2005 Saleen S7 Twin Turbo unveiled !

[cstavaru]

It has 750hp at 7000cc of displacement. It can do 0-60 in 2.8 seconds !

More information here: http://www.fast-autos.net/saleen/saleens7tt.html

[mv]

A pretty good answer to the Zonda R

[wEstSide]

Yea, I'd say so. Has to be the first twin turbo'd NASCAR Ford V8 I've seen. Maybe they will be more competitive in racing now, huh?

[LateNightCable]

I never thought much of the S7, but this is a big jump up in my eyes - that's serious hardware, and what stats! Finally an American supercar that can possibly whip the best from Italy.

It still looks long as hell, but the interior now looks fitting for a car in it's price range.

Something tells me one of the biggest goals of the Konnigsegg, is a lost cause.

[skyline_r34v]

As far as I'm concerned nobody has yet (or IMO will ever) produce a better car than the Koenigsegg's.

There's still a margin of morals into a supercar. I guarantee the S7 will be outright horrible for gas mileage. Although, I've always liked the styling on the S7 because it's so edgy and almost borderline insanely racey.

It also sounds bad as hell too.

[Thunf]

Isn't this car in a tv-advertisement for Gillette, Mach 3 Turbo?
I knew I saw this car somewhere. First I wasn't sure if the advertisement was Gillette or this car!

The Koeniggsegg is purely meant to be the fastest car, not much for downforce, but for minimum drag - but downforce is there but not as much as you need for trackdriving. Only to prevent it from flying!

[thepolarfoxqx]

thunf, you seem misinformed. The koenigsegg is in fact very balanced and one of the greatest track cars yet made. It can pull greater than 1.3g on the skidpad, and creates over 800lbs of downforce at speed. In fact, its drag coefficient is a fairly modest .28. It could be lower if top end was all they wanted. The Koenigsegg CC's body was developed with help from Saab Aerospace and their windtunnel. Also, at 560,000 USD, the twin turbo S7 costs nearly twice what a CC costs, and still well more than the more powerful CCR. I'm glad to see Saleen do it though. In terms of the body however, the turbo S7 isn't that much changed.

[Thunf]

You might very well be right, never trust journalists.

[LateNightCable]

I think the car in the Gillette ads was just a red S7, not a twin-turbo.

As for the Egg, I think their greatest accomplishment is convincing many people into believing that they have the worlds best supercar. The Koenigsegg will be eclipsed soon, if it hasn't been already. I still think that car is 90% hype.

The S7 is wide out in the open for everyone to see, it's not hiding behind a curtain of "development".

[wEstSide]

Yeah, that S7 seems legit. Koenigsegg doesn't even go racing, how do they prove their product? The S7 did undergo aero changes, but you have to look close. There is a new rear diffuser and they changed the rear wing package. It seems like they messed with the front as well.