Irvine, California, isn't Modena, Italy, and Steve Saleen isn't Enzo Ferrari. But that hasn't stopped this Mustang racer-turned-car-builder from creating a 220-mph-plus supercar that's all his own--and all-American, right down to its thundering, mid-mounted 7.0-liter pushrod V-8. Make no mistake, the Saleen S7 is a remarkable achievement. But the new S7 Twin Turbo is designed to take the S7's max factor beyond Ferrari and into Bugatti Veyron territory. You read that right.
Steve Saleen has always talked a big game. And on paper the S7 Twin Turbo walks the talk, with a claimed output of "over 750 horsepower" at 6300 rpm and 700 pound-feet of torque at 4800 rpm. That's a 36-percent increase in power and 33-percent increase in torque over the naturally aspirated version of the S7 that made its debut in 2003. With a claimed curb weight of just 2750 pounds, the S7 Twin Turbo's weight-to-power ratio of 3.6 pound per horsepower rivals that of the Veyron. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure it's going to be stupid fast.
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| Saleen S7 Twin Turbo |
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| Saleen S7 Twin Turbo |
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