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Shelby SuperCars Inc. (SSC) is an American
automobile manufacturer founded in 1999[1]
by owner
Jerod Shelby (no relation to car designer
Carroll Shelby). The company is based in
West Richland, near the
Tri-Cities, Washington and specializes in the
production of
supercars.
They built the
SSC Aero, equipped with a twin turbocharged
pushrod engined
V8s. Its turbocharged 6.35
litres (388 cu in)
V8 produces 1,287 bhp
(960 kW;
1,305 PS),
which makes it the most powerful production car in the
world, beating the
Bugatti Veyron's 987 bhp (736 kW; 1,001 PS). On
September 13, 2007, the "Ultimate Aero" took the title
of fastest production car from the
Bugatti Veyron, which has since been reclaimed by
the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. The Ultimate Aero has a
top speed of 414 km/h (257 mph)
Above courtesy of
Wikipeda
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Shelby home page
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