Koenigsegg CCR

 

sweet, that's pretty impressive. i wonder how fast the twin turbo S7 will be....

 

i found it really amazing that that record held for so long. What kind of horsepower did the F1 have anyways? nothing too crazy was it? I mean, on today's standards, like i can think of a couple cars with over 600hp. I guess it was crazy aerodynamic or something. I think the S7 TT should be pretty high up there too, i think its supposed to be about 750hp.

 

F1 was over 600 horses.

A poster on the linked site says that the CCR uses a Ford block, is that true?

 

The McLaren F1 has a 6.1 litre, quad-cam, 48-valve V12 that produces no less than 627 bhp and a bespoke six-speed transaxle gearbox.

Radical design features include:
- Central driving position
- ‘Ground-Plane Shear' suspension geometry’
- intelligent brake cooling
- fan-assisted ground-effect aerodynamics

From mclarencars.com

The CCR looks pretty sweet. The headlights almost look like the C6.

 

very very cool
nice find Brad

 

What's Enzos' top speed?

 

likes that orange

 

Interresting. I love the back window.

 

here come the lane changes from heck

 

I am impressed by it, but at the same time it would seem that many supercars should be at or near that 250mph mark by now.

 

ive heard the s7 tt hits 0-60 in 2.7 any truth to that top speed was about 240 if i remember right

 

217 mph rings a bell for the enzo. Motor Trend got it up to 211 in that Enzo/CarreraGT/FordGT top speed thing. But all the numbers were lower in that one. They got the Ford to 200.1 mph or something, while ford got it up to 212 in italy, according to top gear.

 

Yeah the Koeingsegg uses a supercharged Ford 4.6 DOHC mod motor, bored alittle to 4.7 liters(why I dont know!) I remember seeing them test this car on Top Gear awhile back, I think I still have the vid somewhere....but that was just the base model this is the "sport" one LOL!

The problem with supercars and how they have kinda plataued alittle lately is because most car makers are become aware that not everyone NEEDS a car that will do 250+, I mean most of the people that can afford these type of cars probably shouldnt be driving in the first place, then take these road missles out on the weekend and start killing themselves in them, well it just looks bad for the company, so they have put in more safety and other stuff to make it easier to drive. Just look at Ferrari, compare the F40 to the F60(Enzo) the F40 was carbon fiber glued together, looked like a kit car for god sake, ran like heck and gave the driver the feeling of driving a race car o nthe road. Now the supercars are so comfy that they should almost be considered GT cars!!

IMHO - If you feel you can drive your supercar for more than an hour max without getting a sore back, headache or a ticket....its not a supercar!