Supercharged Jaguar Fills in for Carrier Catapult

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Supercharged Jaguar Fills in for Carrier Catapult

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"Never before have so many owed so much to so few."

"Our first moments behind the wheel were in a flat-out speed run down the main 8,500-foot long, 200-foot wide runway at El Centro Naval Air Station in the California desert. The air base, the winter home of the Navy's Blue Angels precision flight-demonstration team, was also the location for several scenes from the movie Top Gun. This is fitting as we powered down the monster runway, top down, watching the speedometer climb above 165 mph. We were instructed to get off the power as we passed the 5,000-foot mark of the runway, giving us ample time to slow down using the massive disc brakes--15-inch rotors in front, 14s in the rear--to come to a halt. While we didn't reach the car's limited top speed of 186 mph, we have no doubt that given the room, the car will easily reach that speed."

Read more: http://www.autoweek.com/article/2012021 ... z1mJqDelu0
'08 Jeep Liberty 6-Speed MT - "Last of the Mohicans"
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