For Sale at Auction: 2007 SSC Ultimate Aero in Monterey, California

Vehicle to be offered for Auction sale August 17th - 19th, 2017 at Russo and Steele's 17th Annual Monterey, California Auction. Please contact us for more information. This car is SSC ultimate aero vin number 001. A perfect car for collectors. The SSC Ultimate Aero is a mid-engined sports car that was produced by SSC North America (formerly known as Shelby Supercars) from 2006 until 2013. The SSC Ultimate Aero held the title of the fastest production car in the world according to the Guinness World Records from 2007 until the introduction of the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport in 2010. Simulation and testing at NASA's Virginia facility had shown the Ultimate Aero TT theoretically capable of attaining approximately 273 mph sufficient to surpass the production car record-holding Bugatti Veyron's 253.7 mph. A 12-mile (19 km) stretch of U.S. Route 93 in Nevada was closed on March 21, 2007 to allow SSC to test the Ultimate Aero TT, but the attempt was called off due to bad weather, and an effort the following day failed due to sub-optimal conditions, with test driver Rick Doria reporting wheel-spin at speeds above 190 mph. Six months later SSC announced they had established a new production car speed record of 256.18 mph in West Richland, WA on September 13, 2007. In accordance with FIA Speed Records rules it was an average of two runs in opposite directions, 257.44 mph and 254.91 mph. The results were verified by the Guinness World Records on October 9, 2007. SSC is currently one of only 26 automobile manufacturers in history to have held the record. SSC also applied to Guinness for the world record for the highest power for an emissions-legal production automobile. Its record was broken on July 4, 2010 by the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, which reached a certified top speed of 267.81 mph. It has recently completed a 6000-mile service performed by SSC America in Washington and everything is as it should be.