Ran across an article this morning on MSNBC
The world's fastest street-legal car - BusinessWeek.com - MSNBC.com . Here are some snipets from the article:
- Shelby SuperCars' Ultimate Aero became the fastest production car in the world.
- The car boasts 1,183-horsepower!!
- The Ultimate Aero posted 257.41 mph on the first pass and 254.88 mph on the second for an average of 256.18 mph.
- NASA's wind tunnel testing facility in Langley, Va., found the Ultimate Aero to be aerodynamically stable at speeds up to 273 mph.
- Company is run by Jared Shelby (
no relation to our beloved CS) who started the West Richland, Wash. company in 2000, decided that he had to break the production car top-speed record in order to establish credibility for his infant company.