The Dagger GT is an all-American supercar built to trash virtually every record around, including the famed Nürburgring Nordschleife track time. The production has not started yet but the manufacturer predicts that first cars should be delivered by late next year. The experienced them behind the project include the designer of the Saleen S7 and a NASA consultant.

It should also be noted right at the start that the Dagger GT achieves those 2000 hp on race fuel. The power comes down to 1300 hp on pump fuel, which is still impressive of course. In comparison, the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport has 1200 hp.

The TranStar Racing Team is behind it all and they will custom design and hand-build the street-legal, carbon fiber/aluminum Dagger GT. They advertise this car as an uncompromised, unrestricted, exhibition car designed to dazzle any onlooker, whether at a road course, NHRA drag strip or a top speed event like Bonneville, or just cruising the beach.

The design is based on the Corvette Cheetah concept with carbon fiber body panels on a 4130 Chromoly Steel chassis.

300 mph World Record Goals

The Dagger is being designed specifically to break the 300 mph barrier and be the first-ever street-licensed-and-registered Supercar to do it. The Dagger GT will be a mid-engine, limited production, streetable, racing roadster that is expected to establish world records in its class for top speed, slalom and acceleration. The Dagger will feature a removable hardtop. This car will attempt a world record-setting top speed of 300 mph, for modified street-legal sports cars at Bonneville and it will run at the Virginia International Raceway to attempt to secure the "Lightning Lap" record on the USA's top road course. It has been mathematically computed that the car will run under 6.7 seconds and over 200 mph in the quarter mile and less than 1.5 seconds for the zero-to-sixty record.

In short, the manufacturer expects the Dagger to be the number one performing supercar in the world. It will have a unique, dazzling 'edgy' appearance and will feature a polished Nelson Racing Engines multi-fuel aluminum 572 Twin Turbo. The vehicle components will include off-the-shelf, proven technology and will be fabricated by the top race car builders in the U.S.

Programmable Horsepower

The engine will automatically add boost and increase racing fuel mix depending on the fuel and boost map the driver specifies into the engine management computer. It produces 1300 hp on pump gas and 2000 hp on race fuel which are provided via two fuel tanks and dual fuel injectors for each cylinder. TranStar Racing Team explains that if driven normally, with a light foot, fuel consumption is not unreasonable for a big block engine. At 300 mph you should expect to empty the gas tanks in under 5 minutes.

Price: 600,000 Dollars

Pricing for this car is subject to change and has not yet been finalized but will be in the $600,000+ range depending on the model and options. The owner will have the option to customize the vehicle to his or her taste with a host of combinations of options available.

All-American Team

The Dagger GT will be produced by an All-American All-star team of existing, experienced, proven race car builders, engine builders and racing parts suppliers. Phil Frank, the designer of the former world record holder, the Saleen S7, is on the team as Consulting Director of Design. Tom Nelson routinely produces 2000 hp multi-fuel twin-turbo 572 cubic-inch racing engines. Mike Mendeola will provide a custom, 6-speed, 300 mph transaxle and is the top US transaxle fabricator. The team includes proven race car and show car winners and racing chassis-builder. Dagger components are made in the USA and are state-of-the-art, but proven, reliable, off-the-rack, low-risk technologies.

First Cars Expected Late 2011

TranStar Racing Team reports that they are in the final design-development phase as of November 2010. Their schedule calls for production and testing of the prototype in mid 2011 followed by production of the first twelve production cars in the fourth quarter of 2011. 24 Daggers will roll out in 2012.

Headquarters in Florida

TranStar Racing has made preliminary arrangements to assemble the Dagger GT in Lake Worth, Florida at a large headquarters campus featuring executive and management offices, a showroom, conference rooms, and a large assembly building.