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Written by Tom Harrison
Welcome, everyone, to one of the fastest cars in the world. At least over a standing mile. M2K Motorsport"s 2006 Ford GT broke the 300mph barrier on the last of its three runs at a standing-mile event at Texas"s Victoria Regional Airport last weekend, hitting 300.4mph before deploying its parachute and hitting the brakes. Presumably very hard indeed. For a bit of context, a really very fast Bugatti Chiron requires almost three miles to hit its limited top-speed of 261mph. Admittedly M2K"s GT is far from factory-fresh. The engine itself may based around the GT"s standard 5.4-litre V8 (those were the days), but it"s been extensively modified with a couple of turbos and much besides.
Date written: 25 Mar 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15240
Welcome, everyone, to one of the fastest cars in the world. At least over a standing mile. M2K Motorsport"s 2006 Ford GT broke the 300mph barrier on the last of its three runs at a standing-mile event at Texas"s Victoria Regional Airport last weekend, hitting 300.4mph before deploying its parachute and hitting the brakes. Presumably very hard indeed. For a bit of context, a really very fast Bugatti Chiron requires almost three miles to hit its limited top-speed of 261mph. Admittedly M2K"s GT is far from factory-fresh. The engine itself may based around the GT"s standard 5.4-litre V8 (those were the days), but it"s been extensively modified with a couple of turbos and much besides.
Date written: 25 Mar 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15240
