SSC Tuatara Sets Production-Car Speed Record 282 MPH

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1750-HP SSC Tuatara Sets Production-Car Speed Record (for Real This Time)

[...] Lau sent us a signed certification of the results, vouching for the fact that the Tuatara hit 279.7 mph on its northbound run and 286.1 mph on its southbound run, that both runs were completed within an hour of each other, and that the average of the two runs was 282.9 mph, good enough to break the prior record of 277.87 mph (average run) and the prior single-run record of 285 mph.  [...]

Yea it's cool to go so fast, but how many of these won't hit 200 MPH during their life?