A dozen top tuners got together at the Nardo test circuit in southern Italy recently with the intention of smashing a few speed records.
The event was organised by Continental Tyres and the German magazine AutoBild Sportscars, and featured a line-up of super sports vehicles. A scorching 237.8mph was achieved on a 9ff-customised Porsche 911 Cabrio, shod with ContiSportContact Vmax tyres. This result is likely to be entered as the record for the world’s fastest convertible, according to Continental.
Other blistering performances included a Porsche Cayenne Turbo R from Enco Tuning, fitted with ContiCrossContact UHP tyres which reached a top speed of 184mph on the 7.8 mile circuit; TechArt’s 997 Porsche Turbo managed 209 mph on ContiSportContact3 tyres whilst the Mercedes CLS-based Rocket from Brabus, shod with ContiSportContact Vmax tyres reached 228.5mph.
The event was essentially a publicity stunt for Continental's high speed tyres, such as the ContiSportContact3 and Vmax -- which the company reckoned is the first standard production road tyre to be approved for speeds up to 225mph and beyond.
What does it all mean? Hard to tell...