The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport has been stripped of its title as the world's fastest production car, having held the record for three years.
The Veyron Super Sport broke the record back in 2010, setting a speed of 267.8mph. But the record has recently been investigated by the people at Guinness World Records following accusations that the Veyron used in the record-setting speed run had a deactivated speed limiter.
Guinness World Records has since confirmed that the suspicions were correct and, since the car used in the speed run is not mechanically identical to the £1.7m Veyron Super Sport available to the public, the record is null and void.
Jaime Strang, PR director for Guinness World Records, said: "It has come to the attention of Guinness World Records that there was an oversight in its adjudication of the 'Fastest production car' which was set in 2010 by the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport."
"As the car's speed limiter was deactivated, this modification was against the official guidelines. Consequently, the vehicle's record set at 431.072 km/h is no longer valid."
This news is unlikely to go down well with Veyron Super Sport owners; however, as we recently reported, the Veyron's record was already in danger of being broken by the insanely-fast Hennessey Venom GT, which is reportedly capable of more than 275mph.
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