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World's Fastest Stuff: Bugatti Veyron Super Sport

World's Fastest Stuff: Bugatti Veyron Super Sport

Feel the need for speed? Bing Travel scoured the globe to find the fastest planes, trains, automobiles, park rides and even critters. Discover how to enjoy these speed demons, all guaranteed to get your adrenalin pumping.
The cheetah, the fastest land animal on Earth, can sprint at 70 to 75 mph for up to 1,600 feet and can accelerate from zero to 62 mph in three seconds. Unfortunately, the cheetah is also fast disappearing from the Earth. Fewer than 10,000 adults are estimated to be left in the wild today, according to Panthera, a wild-cat conservation organization. Travelers can still catch a glimpse of wild cheetahs in Namibia, Niger, Botswana, Iran, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Kenya.

World's Fastest Stuff: Bugatti Veyron Super Sport Guinness World Records certifies that the fastest production car is the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport, which achieved a speed of 267.86 mph near Wolfsburg, Germany, in June 2010.  Beverly Hills Rent-A-Car, (800) 479-5996, has one blue-and-white Veyron in its fleet that rents for the purchase price of a new MINI Cooper: $25,000 a day. Learn where you can rent other fast cars, such as Aston Martins, Ferraris and Maseratis. World's Fastest Stuff: Luge Tony Benshoof, representing the United States, reached a speed of 86.6 mph on the Olympic track at Park City, Utah, on Oct. 16, 2001. The speed, certified by Guinness World Records, was reached during training for the 2001 Luge World Cup Series. While you may not approach the record, you can still learn to maneuver a luge down the same ice track used for the 2002 Winter Olympics at Utah Olympic Park. Learn about the park’s luge sliding programs or even learn to ride a skeleton or bobsled. News Source:msn