Wednesday 13th October 2010

SSC Ultimate Aero II Revealed

...And this one's going to do 275mph

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This is the Shelby Super Cars Ultimate Aero II (though how you can have a second iteration of something that's ultimate we're not sure), and it's the car that the American company hopes will help it steal back the title of 'world's fastest car' from the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport.

The original SSC Ultimate Aero was never the prettiest of things, but it did at least have pace on its side - 256.18mph of it, to be precise. Now, though, Bugatti has raised the bar, and this is SSC's response - which it hopes should take road car top speeds up to 275mph.

To do so, the Ultimate Aero II uses a 6.8-litre, 9000rpm twin-turbo V8 giving out 1350bhp. But it isn't just power - there's good old-fashioned weight saving in there too. The wheels, for example, are the world's first one-piece carbon fibre items and weigh less than 6kg each. Overall, SSC's latest creation will almost double the power to weight ratio of the Veyron.x

Oh, and the new body - designed by the ever-creative Jason Castriota (now of Saab fame) - now give the Ultimate Aero a sharper set of clothes. Which, when you're shelling out almost a million dollars, is the least you'd expect - even if your new supercar can top 275mph.

[bakerjuk]

Holy crap it looks like a fighter jet.

[Agoogy]

nice.

[andymadmak]

Zonda meets FFX

I quite like it

[patmahe]

Now thats a bit more like it, a huge improvement over the first one, even if top speeds are now getting so high they are largely irrelevant, because there are so few places you could actually achieve it.

Will be interesting to see the actual road going version.

[Jonathan27]

That looks fantastic.

[xj6executive]

Ugly Im afraid, with 1300+bhp it should be quick, Im sure even a Range Rover could be that fast with that much power

[harryowl]

xj6executive said:

Ugly Im afraid, with 1300+bhp it should be quick, Im sure even a Range Rover could be that fast with that much power

It's definitley no more ugly than the Bugatti!!

[Hitch78]

xj6executive said:

Ugly Im afraid, with 1300+bhp it should be quick, Im sure even a Range Rover could be that fast with that much power

Don't be afraid.

[RJDM3]

SSC really stepping up their game.

[bakerjuk]

I wonder what the ET and PSD are of those wheels, I think they would look nice on my Vauxhall Nova

I wonder how long before we have replica Carbon fibre wheels in Halfords

[Fartgalen]

Wow. Looks, power and speed. What more could you want ? (a 50 grand price tag) ?

[Agoogy]

Hitch78 said:

xj6executive said:

Ugly Im afraid, with 1300+bhp it should be quick, Im sure even a Range Rover could be that fast with that much power

Don't be afraid.

No don't...and get some glasses...'ugly'??!! ....please..... Pagini would do well to take a close look at this to see how to do the 'Hyper-Car' look properly.

[Rich n Em]

Wow, an extreme looking car! I like it!!

Paint it matte black and it'd look like a stealth fighter!

[paynter17]

i want i want i want i want i want i want i want i want i want i want i want i want i want i want i want i want i want

[Frimley111R]

xj6executive said:

Ugly Im afraid, with 1300+bhp it should be quick, Im sure even a Range Rover could be that fast with that much power

Ugly?? It might not be to everyone's taste but it's certainly not ugly!

www.specsavers.co.uk

[HD Adam]

Yeah but no but yeah but....... It's American so it will have leaf springs and a crap interior

(Waits for 300 bhp)

[retro_racer]

No locking wheel nuts... 335/30/20's on a mk1 Micra ???

[RB Will]

Revealed? it was in Top Gear magazine about a month ago about a 5 page article.
Great car by the looks of things though and they are getting serious about doing things properly not just shoving in a gert big engine.

[TotalControl]

Frimley111R said:

xj6executive said:

Ugly Im afraid, with 1300+bhp it should be quick, Im sure even a Range Rover could be that fast with that much power

Ugly?? It might not be to everyone's taste but it's certainly not ugly!

www.specsavers.co.uk

I agree. It looks to be an incredibly good attempt at luring you in and saying 'hey there, wanna take me for a drive?'.

I has no monies for this. Damn.

[RudeDog]

I think this looks great and I'm sure it will not become a production vehicle until they are sure it will take back the crown so I guess we're looking at the next fastest production car in the world.

The last SSC UA was a horrible thing and I think everyone has to agree that this is a massive improvement looks-wise.

One last thing, how come PH are slow to report news of this car? TopGear magazine had it on their cover (along with a 4/5 page article) about two or three months ago.