Koenigsegg CCR sets new top speed record

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for top speed, less grip would be better, as roll resistance would also be decreased then. ;)

BlazinXtreme
Actually why do they build cars that go over 80 mph? Thats as fast as you can go on a public road in the states. There really is no point.
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the states isn't really the only country on earth, y'know? i already did 105 when i made my license. ;)

The359
The record set by the CCR is far more impressive then the record set by that 9ff Porsche. From an article on the test run:

This car was BONE STOCK with the exception of the rollcage and some equipment that added weight and probably slowed the car down. The 9ff had to have it's wing mirrors removed and all it's joints taped up to make it's run. It was not in it's street legal spec form. The 9ff is also not a car you can buy straight from the factory in a fashion identical to all the other cars of it's type.
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the CCR is a bone stock supercar. you expect them to du such speeds.
the 9ff on the other hand is a mere 911 tuned by a tiny company.
 
vladimir
the states isn't really the only country on earth, y'know? i already did 105 when i made my license. ;)
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Ok so if you live in Germany and have to commute long distances on the Autobahn then there may and I say MAY be a reason to go faster. But for most places on the planet you aren't supposed to go all that fast on a public road.
 
i would not say so. germany is such a tiny country and densely populated, the autobahn usually goes up and down hills like a rollercoaster and sharp bends are sometimes banked like a nascar oval. the states are be a much better place to build a decent motorway. :)
 
People over here can't drive anyways. We don't need a super speedway.
 
No, CANADA needs a superhighway. We need an ultra-wide super highway with slotted tarmac composite. Have you seen how big and plain this damn country is? There's pretty much nothing from Toronto to Calgary, we might as well make the trip quick. I still don't know why more highways aren't slotted though, I honestly don't.
 
BlazinXtreme
People over here can't drive anyways. We don't need a super speedway.
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And Texas can't build straight roads. There's a bridge over Lake Ray Hubbard, that curves near one end.
 
I know what you mean, in Michigan they can build roads that stay together more then 6 months.
 
McLaren F1GTR
And Texas can't build straight roads.
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Actually, something I found interesting – Apparently, highway engineers purposely put curves in highways, because in the 50s and 60s (when highway development really ramped up), they were putting in perfectly straight highways, but found that people would become so bored and tired that the accident rate shot up. So, curves are purposely put in so that people have to pay some attention to the road.
 
McLaren F1GTR
Actually, I think if he recorded it at that speed, it would still mean the McLaren is the faster car. Not official, but still proof.
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Thats what the recording equiptment inside the car said, the tracks equiptment recorded it at 240.1Mph.

As for that run, the F1 recorded 240.3 Mph on a straight track, it only managed 230odd at the Nardo track. If the CCR ran on the same straight track the F1 did it would be faster.
 
Sage
Actually, something I found interesting – Apparently, highway engineers purposely put curves in highways, because in the 50s and 60s (when highway development really ramped up), they were putting in perfectly straight highways, but found that people would become so bored and tired that the accident rate shot up. So, curves are purposely put in so that people have to pay some attention to the road.
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'Alligator Alley' in Florida (between Miami and Naples if i remember rightly) is just a flat straight road and must be about 70 miles long! - i drove on it a few years back, it felt like being in 'scooby doo' when they have them running down a corridor and its just the same frames looped over and over again.

The Veyron is going to be limited to, i think, to 185mph when you buy it. If you want to run it any quicker you have to send it back to the factory to be temporally de-limited and fitted with higher speed-rated tyres. So even if they do manage to drag its fat, heavy ass over the 250mph mark it can hardly be classed a 'standard' car can they?
 
Actually the Koenigsegg CCR IS the worlds fastest production car, officially. As have been said earlier the Fatthauer 9ff and McLaren have been faster, but they had slight modifications done when they did it. Bugatti Veyron will no doubt be faster, but it won´t be up and runnig as a production car for at least half a year. I saw the actual car that set the record last wednesday at a carshow here in Sweden and I guess you would like to see the pics;)

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Note that the license plate has been burn´t by the exhaust, that will never happen on my car;)

Never thought I could say:
I´m from Sweden, we make the worlds fastest car!:)
 
Sage
Actually, something I found interesting – Apparently, highway engineers purposely put curves in highways, because in the 50s and 60s (when highway development really ramped up), they were putting in perfectly straight highways, but found that people would become so bored and tired that the accident rate shot up. So, curves are purposely put in so that people have to pay some attention to the road.
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That's partially true.

The other reason is because the roads are SO long they have to put curves in to allow for the curvature of the Earth.

On a similar basis, the two towers of the Humber Estuary Bridge, once the longest suspension bridge in the world, are 1.4 inches further apart at the top than they are at the bottom.
 
