Bugatti Veyron Sport stripped off TITLESHIP

Guinness World Records has stripped the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport of the title of fastest production car in the world after finding out that this car violated the rules since it was modified. The record was set three years ago in July 2010 with a speed of 267.8mph. The record was re-investigated after Guinness received an enquiry by Driving.co.uk, which said that the Veyron that attempted the record can’t be considered a production car since it had its speed restrictor deactivated. Each one of the 30 cars sold to the public had a speed restrictor. Guinness World Records released a statement last Friday, to confirm that in setting the record of the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport as the fastest production car in 2010, there was an oversight in its adjudication.

PR Director Jaime Strang said that it’s against the official guidelines to deactivate the car’s speed limiter as it is considered to be a modification. As a result, it has invalidated the record established at 431.072 km/h. Because of this incident, Guinness World Records is currently reviewing this category with expert external consultants to make sure that its records are fairly reflective of its achievements in the field.

Under the company’s rules, the car that sets the record has to be mechanically identical to those that are sold to the public. It’s likely that the title will revert to the Ultimate Aero built by Shelby SuperCars that set a record of 256.1mph. Hennessey had also raised doubts about Bugatti’s record. Hennessey asserts that its Venom GT should be named as the fastest production car in the world. It claims that it has a top speed of 265.7mph but then, it has yet to record its speed under world record conditions, which states that an average speed has to be established over two timed runs.