Quote Originally Posted by ironchef
You know whats sad? The car has about 200 more horsepower than the veyron, and it weighs close to 2000 lbs less, yet is only 4 mph faster. Thats where the engineering of the veyron really shines.
Even getting 1 mph faster is impressive at such a high speed. You have to realize the amount of power it takes to overcome the drag at that speed. For example, it takes about 500 hp to overcome the drag at 185 mph...so if you've got a 510 hp car doing 185...you've only got 10 hp left over to propel the car any further.

Anyway...kudos to SSC, but I think the car looks terrible. I'm also curious as to how composed the SSC feels at it's top speed. That is where the engineering of the Veyron shines. I want to do a top speed run in a Veyron before I die.

I bet the SSC sounds wicked though.