Now, as you read this title, I know what you are going to think... "How is this even a choice?", there is one answer to your question. In the world of extremely fast accelerating cars and mach-2 plus capable planes, the only way the car world has a chance is in the Bugatti Veyron, the fastest production car to date.
In the video posted below, I will describe the match up featured in on of the greatest matchups of all time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoLYPrkwrA4
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The Bugatti is powered by a W-16 quad-turbo engine that effortlessly makes well over 1183 brake horsepower. Paired with a 7 speed transmission going to all 4 wheels, this car is the car that is the current world record holder for the fastest production car on the planet at over 270 mph, with a zero to sixty time of 2.5 seconds. What makes this car so special and powerful is the unique design of the engine paired with the massive amounts of boost produced by the turbos. Along with brute force, the Bugatti is a technological masterpiece with countless hours of aerodynamics testing. These countless hours can be found in every part of the car, but the most interesting product of this research to me is the rear air brake/ wing. When running at high speeds, it acts to provide down force to the rear wheels. But when the car is slowing form high speeds, the wing flips up, much like air brakes on fighter jets, and it provides the car with as much braking power as a Volkswagen Golf when driving at around 180 mph. Another interesting fact about the Bugatti is the safety features in the car, most specifically the speed governing system. In the side of the diver's side door well there is a key slot that deactivates the aerodynamic speed governor by adjusting the suspension to lower the car almost so that it is touching the ground, This gives the Bugatti it's capability or reaching its fabled top speed. When this is not activated, the car can only push itself up to a lower but still respectable 258 mph.
The Jet in the video is one that might not be as familiar to people as the car. It's name is the Eurofighter Typhoon. the Eurofighter gets it's name due to the many countries who participated jointly to produce the plane (England, Germany, Spain and Italy). It is powered by 2 jet engines, which at full afterburner give the Eurofighter a thrust to weight ratio of 1.76 and pushing it to a disclosed top speed of over mach 2.35 (2.35 times the speed of sound). The super cruise speed (maximum sustainable cruising speed) is Mach 1.5 (1.5 times the speed of sound). This jet is operated through a fly-by-wire system and is also run by over 70 different computers just to keep the plane in the air. The reason for this many computers is due to design by necessity. In order for the Typhoon to have an edge in dogfights before thrust vectoring, the plane had to be made unstable in the air to improve maneuvering in said dogfights. The F-4's and F-14's were a prime example of the need for either smaller planes, or new technological developments in order for these big fighters to be able to stay alive in dogfights with much smaller planes like the MIGs of the time.
Now with the Typhoon having this much speed as it does, it looks like it might be a blowout, but i will leave it to you to choose which you think will win and then watch the video yourself.
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