A "road car" has just gone 331mph

[OB1]

SSC chose a seven-mile stretch of State Route 160 near Pahrump, Nevada

I might have driven on that road then but slightly less quickly.

 

[Bill Walker]

How much pollution do you think came from this car driving 4 or 5 miles?


This is where technical innovation comes from. Hybrid cars, KERS. The reason every new car has a turbocharger which reduces emissions by 25% while increasing power by 20%

Well that's bollocks for a start.
I just bought a new car and it doesn't have a turbocharger.
Out of the 5 cars I test drove, only 1 had a turbocharger.
That was an MGZS, , 1 litre 3 cylinder turbo. Weak as piss on performance and fuel consumption according to Cars guide for the entry-level model is rated at 7.1 litres per 100 klms.
My Mitsubishi Outlander Petrol consumption in the 2.0-litre ES is pegged at 7.0L/100km according to Cars Guide.
Less than the MG.
I have actually achieved 6.5L/100klms.

Also do you think that cars only been driven 4 or 5 miles, seriously ?
What about all the test drives, practice runs etc ?

 

[Tuearts right boot]

He must have pedalled like fuck.

He was running a 3 speed Sturmey Archer knobbly on the back.

 

[Bill Walker]

He was running a 3 speed Sturmey Archer knobbly on the back.

Now there's a flash from the past, Sturmey Archer 3 speed :)