CA36GTP why exactly are you saying that, im guessing cos you are afraid of change, afraid of science, things you dont understand. Look im no treehugger who loves E85 cos its good for the planet but i aint no stupid redneck yahoo like you obviously are. Try researching before you slag something off mate, you might learn something and stop yourself looking like a complete T***
If anything E85 is a god send to lovers/owners of supercars. Its economic and dirt cheap so it cost you less to run your beautiful twin turbo 4.7 V8 engine. Its made from sugar so its good for the environment. And here come the best bit, It has a higher octane content than petrol, even high octane petrol.
Look at it this way, you put petrol in the CCXR and the engine runs at 806bhp if you put E85 ethanol biofuel in it, it runs at 1018bhp……doesnt that kind of say something about E85!….A) its not garbage B) its not pointless and C) WE SHOULD ALL GIVE A XXXX!!!

based on the Ford Modular engine architecture, and assembled by Grainger & Worrall

That comes to 240mph.

also the Veyron is not really the record holder as such it’s top speed it theoretical because no one has even taken the car that fast. Not even the testers at Bugatti have done it or they would have posted it. To my knowledge, the “Kone” CCX is the CONFIRMED fastest production car in the world with a top speed just under 248mph. I may be wrong but not that far off.

Having a theoretical top speed of 256, is very different from having a proven top speed of about 248.

Technically though, since Shelby Supercars hasn’t manufactured their supercar yet, the Bugatti Veyron still remains the record holder, but we’ll see in a few years…

I still don’t like the flat front too much, though =\

Blakkar- Rotation stresses can be accounted for by larger wheels. But I doubt this will have large enough wheels, as one or two inch increases doesn’t make a large enough difference. And once again, we come to tire manufacturing, for such large wheels.

I could strap a rocket onto a frame made of balsawood and smoke this ****ing Koenigsegg.

I can’t fault the laws of physics but the CCX will do 247mph with 806hp. given that just short of 260 sounds reasonable. But the Koenigsegg has better aerodynamics that the Veyron so we should not be surprised at 260+mph.

But the bigger problem would be tires. The reason why the Veyron’s top speed is a theoretical 255+mph is because no one makes tire to carry a 4200lb car to and over those speeds. Actually they do but they are hard to find and buy and impossible to use on streets. They aren’t made of rubber.

The “Kone” weighs under 2700lbs so part of the problem is accounted for. But rotation stresses will need to be dealt with about 5000 wheel-rpm, is not fun. This is the number of rotation per minute a tire must undergo, assuming perfect traction – no slip, to attain 300mph. Of course, the car isn’t going to make to 300, but you always engineer overage in case of a “warp malfunction”.