I can't belive that. The curveture of the earth is so slight. True with tall structures it will give variations but I doubt it would reqire flat roads to have curves. If that where the case the curve of the road would have to match the curve of the earth. So it would look almost completely straight to the human eye.
 
dei
Actually the Koenigsegg CCR IS the worlds fastest production car, officially. As have been said earlier the Fatthauer 9ff and McLaren have been faster, but they had slight modifications done when they did it. Bugatti Veyron will no doubt be faster, but it won´t be up and runnig as a production car for at least half a year. I saw the actual car that set the record last wednesday at a carshow here in Sweden and I guess you would like to see the pics;)

koenig.JPG

koenig1.JPG

koenig2.JPG

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Note that the license plate has been burn´t by the exhaust, that will never happen on my car;)

Never thought I could say:
I´m from Sweden, we make the worlds fastest car!:)
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The only thing that really helped the F1 take the record was the rev limited being taken off, but not the only thing.
The Dauer 962LM was also faster. A very short production car which got a speed of 404kph
 
Who says the F1's rev limiter was taken off?

And did you have quote the whole post including the pictures, twice?
 
After seeing that, I realize there's much worse to race for a long time than Test Course.

How long is the diameter of the track not to mention length?
 
The F1 did 240.3, but the only mod was the limiter so I personally would consider it to be the faster car, but officials will be officials.
 
Driftster
The F1 did 240.3, but the only mod was the limiter so I personally would consider it to be the faster car, but officials will be officials.
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F1=386.7km/h on a straight track.
Koenigsegg=387.8km/h on a curved track.
Which one is faster?

Put the Koenigsegg CCR on a straight track and the F1 won't see it for dust. 627bhp vs 806bhp. No contest.
 
Don't forget to mention back in 1988 I think it was John Lingenfelter went 254mph unofficially in the Callaway Sledgehammer Corvette.
 
ND4SPD
Don't forget to mention back in 1988 I think it was John Lingenfelter went 254mph unofficially in the Callaway Sledgehammer Corvette.
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Don't forget that, as already discussed, unofficially means nothing.
 
McLaren F1GTR
The only thing that really helped the F1 take the record was the rev limited being taken off, but not the only thing.
The Dauer 962LM was also faster. A very short production car which got a speed of 404kph
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Yes, the rev limiter was removed so that it could reach 7800rpm, therefor it´s not a "production car" anymore.

Anyway, I studied a nice piece written by Ian Kuah in EVO today and he writes that the Mclaren was driven at Ehra Leissen when it was without the limiter, it is also from there the movie from inside the car comes. At Nardo, where the Fatthauer and Koenigsegg where driven, the McLaren "only" mustered 371kph (232mph). So either way, it´s slower than both on the same track.

The Dauer is also very much a one-off, being a race car modified for road use rather than a productionized road car. There for it can´t claim the official record, and the same goes for Callaways Sledgehammer which reached 408kph (255mph) at Ohio TRC.

As Drifster correctly points out, officials are officials, and there will always be exeptions to prove them wrong. Right now though, the Koenigsegg is considered the fastest.

Sorry if Í sound harsh, it´s late here and writing in enlish isn´t the best pasttime at this hour;)
 
So the Koen is capable of 250+ mph? Because according to you power = top speed. So if the Dauer and calloway could do 250+ the Koen should have no problem considering the dauer only had 730 as compared to 806. But The Calloway had 898 and only got 4 more MPH on the Dauer....Hmmm
 
Driftster
So the Koen is capable of 250+ mph? Because according to you power = top speed. So if the Dauer and calloway could do 250+ the Koen should have no problem considering the dauer only had 730 as compared to 806. But The Calloway had 898 and only got 4 more MPH on the Dauer....Hmmm
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I don´t know if that was a reply to my post, but I´ll answer it anyway:)

I don´t think that power alone is the determinator of top speed, a lot of other things affect the top speed. Anyway, Koenigsegg (please visit the homepage for more info, it´s in english) claim a target top speed of 395kph, a bit off the 250mph mark. They are sure about that speed since they drove the car att Nardi, but won´t even wisper about 250mph. I, for one, don´t think they will reach 250...but maybe the Veyron (horrible name) will!
 
Well, would that make the Ford GT not a "production car" if it hit 212Mph with the limited off?

Then again, that speed was recorded, yet not put as the Top Speed.

The F1 still reached a 391kph. But yes, unfornately, unofficial means nothing, EVEN if it was caught on tape.
 
dei
I don´t know if that was a reply to my post, but I´ll answer it anyway:)

I don´t think that power alone is the determinator of top speed, a lot of other things affect the top speed. Anyway, Koenigsegg (please visit the homepage for more info, it´s in english) claim a target top speed of 395kph, a bit off the 250mph mark. They are sure about that speed since they drove the car att Nardi, but won´t even wisper about 250mph. I, for one, don´t think they will reach 250...but maybe the Veyron (horrible name) will!
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I agree. To achieve a speed at 250Mph means more than power. It will depend on how much power the engine can get out per second, and how much is used at each given second, right?
 

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