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Why It's So Difficult For Production Cars To Break 300 Mph

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If there's one common thread between many motoring enthusiasts from all over the world, it's a love of speed. Going fast is its own reward to some, fueling a passion for setting land speed records and pushing both driver and machine to the limit. Today, the world's fastes

when you start trying to define what a "car" is. Sure, in the loosest possible sense of the word, we can say it's any

self-powered land vehicle with four wheels. But if you were to look at the Thrust SSC, all you'd see is what looks like a giant lawn dart with two F4 Phantom II jet engines strapped to either side. Not much of a "car,"

 

then. Production cars, on the other hand, are far less specialized. However, we know that, provided we give such a vehicle enough power, we could theoretically create something that breaks the 300-mph mark; Bugatti has done so, for instance, with a modified Chiron that hit 304 mph. The problem isn't a lack of capability, though; it's physics.

 

 

Two factors prevent production cars from cracking this barrier: power and aerodynamic drag. That presents an obvious solution, of course; just build a more powerful, more slippery beast, emulating what Bugatti has done. But is it really as simple as it sounds? Actually, no -- numerous factors come into play, such as cost, customer demand, and functionality. Let's dive in and discuss these problems in detail.

 

 

A Question Of Logistics The first thing any car designer is likely to ask is something like, "Who am I designing this car for and what should it be capable of doing?" All production cars must appeal to some sort of target demographic to be profitable, which raises the first question: Who would buy such a car? There's purportedly one unmodified

 

vehicle that can exceed 300 mph, namely, the Hennessey Venom F5, though it's not yet performed such a run. Yet Hennessey is only building 24 examples, each costing $1.8 million. For context, McLaren built four times as many McLaren F1s, and that's by no means a common vehicle, either. That has to do with what these vehicles were designed to accomplish.

 

Supercars and hypercars aren't just about speed. Rather, they're about pushing the envelope in many respects. These vehicles are often hand-assembled, fitted with the latest technology (and sometimes luxury), and boast advanced safety equipment.

 

Couple that with the need to create a vehicle that's road-legal and which an owner can drive without putting themselves and others at risk, and these cars are suddenly much more than just speed demons.

 

They're a complete package, and as such are decidedly less specialized than something like the Thrust SSC. Besides, some of the world's most powerful cars reach well beyond a thousand horsepower, and it takes an outstanding driver to control that beast at full tilt.

 

Couple that with their insane prices, and the client list for such a car would be exceedingly short.

OMOR BISHWAS

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