What was the first car to hit 300 mph?

Not only that, but the Chiron
Chiron
The Bugatti Chiron is a mid-engine two-seater sports car designed and developed in Germany by Bugatti Engineering GmbH and manufactured in Molsheim, France, by French automobile manufacturer Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. The successor to the Bugatti Veyron, the Chiron was first shown at the Geneva Motor Show on 1 March ...
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Super Sport 300+
also became the first car to break 300 miles per hour on the track. The final record was 304.773 mph with racing driver Andy Wallace at the wheel on Volkswagen's Ehra-Lessien test track in Germany. If 300+ mph seems hard to comprehend, you don't lack imagination.
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What was the first car to hit 400 mph?

On September 15, 1938, the Railton Mobil Special took the land speed record with a run of 353.3 MPH, and also became the first car to break 350 MPH. Years later, in 1947, the same car came back to become the first car to break 400 MPH, with a one-way run of 403.1 MPH.
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What cars can do 300 mph?

Basically, the Bugatti Chiron Super Sports 300+ is an evolved version of the Chiron hypercar, one that's capable of breaking the 300-mph speed threshold. Truth be told, it already accomplished that feat when it reached a top speed of 304.77 mph on the Volkswagen Group's Ehra-Lessien test track in Germany.
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What car can go 400 mph?

A pro Forza Horizon Racing gamer upgraded the Jesko for this incredible speed run. Although some hypercars -- like those from Bugatti and probably Koenigsegg -- can go as fast as 300 mph in the real world, reaching 400 mph is a fantasy, for now.
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When did Bugatti breaks 300 mph?

On August 2nd the French manufacturers created history, when theirs became the first road car to break the sacred 300mph barrier. Germany's Ehra-Lessien test track played host to this astonishing record attempt, while British driver Andy Wallace was strapped in for the ride.
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BUGATTI Chiron breaks through magic 300mph barrier



What was the first car to go over 200 mph?

This 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona Was the First Car to Top 200 MPH. Now It's Heading to Auction.
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What is the #1 fastest car in the world?

What is the number one fastest car in the world? The fastest production car in the world in terms of projected figures (before an official run has been made) is the Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut, with a calculated top speed target of over 310mph.
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What car costs $3 million dollars?

Ferrari Pininfarina Sergio: $3 million

Its extreme performance dynamics come powered by a naturally aspirated 4,497 cc V8 engine, while its good looks and aerodynamic design were chosen specifically to allow the engine to breathe. Learn more about the history behind Ferrari's brand.
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Which is the fastest road legal car?

Here are some of the fastest road-legal production cars of all time
  • 1993 McLaren F1 - 240.1mph. ...
  • 2005 Bugatti Veyron - 253mph. ...
  • 2007 Shelby Supercars Ultimate Aero - 256.18mph. ...
  • 2010 Bugatti Veyron Super Sport - 267.857mph. ...
  • 2014 Hennessey Venom GT - 270.49mph. ...
  • 2017 Koenigsegg Agera RS - 277.87mph. ...
  • 2019 Bugatti Chiron - 304.77mph.
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What was the 1st 1000HP car?

1927: The Sunbeam 1000 HP, aka the Slug, was the first car to go faster than 200 mph, in Daytona Beach, Florida. The great Henry Segrave was at the wheel and set a new land-speed record of 203.79 miles per hour. Although the car was best-known as the "1000 HP" car, it actually had closer to 900 horsepower.
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What was the first 1000HP car?

The impressive 1,000hp Sunbeam was one of the first purpose-built Land Speed Record cars and the first to reach 200mph. The driver was Major Henry Segrave, a previous record holder at the wheel of a 4 Litre Sunbeam at Southport in March 1926.
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What is the fastest a car has ever gone?

The current holder of the Outright World Land Speed Record is ThrustSSC driven by Andy Green, a twin turbofan jet-powered car which achieved 763.035 mph - 1227.985 km/h - over one mile in October 1997.
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What car broke the world speed record?

ThrustSSC, driven by Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green, holds the current land speed record at 1,220 km/h (760 mph) set October 15, 1997.
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Why it's almost impossible for cars to go 300 miles per hour?

But in the end, the biggest obstacle to 300 miles per hour is air. The drag, or air resistance, that a car encounters as it approaches this speed, can be compared to what you encounter when swimming.
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Is AWD faster than FWD?

Advantages of All-Wheel Drive

For similar reasons, all-wheel-drive cars tend to have better acceleration than front-wheel-drive cars. With that said, not all all-wheel-drive systems work the same way.
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Can a car go 800 mph?

Bloodhound LSR rides the highway to the danger zone. Bloodhound in afterburner. “I treat Bloodhound as a very low-flying airplane,” says Ron Ayers, the chief aerodynamicist for the Bloodhound Land Speed Record project—a Mach-busting car designed to exceed 800 mph.
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What can go 500 mph?

The Bloodhound supersonic car has reached a speed of over 500 miles per hour (mph)!
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Is 400 mph possible in a car?

“Bonneville was what put my dad on the map more than 50 years ago, so finishing what he started—in the car that he built—has special meaning. There are only 12 people in the world who can say that they've gone over 400 mph in a piston-powered car.
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Who broke the 300 mph first?

It was 30 years ago today that the King of Speed, Kenny Bernstein, made the first 300mph pass in NHRA history!
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Is 200 mph possible?

Back in 1987, the Ferrari F40 became the first production road car to exceed the mythical 200-mph barrier with a top speed of 201 mph. Now, Ferrari sells three cars that top out over 200, and even Dodge sells a 204-mph car.
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What car went 331 mph?

The Tuatara blew everyone away when it set a 316-mph two-way top speed world record. The trouble is, that never actually happened. American hypercar company SSC shocked the world when it announced that its flagship Tuatara had achieved 331 mph, setting a world record with a two-way average peak speed of 316 mph.
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What was the fastest 0 to 60 car in the 90s?

McLaren F1 LM

The LM was a monster. 0 – 60 mph was over in 2.9 seconds and it could go from standstill to 100 mph in less than five seconds. Top speed was 243 mph.
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How fast did cars go in 1909?

The pavement had to catch up first. The car was the Blitzen-Benz with a massive displacement. And this is its story. In 1909, a car drove at the unimaginable speed of more than 200 kilometers an hour (124 mp/h).
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What is the fastest 0 to 60 ever recorded?

Pininfarina Battista Goes 0-60 MPH In 1.79 Seconds, Sets New Record.
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