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Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+

A pre-production car ran 490.484 km/h one way at Ehra-Lessien on 2 August 2019. It is tagged prototype and is not counted as a customer two-way production record.

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Top speed

Published as 490.484 km/hPublished as 490.484 km/hPublished as 490.484 km/h

One direction, pre-production Chiron Super Sport 300+, Ehra-Lessien, Andy Wallace, sealed GPS, certificate SGS-TÜV Saar. Bugatti also states 304.773 mph for the same run.

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In context

  • 4.7× a cheetah's timed top speedSourced · Cheetah, 29 m/s. Sharp 1997, mean of three timed runs over 201.2 m
  • 1.5 football fields a secondConstant · American football field, 100 yd (91.44 m)
  • London to New York in 11 h 21 minConstant · London to New York, 5,570 km great-circle

Worked out from the sourced figure above, which stays the ranked number.

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Every measurement

Claimed, measured and official figures side by side, each with its source. The ranked figure is marked.

  1. 490.484km/h305mph136m/s265knRanked figure

    One direction, pre-production Chiron Super Sport 300+, Ehra-Lessien, Andy Wallace, sealed GPS, certificate SGS-TÜV Saar. Bugatti also states 304.773 mph for the same run.

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Reference

Specs

Driver
Andy Wallace
Venue
Ehra-Lessien
Timing
Sealed GPS, certificate SGS-TÜV Saar
Direction
One way

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