Sure, the big fancy stars at Top Gear got the world-exclusive first photo shoot on the upcoming Shelby SuperCars (SSC) Ultimate Aero II — the rig conceived to take the top-speed record back from that bothersome Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. See above.

But did those guys reveal the inspiration — nay, the muse — current styling star Jason Castriota used in designing this new super-duper-ooper sports car? No sir, they did not.

Now it can be revealed. Behold, the 1959 Chevrolet Biscayne, holder of precisely no production car top-speed records.

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