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The world s fastest car has hit a bump in the road on its race to reach 300 mph. (SSC)
The $1.9 million SSC Tuatara claimed the production car speed record in January with a 282.9 mph average of two runs in opposite directions on the Space Shuttle landing strip in Florida. (SSC)
Washington state-based SSC is confident the 1,750 hp coupe can break the 300 mph barrier and was planning another attempt when disaster struck.
According to The Drive, the same car used in both record runs was being shipped back to Florida for another run when high winds tipped over the truck carrying it on a Utah highway near Salt Lake City, Utah, on April 13.
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These are the automakers that have won big or lost ground going into 2021 Published: December 28, 2020 16:51 Washington Post Some automakers have responded better to the shifting markets than others. The pandemic has enabled them to stop producing cars that didn t make money, rein in incentives, trim budgets for efficiency, and become more disciplined regarding supply and demand. Image Credit: Supplied
If you asked automakers in April or May about the outlook for the rest of 2020, answers would have been grim.
Plants around the world were shut down, production stalled, workers were furloughed, sales plummeted, and billions of dollars were lost. Early estimates from IHS Markit had year-end U.S. sales barely cresting 12 million new vehicles.