It has come to be over the past few days after publishing an article in UMM (Urban Male Magazine) considering the possibility of what the fastest street car in the world is. That there is not really any clear line as to what the actual ‘fastest’ is…

In the article I casually named off the Ultima GTR720 as one of the most capable, even perhaps beyond the Bugatti Veyron, which was a big mistake.

I was given a quick and proper tongue lashing by fans of the Veyron who quickly reminded me that it is important to point out that technically it is not faster than the Bugatti Veyron if you consider top speed as your main factor.
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After being shunned by the Top Gear blokes, the folks at Ultima decided to take matters into their own hands. What matters you ask? It seems the Ultima crew wanted to take a shot at the Top Gear test track record, currently held by a Koenigsegg CCX and they weren’t going to let the snub stop them.

They loaded their very own Stig into a street legal GTR720, had him drive it to the Top Gear test track and beat the living daylights out of it! Not only did they beat the Koenigsegg’s time, they obliterated it by almost 5 seconds!

The video after the break is a killer in car of the lap, with awesome V8 soundtrack. Be sure to crank it up for this one.
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