Shelby Tuatara revealed

Interesting

I don't think it will live up to the promises, or if it does it will be an unusable beast (1300+ hp rwd?), either way it will not have the impact the Bugatti had, but the styling is refreshing and ambitious... Noble, take notes!

By mko_20vt on 18 July, 2011, 8:07pm

An Alien beast from another continent...

Few will drive, let alone own one...

A stealth package would be nice with radar absorbent black paint, IR/Radar guided homing missiles for those evil GATSO's and Speed Camera's... Maybe hologram technology too?

Probably will need some kind of vectoring thrust nozzles to do a three point turn in under a mile...

By LegioIXHispana on 18 July, 2011, 11:50pm

Pointless without Tyres

When Tyres cant cope with the speed and heat generated at these high speeds, whats the point?

By Cyeber on 19 July, 2011, 7:48am

Sheer madness

A great exercise, but of very little practical use. It probably won't get out of first gear being driven normally.

By Mike_the_Trike on 19 July, 2011, 9:18am

@mko_20vt: The people that design these cars know what they're doing that's why they're paid vast amounts of money to do it.

I don't think the world is too many years from the first 300mph car. Where's is this madness going to stop????

By hardboiled on 19 July, 2011, 9:59am

Research

Wasn't the top speed of the Super Sport recorded as 267mph, not 258mph?

By Dangerous_Dave on 19 July, 2011, 10:11am

2 things

Yes it's a great looking car but...

1. Is it SSC or SCC - make your mind up.
2. I cant look at those exhausts without wanting to flip my laptop up-side-down and say "Kilroy was 'ere".
PS 1300bhp RWD - don't drive it in the rain.

By craiglife on 19 July, 2011, 10:37am

Perhaps they should research the name...

I think the quote they're looking at is:
“What we found is that the tuatara has the highest molecular evolutionary rate that anyone has measured,” Professor Lambert says.
What isn't obvious is that they've not measured the rate in that many creatures, nor should we forget they also found that tuatara "have remained largely physically unchanged over very long periods of evolution" so perhaps not ideal as a role model. Or, perhaps, the following sums things up nicely:
"The tuatara, Sphendon punctatus, is found only in New Zealand and is the only surviving member of a distinct reptilian order, Sphehodontia, that lived alongside early dinosaurs and separated from other reptiles 200 million years ago in the Upper Triassic period."

By aje21 on 19 July, 2011, 12:59pm

Tuh Tuh Tah? Sounds like a German Ambulance! Would be more impressed with 1,000 MPG!

Its not advanced technolgie - I would be more impressed if in the USA - bearing in mind the financial state of the nation and dwindling oil reserves - if they - or indeed the one time mighty GM and its thousands of market researchers etc - came up with a 4 seater automobile for US$ 30,000 that could achieve an average fuel consumption over 500 miles of 1,000 MPG!

Is this too much to ask in this yearv 2011 or am I too serious and demanding?

This car is more like something from Boys Own or Dan Dare etc! Sorry Fellas!

By vandenplas4litre on 20 July, 2011, 7:00pm

Enzo/ Lotus

Looks like a homologation of an Enzo and a new Lotus (therefore...not really original). Not sure about the name or the projecting wings.

By badboyrocco on 21 July, 2011, 9:54am

Hmmm....

I honestly don't know what to think of this car. The name's a bit weird, but it actually does look cooler than the Ultimate Aero TT. I bet this costs a million quid as well.

By JPW2010 on 28 July, 2011, 7:03pm