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Top 10 Fastest Cars In The World by holuwamurewa(m): 11:04pm On May 19, 2015 |
As a top gear fan I hear people talking about fast cars that I don't classify as fast enough so I've compiled this list to show the top fastest cars |
Re: Top 10 Fastest Cars In The World by holuwamurewa(m): 11:06pm On May 19, 2015 |
10. Zenvo ST1: 233 mph (374.9km/ h) Danish firm Zenvo produces just three of these cars each year for sale in the US — costing around $1.8million each (although you get a free $50,000 watch included making it a, er, bargain). It has a 7.0 liter turbocharged and supercharged V8 engine producing 1,250hp. Just 15 are set to be produced in total. It does 0-62mph (0-100km/h) in 3.0 seconds.
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Re: Top 10 Fastest Cars In The World by holuwamurewa(m): 11:10pm On May 19, 2015 |
9. McLaren F1: 243mph (391km/h)
The McLaren F1 has a 6.0 liter BMW S70/2 V12
engine producing 618horsepower. It can do
0-60mph (0-97km/h) in 3.2seconds. When the
car reached 243mph at Volkswagen’s Ehra-
Lessien test track in April 1998, it was the
fastest production car in the world at the
time. Just 106 McLaren F1s were produced
between 1992 and 1998.
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Re: Top 10 Fastest Cars In The World by holuwamurewa(m): 11:13pm On May 19, 2015 |
8. Koenigsegg CCX: 245 mph
(394.3km/h)
Featuring an all-aluminium 4.7 liter twin-
supercharged V8 engine producing 806
horsepower, the Koenigsegg CCX can do
O-62mph in 3.2seconds. Racing models of the
CCX and CCXR, known as the Edition models,
are fitted with roll bars and have a more racy
4.8 liter engine producing 1,004hp, allowing the
car to do 0-62mph in 2.9seconds and reach a
claimed top speed of 249mph (400km/h).
The Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita is the world’s
most expensive street-legal car, costing
$4.85million. The normal version of the CCX
starts at around $545,000.
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Re: Top 10 Fastest Cars In The World by holuwamurewa(m): 11:15pm On May 19, 2015 |
7. Saleen S7 Twin-Turbo 248mph
(399.1km/h)
The Saleen boasts a 7.0 liter twin-turbo
aluminium V8 engine producing 750horsepower.
It was produced from 2005 to 2009 and cost
from $585,000. It does 0-60mph (0-97km/h) in
2.8seconds.
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Re: Top 10 Fastest Cars In The World by holuwamurewa(m): 11:16pm On May 19, 2015 |
6. Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport
Vitesse: 254.04mph (408.8km/h)
The $2million Grand Sport Vitesse was unveiled
at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, and was built
to set the record for the world’s fastest
roadster — which it did by reaching a top
speed of 254mph.
It is electrically limited to 233mph (375km/h)
on the road, has an 8.0 liter quad-turbo W16
engine producing 1,200bhp at 6,400rpm and can
do 0-62mph in 2.6seconds.
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Re: Top 10 Fastest Cars In The World by holuwamurewa(m): 11:17pm On May 19, 2015 |
adejaresalami1:kindly ask uncle jona |
Re: Top 10 Fastest Cars In The World by holuwamurewa(m): 11:18pm On May 19, 2015 |
5. SSC Ultimate Aero: 256.18mph
(412.28km/h)
The SSC Ultimate Aero has twice been named
the fastest car in the world. On September 13,
2007, it clocked 256.18mph (412.28km/h) in
West Richland, Washington, US, and had the
speed verified by Guinness in October of that
year.
At the time the Bugatti Veyron’s top recorded
speed was 253.7mph (408.3km/h) and the
$695,000 Ultimate Aero held the fastest car in
the world title for two years and nine months
until Bugatti took the crown again when their
Super Sport model reached 267.86mph
(431.072km/h).
In April 2013 the record was given back to the
SSC due to the controversy over the Veyron’s
speed limiter — but it only managed to hold on
to it for a week before Guinness decided that
the speed limiter wasn’t a modification after
all and handed the record back to Bugatti.
