I posted something about Bugatti rolling the last Veyron of their production line, seems as the last Bugatti Veyron rolled of the plant line Shelby SuperCars dropped the Tuatara (say Twoo-TAH-rah) which pumps out 995Kw of beastly power. This car is gunning for the worlds fastest production car spot. More after the jump:
Shelby SuperCars boss Jerod Shelby reckons one of the key design parameters for a world record-breaking supercar is… its name.
No, Cyril, I'm not kidding; in Shelby's own words: “The design specifications for the next-generation SSC were so extreme, we knew early on that a proper name would be a key piece of the puzzle for this project.”
So he named it after a lizard with a genetic abnormality.
The Shelby Tuatara (say Twoo-TAH-rah) is named after a New Zealand reptile that's directly descended from the dinosaurs - it's a Maori word meaning “peaks on the back”. But what makes this particular gecko special is that it has the fastest-evolving DNA in the world.
Shelby explained: “Most manufacturers use the same basic model and body shape for up to 10 years, making only small refinements to it each year. But after only three years in production the Ultimate Aero has evolved into a completely new car in terms of sophistication, design, aerodynamics and sheer all-round performance.
“We felt that the fastest-evolving DNA was the perfect definition of this project.”
Could it be possible that Shelby has rearranged my childhood dream of owning a Veyron by introducing the Tuatara, it looks much better than a Veyron and if its going to be the fastest production car in the world I sure as hell need to start getting my finances right.
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