If you haven't been distracted, you've already noticed the controversy over the title of fastest car in the world. Not many weeks ago the SSC Tuatara claimed this title, with a dizzying (average) speed of 517.16 km/h, spraying the 446.97 km/h of the Koenigsegg Agera RS achieved in 2017.
A few days later, controversy broke out when the well-known youtuber Shmee150 challenged that same record after a careful analysis of the official published race video — doubts had already been raised before in a discussion thread on Reddit and also by members of the Koenigsegg Registry.
Several video reviews later, as well as so many other official announcements from SSC North America and Dewetron (the supplier of GPS measuring instruments), Jared Shelby, the founder and CEO of SSC, posted a video where they would return to to race, to prove, beyond any doubt, that the Tuatara has everything it takes to be the fastest car in the world.
Well, the point is that, for all intents and purposes, the SSC Tuatara is no longer the fastest car in the world. Koenigsegg, always opportune, decided to remember, on its Facebook page, that Agera RS still is, marking the third anniversary of the historic moment.
An anniversary that had no reason to be celebrated, had the SSC Tuatara record been valid. Koenigsegg's publication thus gains added relevance, as it shows us that the Swedish manufacturer does not recognize the supposed record of the SSC Tuatara. Koenigsegg, interestingly, never got around to congratulating SSC North America on setting the record.
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Red War
The war for the world's fastest car title seems to be raging after all the controversy surrounding the SSC Tuatara race, with two more claimants to the throne.
Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut
Koenigsegg is one of them, having already made known the Jesko Absolut, a special version of its latest hypercar, also promising more than 500 km/h. The other suitor is Hennessey Venom F5, also a North American of origin like SSC Tuatara, who did not completely ignore the controversy over his fellow countryman, having also resorted to social media to demonstrate: