There are echoes of Pagani Zonda at the front and Lamborghini Diablo at the sides, while at the rear function has priority over form. With strikingly rich paint, the SSC’s all carbon composite bodywork looks like something from the mid 1990s, but with noticeable variances in some panel gaps. With so much power, rear-wheel drive and no electronic traction aides, considerable expertise, courage and prudence, would be de rigeur. Braking aside, I can only guess how the car might behave when driven hard on a track. I noticed later that the four-piston front calipers fitted weren’t the more powerful eight-piston units mentioned in the brochure. The steel-tube chassis feels suitably rigid but the brakes left much to be desired as on this particular car they felt lifeless and unacceptably weak. The SSC grips tenaciously and its nose goes precisely where you point it. ![]() Manoeuvring at parking speeds required strong arms, but once rolling it’s relatively undemanding to drive with a slick gearchange and easy controls. (I understand this particular car is to soon receive a replacement clutch, which may help.) However, as you may imagine, once moving the acceleration available is truly terrifying.Īlthough SSC’s brochure claims the TT’s rack and pinion steering is power assisted, I didn’t detect the slightest hint of assistance. But despite the car’s massive torque it’s eager to either set off like a dragster, or stall. Punching the car’s starter button is like starting a war as the engine bursts into life with a thunderous, frightening roar. I’ve just driven the only one in Europe and, although I didn’t go anything like that fast (I was on UK public roads…) I wouldn’t argue with SSC’s figures. Even so, it still hit 230mph with plenty in reserve, and the company reckons it’ll be good for a max of 273mph. It’s been tested in the wind tunnel at over 270mph, but hasn’t yet gone that fast on the road as the 12-mile stretch of Nevada desert highway SSC recently had set aside for testing was covered in snow on the day so they had to make do with a much shorter two-mile section. ![]() That’s more power than any production road car, ever. SSC, a small manufacturer based in Washington, USA, is now turning out the Ultimate Aero TT, and its modified, twin-turbo V8 Corvette motor punches out a mind-boggling 1,183bhp. What’s the world’s fastest production car? The Bugatti Veyron? It costs the best part of a million sterling, it makes 987bhp and will do 253mph before its electronic speed limiter kicks in.
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