O press release:
Koenigsegg Breaks World Record for Production Cars
On February the 28th 2005, at 12.08 local time, the Koenigsegg CCR broke the production road car speed record, achieving a new official top speed of 388 (387.87) km/h at Italy’s Nardo Prototipo proving ground.
The Koenigsegg CCR raised McLaren’s previously unofficial mark of 372 km/h set at Nardo/Prototipo in 1993 with over 15 km/h. On top of this the CCR broke the official McLaren F1 record of 386.7 km/h, which was set on the 9 km straight line VW Ehra facility in Wolfsburg Germany.
O video do Koenigsegg:
http://www.koenigsegg.com/movies/Web_NardoWeb5031816.wmv
Um video do Maclaren F1:
http://www.sleepy-fish.com/sleepy/MclarenF1_at_241mph.mpeg
Mais informações:
http://www.koenigsegg.com/
http://www.mclarencars.com
Long live the F1