The Ultimate Aero has a 6.8 liter twin-turbo
V8 engine producing 1,287bhp. SSC is set to
release an XT version of the Ultimate Aero
which they say is capable of doing 273mph,
before winding up the model’s production. It
will be replaced by the Tuatara, which SSC
claim will have a top speed of 276mph. 1 Share
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Re: Top 10 Fastest Cars In The World by holuwamurewa(m): 11:20pm On May 19, 2015 |
4. 9ff GT9-R: 257mph (413.6km/h) The GT9-R is based on Porsche’s most successful car, the iconic 911. It can do 0-62mph (0-100km/h) in 2.9 seconds and was designed specifically to try and take the title of fastest car in the world. It made its claim for the record by boasting a 257mph top speed — only to have the Bugatti Veyron come along and rain on its parade before it could be officially verified. You’ve got to feel sorry for the guys who made it. The GT9-R has a heavily modified 4.0 liter flat 6 engine that produces up to 1,120 bhp. It costs from $695,000
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Re: Top 10 Fastest Cars In The World by holuwamurewa(m): 11:23pm On May 19, 2015 |
3. Koenigsegg Agera R: 260mph
(418km/h)
The Agera R is said to have a theoretical top
speed of 273mph — but this has never been
demonstrated. It is supplied with tyres which
can be used at speeds up to 260mph (420 km/
h).
The Swedish manufacturer’s offering can do
0-62mph(100km/h) in 2.9 seconds, 0-200mph in
17.68seconds and 0-300km/h in 14.53seconds —
which was a record for acceleration until the
Hennessey Venom GT (below) did it in just
13.63 seconds in early 2013. The Agera R has a
5.0 liter V8 twin-turbo engine producing
1,140bhp and costs a meagre $1.6million.
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Re: Top 10 Fastest Cars In The World by holuwamurewa(m): 11:25pm On May 19, 2015 |
2. Bugatti Veyron Super
Sport: 267.8mph (430.9km/h)
The Veyron Super Sport broke the official
record for the world’s fastest production car
on July 4 2010 at Volkswagen’s high-speed
Ehra-Lessien test track in Germany, with the
time verified by officials from Guinness World
Records.
It averaged the speed during laps in both
directions of the oval track, as required by the
Guinness rule book. The car sold to customers is
electrically limited to 258mph (415km/h) to
stop the tyres exploding — which has led to
Bugatti’s official title being disputed in the
past. In April 2013, its Guinness Record status
was taken away because Guinness decided that
the speed limiter meant it had been ‘modified’,
which is not allowed under their definition of a
‘production car’.
At that point the Ultimate Aero TT (then the
world’s second fastest car) claimed the record.
But just days later Guinness did a bizarre U-
turn and decided limiting the top speed was
not an actual modification as it “does not alter
the fundamental design of the car or its
engine”.
Some may beg to differ. But despite that, and
despite the fact that the Hennessy Venom GT
has done over 270mph, the Veyron Super
Sport’s official Guinness title of being the
fastest car in the world holds today. The Super
Sport does 0-60 in 2.4 seconds, has an 8.0 liter
W16 engine producing 1,200bhp and costs an
astonishing $2.4million.
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Re: Top 10 Fastest Cars In The World by holuwamurewa(m): 11:27pm On May 19, 2015 |
1. Hennessey Venom GT: 270.49mph
(435.3km/h)
As well as being the fastest car on the planet,
the Hennessey Venom GT holds the official
Guinness World Record for the fastest
production car to accelerate from 0-300km/h
(0-186mph), doing it in a staggering 13.63
seconds. It has an equivalently staggering price
tag, costing around $1million.
It features a 7.0 liter V8 twin turbo engine
producing 1,244bhp. Just 29 Venom GTs have
been built, another reason why the car can’t
make it into the Guinness record books. For a
vehicle to class as a ‘production car’ under
Guinness rules you have to make at least 30.
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Re: Top 10 Fastest Cars In The World by psucc(m): 11:41pm On May 19, 2015 |
No jeep in that list? |
Re: Top 10 Fastest Cars In The World by holuwamurewa(m): 11:51pm On May 19, 2015 |
psucc:jeep is just bulky and slowwww |
Re: Top 10 Fastest Cars In The World by Awhyobf: 7:17pm On Nov 07, 2015 |
holuwamurewa:If a Jeep would ever make it to that list, it would be the New Range Rover 1 Like |
Re: Top 10 Fastest Cars In The World by Awhyobf: 7:20pm On Nov 07, 2015 |
psucc:Wow, well according to Jeremy Clerkson On Top Gear, Volks Vagen said it cost then 5million Pounds to make one unit of the Bugatti Veyron, which was sold for less than 2million Pounds |
Re: Top 10 Fastest Cars In The World by Nobody: 9:10pm On Nov 07, 2015 |
What of Pagani Zonda? |
Re: Top 10 Fastest Cars In The World by holuwamurewa(m): 2:08pm On Nov 08, 2015 |
Cc: lalasticlala |
Re: Top 10 Fastest Cars In The World by plendil: 1:22am On Nov 09, 2015 |
surprised nissan skyline didnt make the list |
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