surprised by how aerodynamically unstable it was. Absolutely unstable. I was taking the corners at about 200mph, but probably could have taken them quite a bit quicker if the back end hadn't wanted to keep hanging itself out. This really caught me by surprise. I never thought it was going to move around the way it did. Also, the speedometer was really optimistic, indicating that I had hit 240mph, when I was really only going 217. Nevertheless, it's the only car that I actually had to use the brakes before going into the corners to feel safe. That was a scary 217."
-Mario Andretti

PS+ Speeds were recorded via radar.

Twyzz · 07-24-2003, 11:27 AM

Sledgehammer corvette is the fastest production car 255+
The ligenfelter Corvette is the quickest, 0-60 in 1.8. (download some videos of one beating a fighter jet in the 1/4)

American cars own you.

SolTheHoelessPimp · 07-24-2003, 03:33 PM

the sledgehammer is not a stock production car, it's a tuner car.

Hudson · 07-24-2003, 03:51 PM

If the vehicle has "Corvette" in the name...and something other than "Chevrolet" before it...it's not "production."

1320B4U · 07-24-2003, 05:23 PM

"American cars own you."

Corvette:
Overly large untuned engine, uses too much fuel, atrocious interiors (all: seats, gauges, shifter, plastics, batmobile-like), cartoonish bodies.

If you had 50K to blow on a car how could you not choose an M3. Or even a slightly used 911.

SolTheHoelessPimp · 07-24-2003, 05:30 PM

opinions are like assholes, unless you want it raped, keep it to yourself.

1320B4U · 07-24-2003, 09:53 PM

If you have ever drove one (or even set in one) you would know its a fact, unless of course your one of these stupid people that refuse to look at the facts and purchased one, only to be dumbfounded when they decided to sell their "Corvette" two years later and couldn't get 30K for it.

Hudson · 07-25-2003, 09:56 AM

I am the last person anyone would call a "GM fan"...but the Corvette is an exceptional car. Since the 1997 redesign, the Corvette has become a world-class player again. Performance is extrodinary for the price and the quality of the interior isn't as bad as some have made it out to be. The car is docile around town and can move when prodded. And, oddly enough, the gas mileage isn't bad at all. Reselling a 2 year old car for 70% of its initial MSRP is a good deal.

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