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Car hits 220.5 MPH on new Texas highway!

Started by Titan, Thu 25, Oct 2012, 12:25:30

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Titan

Hennessey Performance, builders of some of the fastest custom cars on the planet, including the 275 mph Venom GT, offered up one of their 1,200 hp Cadillac coupes to test the cameras fitted to the automated toll system on the brand new SH-130 toll road, which boasts the highest speed limit in the nation at 85 mph.

The rest of the story... with video.
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/10/25/car-hits-220-mph-on-new-texas-highway/?intcmp=features

RainMaker

Funny how it says this is the "first car to hit 220mph on new Texas highway".  Like they expect this to happen a lot.


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RudyF6

 :cooldude:  Now THAT ain't your pappy's old Caddy!
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