Mantrack
November, 2013
WHITE LIGHTNINGA RENEGADE AIMS TO UNLEASH THE WORLD'S FASTEST PRODUCTION CAR• We can imagine the conversation now: "Yes, officer, we were doing 276 miles an hour." It could happen. SSC, a start-up founded in Washington state in 1999 by engineer Jerod Shelby (no relation to Carroll Shelby), is in the final testing phase of a new car namedafter a reptile—the Tuatara. The goal: unseat the Bugatti Veyron (268 mph) as the world's fastest production car. "We're estimating 276 mph with...
