SSC North America chief executive Jerod Shelby has confirmed that the small car manufacturer will rerun its top speed attempt in the Tuatara in a bid to set and certify a new production car record.
On October 10, SSC took a customer-delivered Tuatara to a stretch of road near Las Vegas and recorded a two-way average of 316.11 mph (508.73 km/h) and a peak speak of 331 mph (532 km/h). For a few days everything was rosy, until some questions were raised on various forums and prominent YouTube channels about the veracity of SSC’s claims.
For starters, inconsistencies were spotted in the onboard video of the record run that SSC had released, with simple time over distance calculations revealing that the car wasn’t traveling as fast as the onboard telemetry had suggested.
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Soon after videos questioning the record went live, the company defended its top speed record, saying it had been certified by GPS data-management manufacturer Dewetron. When Dewetron hit back saying it couldn’t verify the speeds claimed by SSC, Jerod Shelby was left with an inaccurate video and GPS data that couldn’t be independently verified.
Fast forward a few days and Shelby took to YouTube to shed more light on what went wrong during the run. He has also revealed that they will make another attempt to set a production car top speed record and this time, they will be far more thorough with their testing and logging of crucial data. He also invited a trio of prominent YouTubers that first uncovered the inaccuracies of the onboard video to witness the new attempt in person.
Shelby didn’t state when the new record attempt will happen, but suggested it will be done as soon as possible.