whats the fastes

[daleroy]

what is the fastes steet legal car

[Dagman]

I think it'll be the Bugatti Veyron. Check this out;
http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,12 529-1890873,00.html

[aidantraffor]

There's a bloke down our local pub whos building a contender in the shape of a twin turbo 6.7 ltr TVR & aimong to go for the record, or did you mean standard road car? If so,I'd have to agree with Dagman.

[Scotman84]

Was watching an old 'Top Gear' on TV earlier today (sad - I know), but they tested a Koenigsegg (from Sweden) and seemed to be of the opinion that it was the fastest street-legal production car.

(www.koenigsegg.com)

[curlyfilm]

there was someone in orpington, kent who in the 60/70's, built a rollsroyce, with a spitfire engine i think, the first time he drove it he touched the throttle and it crashed into a railway bridge, i think he was timed doing qver 200mph on a public road by the police
not sure 100% about the accuracy of the details, me dad told me about it years ago, but i have read about it somewhere
anyone else know any details

[Gary-ET]

I know the Bugatti is a quick car, but on a tight budget, I have a mate who has a Mk2 Fiat Uno Turbo ie, which believe it or not does 165mph. Its slightly modified but not bad for a 1.4i turbo engine. He also has a Mk1 Uno Turbo ie, which is standard and 19 years old, and that does 140mph. I know they aint supercars or anything, but they are low on insurance and cheap to tax and run. Gary-ET

[tali122]

fastest strret legal car in reality is either a minicab driver, white van man, sales rep in his mondeo/vectra or a post office driver in a transit rushing back to depot to clock off early

[james_m246]

If you want something really fast with insane acceleration then 2 wheels is the way to go bud.

[lastresort]

Curlyfilm,

The car with the spitfire merlin engine was known as "The Beast". It had a Rolls Royce radiator; RR took exception to this and insisted that the radiator was handed back to RR.

I heard a radio report a few years ago, the commentator read out the speed from 0 - 100mph in a few seconds, along with roaring of engine. Not impressive, until he said they were in reverse.

The germans brought in a speed limit on autobahns during the fuel crisis of the 70s. The driver of the Beast did not know this and was hammering west. The Germans thought that it was a low flying aircraft and he was in Belgium before they realised that it was a car.

[lastresort]

I have found a link to The Beast.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Merli n

As always, information from Wikipedia is to be treated with respect, as anybody can write anything.

[Mrs Creosote]

The Beast is still moving.

I have seen it in Marbella, it has a Mercedes front now, not a RR one.

[Sphinx_Svens]

curlyfilm ... i saw that car ... he built a rolls-royce look-a-like with a 27 litre Merlin engine from a spitfire plane.

Rolls Royce took him to court because he used the front grill & flying lady emblem ... so he had to change it.

If my memory serves me correctly it was called 'The Beast'

[baller26]

the bugatti veyron is the fastest road legal car, but you cant buy them as bugatti made it as a statement.
if your looking for a fast road legal family car go for a nissan skyline gtr 34, i was in one with a friend and he didn't have his foot to the floor and we were doing 170mph.

[Mickey_Blue]

I`d say any car that can reach 70mph which is the max legal speedlimit in the uk. speed kills