EVO Magazine just released info (and pics) about that very special project from German Porsche tuner, 9ff. If 9ff sounds familiar, you may remember it as the company that has set a couple of street legal records with highly modified 911s. It appears they have given up on the 911's rear-engine configuration in favor of a custom vehicle with its engine mounted amidships.
Specialist Porsche tuner 9ff is going after the Bugatti Veyron’s top speed record with this, the Porsche GT9, a 900bhp-plus mid-engined supercar loosely based on the Porsche 911. The car is currently being assembled at 9ff’s impressive new factory in Dortmund, Germany, in time for the annual Auto Motor und Sport top speed shoot-out at the Nardo test track.
9ff boss Jan Fatthauer hopes the Porsche GT9 will achieve 409kph (254mph) to eclipse the Veyron’s record of 407.5kph (253.2mph). We reckon it’s a good bet – in late 2004 9ff’s Porsche 911-based V400, powered by the company’s 840bhp engine, hit 387.9kph (241mph).
According to Fatthauer, the GT9’s 4.2-litre flat-six will produce 'at least 910, possibly 950bhp'
thanks to the advantageous positioning of its twin turbos afforded by the mid-engined layout.
If the GT9 makes 409kph on the 7.8-mile bowl it will be an impressive achievement – the Bugatti hit its speed on the 5.6-mile straight at VW’s Ehra-Lessien test track.
American specialty manufacturer, SSC is currently going about that task in a slightly different way, and Koenigsegg and Saleen seem to have vehicles available that would also challenge these speeds, but 9ff has experience here, as
well. They've already had a Porsche 911 go 241 with just 840 hp. Sorting out what kind of record this would be is a bit tricky. Tuners are generally separated from production cars, but specialty manufacturers can actually qualify as production vehicles, even if they sell far fewer cars than the tuners.
It’s a measure of 9ff’s growing reputation that it has already sold two 9ff Porsche GT9s at 400,000 euros plus local taxes.
[edit] Record holders
Date Car Speed Comment
km/h mph
1901 Mercedes 35 hp 85 53
1903 Mercedes 60 hp 96 60
1921 Bentley 3 Litre Super Sports 160 100
1926 Bentley 4½ Litre 160 100
1929 Duesenberg Murphy Roadster 210 130.5
1929 Bentley 4½ Litre Supercharged 222.02 137.96
1932 Duesenberg SJ 217 135[1]
1953 Pegaso Z-102 Supercharged 244.62 152[2]
1954 Mercedes-Benz 300SL 250 155[3]
1955 Ferrari 410 Superamerica 261 162.2 [4]
1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé 273.58 170 A road-legal version of the 300SLR racecar
1962 Ferrari 250 GTO 279.06 173.4 [5] A homologation car of which just 36 were produced
1968 Ferrari Daytona GTB/4 281 175[6]
1970 Monteverdi Hai 450 283 176 [7]
1970 Lamborghini Miura P400 SV 288.07 179 150 built, technically the first Supercar, the term was coined by a distinguished auto journalist reviewing the car. (385HP)
1984 Ferrari 288 GTO 304 189[8] 272 built, was to compete in the new Group B Race series, but the series was soon abandoned and the 288 GTO never raced thus all 272 cars built remained purely road cars. (400HP)
1986 Porsche 959 317 197[9] 268 built, one of the first high-performance vehicles to use an all-wheel-drive system.(450HP)
1987 Ferrari F40 324 201[10] 1350 built, the F40 was the last car commissioned by Enzo before his death and was debuted during Ferrari's 40th anniversary. (470HP)
1987 RUF CTR 339 212[11] Only 29 built, Ruf made only 29 CTRs from chassis bought from Porsche; most of the CTRs produced were converted from existing customer's Carreras, (468HP)
1992 Bugatti EB110 SS 346 224[12]
1993 Jaguar XJ220 349.2 217 [13] Official speed recorded in 1993 at Nardo test track driven by Martin Brundle without catalytic converter. The unmodified road car reached 213mph
1994 McLaren F1 371 231[14] At factory rev limit, recorded at Nardo test track driven by Jonathan Palmer.
March 31, 1998 McLaren F1 386.4 240.1 This was achieved in Germany on the Volkswagen proving ground by Andy Wallace using the XP5 prototype, which is essentially the same as the production version except for the notable lack of a rev limiter.
February 28, 2005 Koenigsegg CCR 387.37 241.27 Recorded at the Nardo test track.
April 19, 2005 Bugatti Veyron 408.47 [15] 253.81 Recorded by German governmental inspection officials on April 19, 2005, verified by James May on Top Gear.
October 9, 2007 SSC Ultimate Aero TT 412.28 256.18[16] Verified by Guinness World Records on October 9, 2007 as the fastest production car.
The Shelby Supercars
Ultimate Aero Twin Turbo set the new World’s Fastest Production Car record with an average top speed of 255.83 mph.
On a temporarily-closed 2 lane public highway in Washington State, the SSC Ultimate Aero posted a top speed of 257.11 mph (413.83 kph) on its first pass and 254.55 mph (409.71 kph) on its return pass, achieving a new top speed record: a staggering 255.83 mph (411.76 kph).
SSC used a turbo V8 outputting 1183 HP and 1094 lbs. of torque. The use of lightweight carbon fiber materials allows for a low dry weight of 2750 lbs. giving the Aero TT the production record for lbs/hp ratio at 2.33.
The Ultimate Aero achieved 0-60 mph in 2.78 seconds and 1/4 Mile in 9.90 seconds at 144 mph.
The Aero TT is not completely stripped either, it features air conditioning, power windows, power mirrors, a navigation system, and a 10 speaker Audio/CD/DVD. Base price is expected to be around $585,000
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"The Bugatti Veyron is already considered to be the supercar supreme with a rarefied 300 unit production run for the 1,000-hp beast and a top speed of 253 mph. The Veyron's already ridiculous stats will be getting a boost if you believe a "secret and confidential" memo stating that Bugatti will end the Veyron's production with a bang. The rumored GT edition of the Veyron will have mad sick power to the tune of 1,350 horsepower and 1018 lb-ft of torque, and upgraded ceramic brakes with new active aerodynamics to control all that power. Apply all that force to the pavement and you'll hit 62 mph in a mere 2.4 seconds while being able to stop the car from there in another 2.2 seconds, and its new top speed will reportedly be 264 mph. To keep the mighty Veyron planted to the cement, the rumored GT will also receive an upgraded electronic stability program. That would make abundant sense considering power is being increased by 30% over the "base" Veyron.
If you are one of the 200 or so people to already own a $1.4 million dollar Veyron, you reportedly won't be left out in the dark, either. According to the alleged memo, all Veyrons will be able to be retrofitted with the upgrade. The memo states that the Veyron GT would be available March 2009 and be the last iteration before the next-gen Veyron arrives around 2012."
That is 425km/h!
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