Move over, Bugatti! The Shelby Supercars Ultimate Aero is now officially the world’s fastest production car. A 71 year old driver named Chuck Bigelow took SSC’s Ultimate Aero for two passes on highway 221 in Washington state. The first pass reached 257.45 mph, the second at 254.92 mph. The official record speed was 256.19 mph. Guiness officials were on hand to witness a the recordbreaking attempt that supersedes the Bugatti Veyron’s still-unofficial time of 254 mph. (Despite being validated unofficially by Top Gear’s James May).
Word is, Koenigsegg and McLaren are both talking about taking runs in new cars of their own, and Bugatti has yet to respond. Could we be in the midst of a top speed arms race? God, I hope so!
[Source: Shelby SuperCars]
Ford execs made the decision a few months ago to rename the Ford Five Hundred midsized sedan to Taurus in an attempt to revive sales. The Taurus name has a 20 year legacy, and hundreds of millions of dollars have been invested in it. While it was a dumb decision in the first place to walk away from that nameplate after all that time, it seems that simply switching back to it isn’t gonna be enough to increase sales.
[Source: CarNews via Autoblog ]
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“Did you see me lay down the law? I am the lawgiver!”
Did you ever think you’d see the day where a Toyota Tacoma helps players pwns some n00bs in the World of Warcraft? Neither did we. But now you can. Toyota aired a commercial during yesterday’s football game featuring their Tacoma compact pickup truck. In case you’ve been living under a rock, or haven’t been hanging out with any nerds lately, World of Warcraft is a massive multiplayer online role-playing game. We hear its a pretty awesome game, although us Driver’s Life folks are a bit too cool for that kind of thing. Only kidding.
Wanna see a video of it? Yeah you do! Just make the jump.
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Looks like someone’s been talking, but Driver’s Life has been listening!
A list of the top 7 finalists for Europe’s prestigious Car of the Year award have hit the web, and we got it! The Spanish web site, Elmundo is reporting that the seven nominees for the title out of 32 candidates are:
1. Fiat 500
2. Ford Mondeo
3. Kia Cee’d
4. Mazda2
5. Mercedes C-Class
6. Nissan Qashqai
7. Peuugeot 308
Who do you think should/will win? I guess we won’t know for sure until the jury which consists of 58 member journalist, representing 22 European countries, will pick out seven models for the final round in November. Stay tuned to Driver’s Life for the announcement. Maybe your guess will be right!
For a full list of the 32 canditates, follow the jump.
[Source: Elmundo Via Carscoop]
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