We have previously covered the dramatic-looking SSC Tuatara on our site. The American-made hypercar is built by a company that used to be called Shelby Super Cars (SSC) in a plant in Washington. The company’s halo product has taken a very long to finally see the light of day with the first customer delivery taking place earlier in 2020 (is it still 2020? Who can really be certain at this point?). It was the first of a 100-car limited production run. Now we get to see the SSC Tuatara in action.

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In action

SSC North America released a video (bottom of this post) of a full production version being driven at pace on the road. You can hear the car’s angry sounding engine and snorting wastegates expel boost on a trailing throttle. Interestingly you can also see the car’s in-board suspension working under load.

Powering the SSC Tuatura (that really doesn’t roll off the tongue easily, does it?) is a 5,9-litre, twin-turbocharged V8 that is said to rev to 9 000 r/min. The flat-plane engine produces 1 007 kW on pump gas. Fill up the tank with boost-friendly E85 biofuel and power increases to 1 305 kW. SSC claims that the car weighs a scant 1 250 kg thanks to a carbon-fibre monocoque and body panels. In the video you can see the driver running through the gears using steering wheel-mounted paddles, which operate a seven-speed automated transmission.

Click here to read about another high-revving American hypercar called the Czinger 21C.

The sleek shape is said to produce a drag coefficient of just 0,279. SSC says that it’s “the lowest of any production hypercar to date”. That slippery shape is needed if SSC plans to break through 300 mph (483 km/h), which has been its target from the very start but it has not yet announced any confirmation of the Tuatara’s top speed. Bugatti broke through that barrier last year; you can read that story here. See the SSC Tuatara in action below.