{"id":12918,"date":"2020-10-08T13:38:46","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T03:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/?p=12918"},"modified":"2020-10-08T14:10:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T04:10:15","slug":"supercars-just-for-the-hell-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/manufacturer-news\/supercars-just-for-the-hell-of-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars – Just For the Hell of it!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bugatti Chiron Super Sport<\/p><\/div>\n

Fast cars mean different things to different people.\u00a0 What is the draw card for driving a quick car?\u00a0 For me, a super-fast car does hold an aura that you just can\u2019t associate with your typical Toyota Corolla or Ford Mondeo.\u00a0 I have nothing against these two amazingly practical, comfortable and reliable cars.\u00a0 They are great cars for everyday life in much the same way that the trusty hackney pony\/horse was the common horsepower used by most family carts in the 19th<\/sup> century.\u00a0 The thoroughbred horse, however, was the show pony; this was the one that had the aura, the glamour and the speed.<\/p>\n

So, similarly, there\u2019s something about supercars. \u00a0It\u2019s not just how good they look; it\u2019s about the engineering and development that has gone into making them so quick. \u00a0A supercar challenges the laws of physics every day.\u00a0 And there aren\u2019t too many of us \u201ckids at heart\u201d who don\u2019t enjoy the speed and the thrill covering the ground quickly.\u00a0 I did have the most amazing experience as I was driving into Wellington city, NZ, of all places.\u00a0 This was some years ago now, and I was cruising in to Wellington to catch the ferry to Picton.\u00a0 I happened to be travelling behind a few cars that were drifting five-or-so km\/h under the speed limit.\u00a0 From out of nowhere, a Porsche 928 S whipped out and around me in an acceleration of speed that left me in awe.\u00a0 It slipped in and out of the cars ahead of me like they were standing still, and the visual excitement has stuck with me to this day.\u00a0 I have also never seen anything like it since.\u00a0 He wasn\u2019t dangerous, either.\u00a0 Each overtaking manoeuvre was carefully calculated and quite safe.\u00a0 The time it took to whip past each car was over as quickly as it started.<\/p>\n

So, just for a bit of fun: What are the fastest production cars in the world today?\u00a0 They\u2019ll definitely be quicker than the awesome 928 S, for sure!<\/p>\n

The number 1 undisputed champion is the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport which has been clocked at 304.7 mph (487 km\/h)!\u00a0 Like the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, this purpose-built speed machine was taken to its top speed by British sportscar veteran Andy Wallace at the VW Group\u2019s Ehra-Lessien test track. \u00a0Using a quad-turbocharged W16 engine that produces 1578 bhp (1177 kW), this was a supercar on a mission.\u00a0 It was given a new gearbox with longer ratios, and front and rear bumpers that were optimised for higher speed runs \u2013 the perfect match for claiming the world\u2019s top spot.<\/p>\n

Who will be next to break the record set by the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport? \u00a0Now that Bugatti have promised to bow out of setting production car speed records, there are a few potential successors to its crown.<\/p>\n

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Hennessey Venom F5<\/p><\/div>\n

The Hennessey Venom F5 carries on where the Venom GT has left off.\u00a0 So with its 6.6-litre twin-turbocharged V8 producing 1817bhp (1355 kW) and 1193 lb ft (1617 Nm) of torque, we should see this Hennessey Venom move easily past the 300 mph (480 km\/h) barrier.<\/p>\n

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SSC Tuatara<\/p><\/div>\n

Until now I had never heard of the car, but the SSC Tuatara packs some serious speed along with its sharp looks.\u00a0 The car is claimed to have already sped past 300 mph, unofficially.\u00a0 SSC will only build 100 Tuatara supercars, and don\u2019t ask how much to buy one! \u00a0They are eye-wateringly expensive.\u00a0 The car was originally planned to run with a 6.9-litre twin-turbocharged V8, however the production car is set to use a 5.9-litre block with a higher redline. \u00a0On E85 fuel, it should produce 1750 bhp (1305 kW) and be capable of more than 300 mph in a straight line.<\/p>\n

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Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut<\/p><\/div>\n

Now here is a name I have heard before\u2026 \u2018Koenigsegg\u2019.\u00a0 The Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut is the latest of the Koenigsegg supercar line and it has to be one of the hottest looking machines on wheels.\u00a0 Koenigsegg claim the car is more than capable of over 330 mph (528 km\/h).\u00a0 Seriously, we couldn\u2019t think Koenigsegg was going to let Bugatti keep the speed record for long, could we? \u00a0The Swedish manufacturer has been around for some time now and has set previous uppermost speed records.\u00a0 Gunning for top spot, the 1600 bhp+ (1193 kW+) supercar will be the fastest car Koenigsegg has ever produced. Simulations suggest the combination of the twin-turbocharged, 5.0-litre V8 engine, its low 0.278 drag coefficient, and its unique multi-clutch 9-speed transmission will allow the Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut to reach a top speed of 330 mph+.<\/p>\n

Now, I\u2019ve always had a soft spot for anything Swedish!\u00a0 I used to own a Volvo, but that was given to my son who needed a car when he left home.\u00a0 And we did own a Saab (my favourite of all cars owned by us).\u00a0 Its Turbo 2.3-litre could really get-up-and-go, but nothing like a Koenigsegg, mind you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fast cars mean different things to different people.\u00a0 What is the draw card for driving a quick car?\u00a0 For me, a super-fast car does hold an aura that you just can\u2019t associate with your typical Toyota Corolla or Ford Mondeo.\u00a0 I have nothing against these two amazingly practical, comfortable and reliable cars.\u00a0 They are great […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5120,86,57,280,6648],"tags":[6649,16],"class_list":["post-12918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-automotive-design","category-blog","category-manufacturer-news","category-motor-sport","category-supercars","tag-hypercars","tag-supercars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12918"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12924,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12918\/revisions\/12924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}