Supercar Mashup: 2014 SSC Tuatara, 2015 McLaren P1, 2014 Koenigsegg One:1(100th Post!)

        Since this is the 100th post I've done, I thought it'd be fun to do a three-way review of some of the craziest cars ever created: the SSC Tuatara, the McLaren P1, and the Koenigsegg One:1. All three of these cars are incredibly fast and are unfortunately, some of the most expensive cars on the market, with each costing at least $1 million, which is Sultan-of-Brunei expensive. This isn't a comparison, just a mashup of three amazing hypercars that are all worthy of being compared to the Bugatti Byron.

    Owned by its founder, Jerod Shelby (not to be confused with the late Caroll Shelby), SSC North America employs 16 employees in its 40,000 sq. ft. facility in Richland, WA. They have create many incredible performance cars in the past, such as the Ultimate Aero, which produced 1287-hp and was certified in 2007 to have achieved the fastest street-legal top speed, which was an amazing 256.15 mph, which is nothing small. But their new car, the Tuatara, produces 1350 hp and has a top speed of 276 mph, which bests the Hennessey Venom GT's 270 mph. The Tuatara has a twin-turbocharged 6.9 liter V8, which would easily explain the massive amount of power and speed this car has. And thanks to that power, this car does 0-60 in 2.3 seconds. All I have to say to that is WOW.

    About a week ago, I wrote about the McLaren 650S, a mid-engined supercar with 641 hp. It might seem crazy, but that car is actually a watered-down version of the P1 hypercar. The P1 has 903 hp, which is a little less than the SSC and the Koenigsegg, but is still enough to propel the car to 60 mph in 2.7 seconds, which is very, VERY, fast. The P1 has more weight saving technology than the 650S, it has more power (obviously), and it looks a little more, well, just plain epic. This is probably one of the best looking cars McLaren has ever built, except for the F1 from the early 2000's, which was beautiful, but only in the nerdiest possible way. In a way, this car is very nerdy, with its many computers calculating things while you're driving on a track, and all of the other little thing that should take away from the driving experience. But somehow, they don't. The P1 is still an amazing driver's car. 

    I bet you can't guess where the One:1 gets its name from. The truth is that the power to weight ratio is one hp/kilogram, so you can guess this car is pretty fast. Thankfully it is, ranging from its Agera-borrowed 5.0 liter V8 that produces exactly one megawatt of power (1341 hp.) 0-60 is supposed to take 2.8 seconds, which is fast, but sounds modest. I imagine this will do closer to around 2.5 seconds, and apparently, this car will do 0-250 in 20 seconds, which is awing. I love the looks of the One:1, I think it is beautiful, and I hope more people will indulge that. And that's the problem with all of these sub-100 employee companies: they don't have enough publicity.