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Autoblog: 9ff proves the GT9 is stupid fast, tops 253 mph

There are only a handful of cars that can strike fear into the Bugatti Veyron. The Koenigsegg CCX comes close with a top speed of 242.42 mph, and the SSC Aero Twin-Turbo is even faster, hitting a two-way average speed of 255.83 mph and officially taking the crown of world's fastest car back in September. These über-fast supercars will now be looking over their shoulders with the new kid on the block, the 9ff GT9. Based on the Porsche 911 GT3, 9ff stretches the chassis about a foot and chops the roofline for improved aerodynamics. A carbon-kevlar subframe houses a twin-turbo 4.2-liter flat-6 pushing out 987 bhp. Our German is a bit rough, but we can translate enough of Autobild's recent story on the 9ff GT9 to know they achieved ridiculous speeds in the super Porsche at the Papenburg high speed oval in Germany. 409 km/h to be exact, which roughly translates to 253 mph. We're not sure if there is more speed left in the GT9 to top the Bugatti or the SSC, but it's impressive nonetheless.




you can see her naughty bits in that one

I <3 teh naughty bits hanging out like that!

But... what's up with the rear wheel in both pics? looks like a weird 'chop or something...

They have the tires stretched over the wheels with such a short width that the sidewalls are angled into the body. Catch them from an offset angle, and they bend back behind the rim lip...saw it today on some Porsche wheels, but on a VW car

complacent wrote:I <3 teh naughty bits hanging out like that!

But... what's up with the rear wheel in both pics? looks like a weird 'chop or something...

looks like they have a flat cover over the rear wheel with a picture of the front wheel printed on it. not sure why. aerodynamics for the top speed run perhaps?

Mr Kleen wrote:

complacent wrote:I <3 teh naughty bits hanging out like that!

But... what's up with the rear wheel in both pics? looks like a weird 'chop or something...

looks like they have a flat cover over the rear wheel with a picture of the front wheel printed on it. not sure why. aerodynamics for the top speed run perhaps?

Man am I glad you see it too... I thought I was losing it. It looks like a poor photochop.

Yeah, I saw it too and it was messing me up. Couldn't figure out if it meant the whole photo was doctored or if it was a wheel cover of some kind to decrease drag...

--Alan

Looks a lot like a FordGT to me... but damn, those are some impressive specs!

(and ya, the rear wheels messed me up too!)

And she's blue