SSC Announces Name of Next Generation Supercar
Official Media Release Debuted on Teamspeed.com

Shelby SuperCars (SSC), the American supercar manufacturer and creator of the world record breaking Ultimate Aero, is proud to introduce its latest contribution to automobile enthusiasts worldwide. Following several years of design and development of its revolutionary new supercar, SSC has named its new car TUATARA (pronounced twu‐tar‐ah).

“The design specifications for the Next Generation SSC were so extreme; we knew early on that a proper name would be a key piece of the puzzle for this project,” says Jerod Shelby, Founder, Lead Designer and CEO of SSC.

The name “Tuatara” was inspired by a modern day New Zealand reptile that bears the same name. A direct descendent of the dinosaur, this reptile’s name translated from the Maori language means “peaks on the back,” which is quite fitting, given the winglets on the back of the new car. While the Tuatara is a very unique creature, there was a particular property of this reptile that immediately married it with SSC. The Tuatara possesses the fastest evolving DNA in the world, and amongst the world’s greatest supercar manufacturers, so does SSC.

Mr. Shelby explains, “Most manufacturers essentially use the same basic model and body shape for up to 10 years, while only making small refinements to it each year. After only three years in production with the Ultimate Aero, SSC’s Tuatara is about to monumentally evolve in the areas of sophistication, design, aerodynamics and shear all‐around performance. We felt that the fastest evolving DNA was a perfect definition of SSC’s latest project.”

Exclusive video footage of Shelby SuperCars Founder Jerod Shelby unveiling the name of SSC’s Next Generation supercar, as well as additional photos and information on the Tuatara can be found at SSC’s official website: Shelby SuperCars - Home of the Ultimate Aero.

‪SSC Introduces the Tuatara‬‏ - YouTube

 

Thank you for debuting this first on TEAMSPEED.com Jerod and crew and best of luck with the new supercar, looking forward to testing one personally!

 

Looks mean! Love that shot from the rear.

Good luck with this new model!!

 

Very excited for this.

 

One thing about this car...


It will be so fast it can leave before anyone can figure out what in the world to call it or pronounce it.

 

it looks sick as hell!!!!!

 

I'll take two!!! Haha, I wish.

 

It's a striking design, and the whole world is waiting to see what you've engineered. Good luck, and keep us posted!

 

Share spoon with us & let us know how it feels....

 

That sounds so wrong