nohoupilhead

SSC Ultimate Aero 'World's Fastest Production Car' I give SSC all the credit for trying; however, there are three things any "production" car MUST have for U.S. sales and I highly doubt that they have done any of this work: an EPA certificate of emissions systems compliance, a verification of OBD II strategy acceptance, a certificate from CARB (if that is you are selling cars in CA, NY, NJ, VT, MA, MI, CT, or RI) For company liability and owner insurance rates, there are two other things that it SHOULD have: Verification and compliance testing to FMVSS standards by independent testing facilities, car "crashworthiness" assessment by the IIHS (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety). NCAP (New Car Assessment Program) performed by NHTSA would be a bonus, but probably not likely for the number of units to be made by SCC. And finally,..........it must be "in" production. That is components from production tooling, assembled either on a line or compartments, and then legally sold to legitimate customers with registered VIN numbers. If it isn't, you are just another wiseacre building kit-cars that believing they are something other than a kit-car. Nothing wrong with kit-cars/component cars as long as you know you aren't building fully certified production vehicles. Also, any car builder/engineer/fabricator with any self respect never uses the term "supercar". That is a term coined by people that don't know any better and sure as hell never designed, developed, prototyped, tested, certified, or produced a car; period.