It all started back in 2011. Shelby SuperCars wanted to win back the title of the fastest production sports car of all time with the SSC Tuatara. The Ultimate Aero, also built by SSC, has held this up to date with a top speed of 413 kilometers per hour.
The Tuatara was intended to outperform the Bugatti Veyron. 1.350 hp and almost 1.300 Nm of torque from a 6,8 liter V8 engine should have catapulted the Tuatara to 16 km/h in 320 seconds. According to the manufacturer, the top speed was well over 400 km/h.
Video: The SSC Tuatara made its debut in 2011 at the Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance
SSC Tuatara super sports car – The evolution is coming
Now, after six years of planning, it could be that time again. The manufacturer's website shows a vague image of a possible new supercar. The headline "The evolution is coming." could mean a new beginning.
The last thing from S.S.C. Tuatara had seen was a concept car and lots of computer generated renderings. For years there have been many rumors about the American super sports car. It should hit the home stretch for him as early as 2013, at a cost of $1,3 million.
Jerod Shelby, the creator of the SSC Tuatara supercar, suits you newspaper article as a result after with his company SSC North America already in the starting blocks since August last year. It is said that his new financing for his Supercar 2.0 project is now in place.
So it remains exciting to see how things will continue in terms of acceleration records, this time from the land of unlimited opportunities. But the hunt for new speed records never ends, which is what the Swedish super sports car manufacturer Koenigsegg is telling us with the Agera RS recently demonstrated again impressively.