Thursday, December 17, 2009
Fastest road-legal diesel car - AC Schnitzer
sets world record
NARDO, Italy -- BMW tuning company AC
Schnitzer
has build the Schnitzer ACS 3.5d coupe,
which recorded a top speed of 288.7kph (179.2mph) on the famous
Nardo Ring in Southern Italy - setting the new world record
for the Fastest
road-legal diesel car
.
The Fastest
road-legal diesel car
uses a twin-turbocharged 282bhp
three-litre diesel with 428lb-ft that has been tuned to produced
310bhp and 501lb-ft. ( enlarge
photo
)
The Fastest
road-legal diesel car
capable of reaching 0-62mph
in 5.7 seconds, and it also gets racing suspension, two racing
exhaust-pipes, front and rear spoilers and skirts, and 20"
alloys with the power upgrade.
Sponsored by tyre manufacturer
Continental AG in conjunction with AUTO BILD sportscars, each
year, the best of the German tuners engage in a high-performance
shoot out to determine the world’s fastest cars.
The new world record for the Fastest
road-legal diesel car
was set at the Nardo track in
southern Italy, breaking the previous Guinness world record
set in 2006, by 5.4mph.
The Fastest
road-legal diesel car
title is the third for the company,
as AC
Schnitzer
also holds the record for the fastest road-legal
BMW and the fastest gas-powered road-legal car, set in 2006
and 2007 respectively.
Another German tuner Brabus
achieved 200.3mph with its 740bhp Brabus GLK V12 at the Nardo
circuit.
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Thursday,
December 17, 2009