Update on the scc ultimate aero tt

My apologies for the delay, but thanks for the support, there’s been an amazing amount of new members the past couple months and I’m glad to say this is a particularly interesting update!

Since we broke the top speed record things have been nothing short of hectic, but I have some truly amazing stories to tell. To bring everyone up to speed I’d like to talk about what SSC has been doing the past couple months. The beginning of October was spent doing final inspections on the car used for testing and I’m happy to say that we have no issues. The rest of October we put the final touches on a special edition Ultimate Aero. Once we broke the record I decided to build myself a car. I’ve always wanted a white and black Ultimate Aero with two tone red and black interior. I decided to reproduce an additional 4 of these models and label them as the commemorative edition for the speed record. Anyhow, we brought the second commemorative edition to the Dubai Motor Show in November. We were a huge hit! The Ultimate Aero was the focus of the show and in most of the show advertisements around Dubai. The show was a success on all fronts; we were able to obtain a great deal of media coverage in the Gulf Region along with interviewing several interested dealerships. Unfortunately we ran out of time to finalize a dealer during the show so we ended up going back two weeks later and I’m happy to announce that we are in the midst of finalizing a dealership in Dubai.

During my second trip back to Dubai I also had time to take an Ultimate Aero to some of the Sheikhs’ palaces for some test drives. The first Sheikh we visited had us meet him at one of his many "sitting villas". This particular one was a circle shaped villa primarily used to sip tea and coffee. There were also structures surrounding the sitting villa, the first half consisted of lion and gorilla pens. I’ve never seen lions as big as I did that night, and the Sheikh’s friends would walk up to the pens and put their hands in to pet them, it was an interesting site. The other structure surrounding the sitting villa was a garage with about 10 bays (a small storage compared to his 100+ car warehouse). As the doors opened I saw a Mansory Rolls-Royce Phantom, Koenigsegg CCX, Gemballa Porsche Mirage GT, and Brabus Rocket just to name a few. Once the Ultimate Aero was unloaded the Sheikh and his car consultant went for a quick drive, they came back more than impressed. Then they took out their Koenigsegg for a back to back comparison. When they returned the asked if I would take the Sheikh’s car consultant for a drive. As we pulled out of the villa, I was told that were was a 400 meter straight that I could use to accelerate and after a couple left and right turns we were there. I was given the go ahead and laid into the throttle, about half way through fourth the Sheikh’s consultant grabbed my leg and put up his hand saying "STOP STOP! THAT’S ENOUGH!". Fearing we had already ran out of road I got off the gas and onto the brakes. As we started to coast my passenger started to calm down, he took a deep breath and said "I drive Koenigsegg’s and Bugatti’s every week but I have never felt anything fast like this before". It turns out we weren’t out of road, he has just had enough! Another interesting comment made to us that night by the Sheikh and his consultant was that the Ultimate Aero rode much more comfortably than the Veyron. I always new the Ultimate Aero had a surprisingly smooth ride quality but everyone talks about the Veyron’s luxurious nature so those remarks were interesting.

The day after our first Dubai test drive experience was one of the more gratifying experiences thus far in SSC... our drag race with a Veyron. We were asked to present the car to another Sheikh who was interested in purchasing one. We drove through the palace gates behind the flat bed with the Ultimate Aero on top, pulled in front of the entrance and unloaded the Aero. Followed by an entourage of about 15, the Sheikh walked over and greeted us kindly. While I was talking to him he motioned to a nearby gentleman. This gentleman turned out to be the Sheikh’s car consultant and a professional rally car racer. After a couple minutes of Q & A between us three the Sheikh turned to his consultant and said, "get the Bugatti". He then turned to me and said "now we will see which one is faster". I knew that on paper we were faster than the Veyron but this was going to be the real deal. We walked over to the Aero and the Sheikh jumped in the driver’s seat. Having never driven the Ultimate Aero I suggested that I drive first to teach him about the car (like normal test drives with high end supercars). The Sheikh said not to worry and insisted we go, so I obliged and we started driving. On our way out, to what turned out to be Emirates Highway (the biggest highway in the U.A.E.), the Sheikh also commented that the Ultimate Aero’s ride was much more comfortable than his Veyron’s. Right about this time we pulled onto Emirates Highway and parked on the shoulder. We waited several minutes talking about the Aero when a black and orange Veyron appeared behind us. The Sheikh waited for a gap in traffic and pulled onto the highway, the Veyron followed. As the Veyron pulled up along side of us we stopped and held up traffic. For those of you in the US this would be the equivalent of stopping a four lane section of route 80 on impulse. The Sheikh and his consultant (who was piloting the Veyron) communicated via their cell phones and I heard them begin to count down from three. Just a fraction of a second before "go" the Veyron jumped the gun, but as soon as the Sheikh throttled into the Ultimate Aero there was almost no contest. We pulled ahead 1.5 car lengths every gear up to 180 mph (4th gear) where we both let off, at the end the Ultimate Aero was 6 car lengths ahead and pulling away faster and faster. As we reconvened on the shoulder the Sheikh and his consultant had nothing but impressive statements about the Aero. After, I mentioned to the Sheikh that I’ve never rode or driven in a Veyron. Needless to say he threw me the keys and we took a nice 30 minute drive. I was impressed with the styling and appearance other than that, all I will say is that now I’m even more satisfied with the engineering behind the Ultimate Aero.

 

I posted it in the wrong section.
Sorry

 

I think carrol shelby schould step and hand his company over to somebody younger.

 

I am so in in love whit this car

Btw i did not right the story.

 

Here is your source
https://www.shelbysupercars.com/jan2708.php
You have to be member of the 250 mph club to read it