Construction begins on supercar

Blood_splat · 02-07-11, 10:22 AM

Just take the wings off the jet.

August · 02-07-11, 11:03 AM

What a rush to have the ground only a couple feet away passing by at a thousand miles an hour. Bet the pucker factor will be way up there...

Herr-Berbunch · 02-07-11, 11:20 AM

I was a bit confused by the BBC's link to 'Cosworth supplied the engine' to find that Cosworth were indeed providing a Formula1 engine - that's definately not fitted in a Typhoon!

Then I returned to reading the original article -

Quote:

Bloodhound's Falcon rocket will be the biggest hybrid (solid fuel propellant, liquid oxidiser) booster ever produced in the UK. Such is its scale, it will need a Formula One engine supplied by the legendary Cosworth group just to pump the oxidiser through the motor.

Now it makes sense

tater · 02-07-11, 11:47 AM

Fastest? Maybe. Supercar? No. "Supercar" is always used in my experience to label a legal, production road car (even if only a handful are biuilt). If this is not "street legal" it ain't a "supercar." IMHO.

Oberon · 02-07-11, 11:50 AM

Hypercar?

Sailor Steve · 02-07-11, 12:39 PM

Experimental Test Vehicle.

Tchocky · 02-07-11, 12:50 PM

Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle

Gargamel · 02-07-11, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tater

Fastest? Maybe. Supercar? No. "Supercar" is always used in my experience to label a legal, production road car (even if only a handful are biuilt). If this is not "street legal" it ain't a "supercar." IMHO.

Exactly, those are class of their own, along with Hyper cars, which are the elite of the supercar class.

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tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	Fastest? Maybe. Supercar? No. "Supercar" is always used in my experience to label a legal, production road car (even if only a handful are biuilt). If this is not "street legal" it ain't a "supercar." IMHO.

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