THE TUATARA TRUTH

The internet has got itself into a knot in recent times and at the center of that knot is one new hypercar record – the 331mph (533km/h) SSC Tuatara. We shouldn’t be all that surprised because top speed runs, since the dawn of the internet, have always come under immense scrutiny. So needless to say, when the SSC Tuatara hit 331mph its celebrations were as high as they were short. Allegations were raised and naysayers nit-picked and dissected the evidence.

First, however, we owe