The master tuner for the car said he didn’t think it was physically possible for a rear-wheel-drive car to achieve these sort of numbers.
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This ‘entry-level’ model will be”scaled down and priced in a range where a much larger portion of the population can purchase and enjoy it.”
SSC will be building 100 units of the Tuatara with prices starting from around $1.6 million and topping out at around $2 million.
The SSC Tuatara was announced nearly a decade ago and now the first of 100 production examples has been revealed at the Philadelphia Auto Show.
The first production Tuatara is the “high-speed” configuration as opposed to the “high downforce” setup that SSC offers.
SSC claims it will be the first production car to surpass the 300 mph (482 km/h) mark so it has its sights firmly set on the Koenigsegg Agera RS record.
The bespoke 5.9-litre twin-turbo V8 engine will deliver a whopping 1,350 hp (1,007 kW) on regular fuel and 1,750 hp (1,305 kW) on E85.
“I feel that we’re the only ones that really have a legitimate shot”
SSC has started taking orders for this creation at an undisclosed price and they are only aiming to build 100 units.
The manufacturer says it will “easily surpass” the current world record top speed.