SSC Tuatara Hits 295 mph in 2.3 Miles

SSC North America has reached another milestone in top-speed testing, surpassing the previous world record top speed set by the SSC Tuatara in January 2021.

American hypercar collector and Tuatara customer Larry Caplin piloted his SSC Tuatara with Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds at Space Florida’s LLF, Kennedy Space Center Merritt, Florida on May 14th, 2022, where he previously broke the speed record for world’s fastest production vehicle on the 2.3 mile stretch of runway. A top speed of 295.0 mph (474.8 km/h) was recorded by data and performance logging firm Racelogic with dual VBOX GNSS systems onboard the Tuatara, as well as a Life Racing GPS unit for additional data acquisition. Present during the top speed run was Racelogic technician Mitchell Townsend and independent analyst Robert Mitchell, ensuring extra levels of transparency and validation measures that SSC North America has integrated into its testing process.

[tima]

It was still accelerating when he stopped at 295MPH, be interesting to see how far it can go. Good job and way to fight back.

[AJS_Drums]

This thing could definitely go faster with a longer stretch, It was still pulling at 295 mph! I believe it’ll be able to hit over 300 easily. The sound that engine makes is just glorious!

[yllwguy]

300mph is definitely possible by the looks of it now. Really cool to see the Tuatara expand its potential

[Gapped]

Love to see SSC team coming back. What a crazy hypercar. That seems like an easy +300mph car.

[mccoybyz]

WOW!! There's no doubt that thing was going to break 300mph, she was still pulling pretty strong when he let off! Amazing achievement! Cheers!!

[asphaltaguila]

Congratulations for this achievement, guys!!! Amazing & powerful performance!!! And also a very stylish and beautiful design!!! I love SSC Tuatara 🙌

[treedogg]

This car went from 200-295 almost 10 seconds faster than the Chiron.

[readyon]

Shoutout to SSC team for the amazing work, the way how to car accelerate after 200 MPH can prove to us that the amount of engineering that went into this car is such incredible

[mikeross]

I’m stoked for these guys! They got a bad rap after the last run. This car is an absolute beast.

[princebiswas]

*Well done SSC. Seems like you have redeemed yourself and shut the haters. Car truly is a masterpiece.*

[HD-xnqr]

Crazy to see Robert almost presenting this on official SSC youtube confirming this 300+ car. When what seems just a few months back he iniated the controversy behind their initial run. Anyways congrats SSC, car seems crazy.

[ghostraptor]

Until 250mph I literally thought it was in kph it was accelerating that fast, this thing is mind blowing 💥huge congrats guys!

[richardmeftah]

Just the thought at travelling on land at 295 mph is mind-blowing! What an exceptional achievement. 🏆

[iDropPhats]

That’s incredible! The way it still pulls at the end says to me there’s still a lot more in it and it’s not anywhere close to the drag being a limiting factor yet. That’ll be a 305+ in my book, if not faster!

[csmith]

..295MPH and we have lift off! The interior looks like your in something Batman would drive - amazing car!

[khaosking]

That 5th gear shift sounded utterly INSANE 1:29

[NinjaKiller]

I feel that people are not giving SSC the credit they deserve, and also what they are doing is genuine. Great to see them continue to work hard and fighting back.

[StaffandStormcloud]

Back before I started my engineering degree I was drooling at photos of the Tuatara prototype. 11 years later here we are. How much time has come and gone since then. Congratulations to seeing a dream through to fruition. The dedication is more of an accomplishment then the speed it ends up going

[Holmesson]

This car will absolutely break the production car top speed record. What a machine!

[dsamusic]

295 in that short distance is absolutely mental!