"Fastest Street Legal Sports Car"

[kstar]

Saw this on Autoblog this AM:



Less than 2000 lbs. and 900hp.

edit: Looks like some of that funky new F1 aero on the front end.

Excerpt:

Billed by its Swiss maker as the world's fastest street legal sports car, the faster one's ugly-but-aerodynamic carbon fiber body covers a vehicle that weighs in at a scant 1,984 pounds (900 kg). That mass is distributed 50:50 and is propelled by a 900-horsepower/774 lb-ft twin-supercharged V8 that begins its life as a garden-variety General Motors LS7 before Weber tears it apart and rebuilds it to its own specifications. The twin-blown eight is then mated to an in-house-developed 6-speed sequential gearbox. Power is directed to an intelligent AWD system (also developed in-house) that can send a maximum of 36% of power to the front wheels.

Stated performance numbers are of the astonishing variety: 0-62 mph in 2.7 seconds; 0-124 in 6.6 seconds; 0-186 in 16.2 seconds; and a top speed said to be over 248 mph. Helping rein in the insanity is a set of 12-piston, 15-inch ceramic brakes supplemented by the car's motorized rear wing, which, like the Bugatti Veyron's, doubles as an air brake when necessary.

Source and Press Release: http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/30/weber-sportcars-faster-one-supercar-ready-for-customers/

[pwd72s]

I hope whoever buys one gets some track training...

[legion]

Looks like a buck-toothed fish.

If the didn't have that split in the middle of the grill, it would probably look much better. Very ugly, but better.

[JayG]

Ugliest thing I have ever seen. Rather drive a stock 911.

[URY914]

Fastest AND ugliest.

[Z-man]

The front edge curves look like a thin moustache. Like the ones the French wear.

Looks ugly on both the car and the French.

-Z-man.

[sketchers356]

Any news on price?

[masraum]

Uh, aren't the Veyron and Koenigsegg both faster than 248mph?

[tcar]

Looks as bad as a recent Lotus product. IMO

And isn't the Bugatti faster????

[gprsh924]

Yes Bugatti is faster top end at 253...theoretically if this thing hits its interval numbers, it is a few tenths faster than the Veyron to 124 and 186

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=7&article_id=3074

Forget the 660-bhp Ferrari Enzo, the 605-bhp Porsche Carrera GT, the 617-bhp Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, or even the mighty 627-bhp McLaren F1. These supercars are simply slugs compared with the new 2006 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 (16.4 for 16 cylinders, 4 turbochargers). This $1.2 million "hyper-exotic" boasts 987 bhp (1001 metric horsepower) and 922 lb.-ft. of torque, enough to propel the 4160-lb. beast to a top speed of over 250 mph. And according to the factory, a 0-62-mph acceleration run (0-100 km/h) can be done in 2.5 seconds, 0-124 mph can be reached in 7.3 sec., and 0-186 mph in 16.7 sec., faster than you can re-read and comprehend the astonishing stats.

[cashflyer]

[austin552]

I thought maybe the back looks better.



WRONG

[kmhemi]

It looks like Dennis Gage from My Classic Car

[nostatic]

Bangle's been moonlighting

[Jim Richards]

Originally Posted by nostatic

Bangle's been moonlighting

+1000

That was my very first thought after seeing this beast.

[nostatic]

"This $1.2 million "hyper-exotic" boasts 987 bhp (1001 metric horsepower) and 922 lb.-ft. of torque, enough to propel the 4160-lb. beast to a top speed of over 250 mph. And according to the factory, a 0-62-mph acceleration run (0-100 km/h) can be done in 2.5 seconds..."

I think a Kawasaki ZX14 does 0-60 in 2.6 seconds. Hell of a lot cheaper than $1.2M (like two orders of magnitude less).

[svandamme]

thin air up in them mountains... Rinspeed produces equally butt ugly cars... now this...
somebody needs to send up some oxygen tanks, they ran out

[Stuart993]

I thought this, from my home town actually, was the fastest?
http://www.worldcarfans.com/9070917.004/ssc-ultimate-aero-worlds-fastest-production-car

[nut11]

M Coupe rear endish. Yes, bangalized.

87 blk coupe

[artplumber]

It must have a terrible Cd. It doesn't look near as wide as the Veyron.